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Re: Sor Op 60 No 16
@Nora Torres-Nagel Thanks, Nora! I really don’t know what I’ll play for the concert. Right now, I want to work on this piece, and I thought putting it in the practice diary will help me make my…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Sor Op 60 No 16
@Brett Gilbert Thanks, Brett. I’ve been following Bradford’s videos too. I honestly was planning to work through Opus 60 in its entirety before he started that series.…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Derek's Diary
This is really ambitious, Derek! I could never work on that much all at once. And it's all such high-level music.
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- 4 yrs ago
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Sor Op 60 No 16

October 28, 2021 I love Fernando Sor and his studies are always a part of my practice. I have recently been working through Op 60, and I'd really like to focus for a bit on number 16 as it is…
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Re: Nora's practice diary "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
@Nora Torres-Nagel Yes, I can watch the video now. Thank you so much for sharing it! I really thought it was quite good! I have picked up this piece from time to time myself,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Improving my Tremolo!
@Martin I finally got around to listening to this. For someone who is not a "tremolo guy" you sure have a beautiful tremolo! I honestly don't know how it could sound any better,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Improving my Tremolo!
@Nora Torres-Nagel HI Nora. It says the video is unavailable. Maybe you have to change it from "private" in YouTube?
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
@Derek Thanks, Derek!
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2 - Composing Etudes: Feedback
@Mark Hill Wilson This looks really cool! I don't have a guitar with me, so I can't give it a go, but there is so much creative use of slurs, open strings,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
@Emma Thank you, Emma!
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
@David Krupka Wow, thanks David! I think there is enough there for a few lifetimes!
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise! I appreciate you listening. Do you think Koshkin Study #10 would sound good on the lute?
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
@Martin Thank you so much, Martin! You are a true gentleman and a scholar!
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Lute Advice
I just wanted to share some music on my new lute with the TB community. I promise not to abandon the guitar, but I'm having so much fun exploring this new world that I wanted to share a bit of my…
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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 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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- 4 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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- 4 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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- 4 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…
- Eric
- 4 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
- 4 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.
- Eric
- 4 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…
- Eric
- 4 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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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.…
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- 4 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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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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- 4 yrs ago
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