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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Steve Pederson Thanks Steve. His name is Lamar. It's a long and not very interesting story!
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! Sketch III Inverted. Just for fun, I took the two voices in Sketch III and flipped them around, sort of like Carcassi Op 60 No 6. The score is attached.…
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Daniel Beltrán Wow! You are accomplishing those chord changes and odd rhythms so quickly! Well done, Daniel.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Brett Gilbert That was amazing, Brett! I can’t believe that you’ve only been playing for one year! I’m so glad you found the time to post an entry.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Vilio Celli Good job, Vilio! Like me, you picked a hard one to start with.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Steve Pederson Yes, a lot of similarities. For undergraduate I went to Nazareth College, a small school in Rochester, NY, where I still live. I took classical lessons there for three years.…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Steve Pederson Big improvement, Steve! It's not just accurate and in time, but really musical. Like you, my right hand technique holds me back. I played with a pick exclusively for my first six…
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Re: Welcome to tonebase! @josegm Mi compositor favorito? Es dificil escoger! Si me digas que solo puedo tocar la musica de un compositor, diria Fernando Sor o Francisco Tarrega,…
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Re: VERY FIRST Interactive Class Preparation and Planting in Estudios Sencillios by Leo Brouwer I likely will not be able to attend this (very sad). What a great initiative, and I hope it’s something that works and continues!
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Ron Yes, the A sections need to be played right up on the fingertips.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Jaime Zaldua Thank you, Jaime. I appreciate the kind words!
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Ron Thanks Ron. It’s just hard for me to feel these rhythms.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Ron Glad to have you back, Ron! Thanks for listening.
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Re: What is your favorite etude? @David Chidsey Yes they all have their particular strengths. I went with Sor because I think his studies check most of the boxes highest, but I wouldn’t want to do without any of them.
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Re: What is your favorite etude? @Mike Yes the poll says Carulli, but I assume they meant Carcassi.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! Sketch VII Variations 5-7. Here I am playing just the last three variations, hopefully a bit better than in my complete video from earlier. The last variation is, unfortunately,…
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Re: Welcome to tonebase! @josegm Welcome Jose! What part of Spain are you from? I am from Rochester, New York (United States), but I lived in Zaragoza for two months in the summer of 1997.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Blaise Laflamme Thank you, Blaise!
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Martin Well, your response was AMAZINGLY fast as well, Martin! It was also incredibly helpful. Here's an updated version of the third variation. It feels better when I'm playing it,…
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Martin Thanks, Martin. Those last two variations are still pretty bad. Good catch on the pinky - I put it on the third string instead of the second string.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Martin Thanks so much for the detailed feedback, Martin. Here's a recording of this third variation alone (mm 27-39) that I hope is better. I think I'm doing the 6/8 better,…
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! Sketch IV with Improv. Jaime inspired me to give this one another try, with the improvisation. Not perfect, but lots of fun!
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Jaime Zaldua Slowly!
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Jaime Zaldua Thank you, Jaime! When I listen to this, I mostly hear a lack of rhythmic clarity. I appreciate your positive feedback.
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination! @Jaime Zaldua Very good, Jaime! I liked your improvisation a lot! I tried it on this one a bit myself, but nothing worthwhile came out of my guitar. I really liked what you did at the beginning of…
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