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Re: Lute Advice
@Derek Thanks Derek. It was so unexpected. I literally cried as I opened the box and saw what it was. I know I will struggle with finding time for both instruments.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
@Martin Thanks, Martin. The Lute Society of America has a free 20-page lute beginners guide that seems very helpful. I'm not sure that I'll be quite up for deciphering something written in…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Lute Advice

Hey Everyone, To my complete and very joyful surprise, my wife and kids surprised me a few nights ago with the gift of a brand new instrument, an 8-course Renaissance lute.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What's your favorite Villa-Lobos Prelude?
Since the preludes were dedicated to his wife, he reserved number six, the most beautiful one, as gift only for her and not the world.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Composing Etudes: Feedback
Hi Ashley, Thanks for the feedback on the pieces I submitted. Sorry I couldn't attend the session live, but I watched it later. I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and give your…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ron That's great! I vote for a Tonebase field trip to Iceland.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ron Yeah, all of those are really great pieces. I missed that challenge, unfortunately, but I've been looking into them on my own recently.
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- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert You can't go wrong with the Brouwer etudes. I still remember playing them in college, when I lived at home. My mom would comment about how weird they were and she couldn't believe I…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert Hey Brett. I just remembered that there is a really cool piece with all natural harmonics written for Tonebase. It's Landslag X by Gulli Bjornsson.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
Arpeggio Study Here's a short study of arpeggios, with a little scale work at the end. It was inspired by three very diverse pieces, all of which I love: 1. Villa-Lobos Etude No 1 2.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert Don't judge that based on me. I have precious little formal instruction, and I have many technical shortcomings, especially in the right hand.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert This is excellent, Brett. I must say, that is beyond my technical ability. Playing those chord voicing is pretty hard, let alone bringing out the melody.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ron Thanks, Ron, I appreciate you listening.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 2 - Composing Etudes: Feedback
I'd love to hear from you about these. There are videos of the first and third one posted in Week One.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Nipun Deshpande Oh, I thought I heard the open 1st string ringing together with the F on the second string. Still sounds cool, though!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ashley (Ash) Lucero Yeah, that's exactly what I meant to say! 🙂
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Devyn McCrea Here's a beginner duet. It's a short theme and variations that explores different harmonies. It can all be played in the open position by both guitars.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Nipun Deshpande Very nice, Nipun! What a huge stretch on those chords toward the end. I love the sound of the low bass notes together with the minor second interval two octaves higher. Beautiful!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert I'm glad you find the study to be helpful. Switch the order of the sections if you want. Measures 15-18 are similar technique-wise to the harmonic section of Miguel Llobet's…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
Study in Harmonics update Here is a video of my Study in Harmonics. Yesterday, I posted a little walkthrough of the piece, but here is an uninterrupted performance. The score is attached again.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ron Thanks, Ron. I think it’s right up there with Britten’s Nocturnal.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@joosje Thanks, Joosje!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert You’re very welcome, Brett. I wish the theme were a little more developed, but this serves the purpose of presenting the different types of harmonics..…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Brett Gilbert Very cool, Brett! I did a little run through it on the guitar, and it's really fun to play like that.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
Study in Harmonics walkthrough Here is a walkthrough of a etude I wrote that has a simple four-measure melody played with a variety of harmonics, as requested by Brett Gilbert above.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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