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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Steve Pederson Thank you, Steve.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Khiem Nguyen Good work, Khiem. I have the same problem with open strings. When I do them well, I just give them a little extra right hand attention to keep them from sounding thin or too loud.…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Blaise Laflamme You may be late, but it was worth the wait! All three of those (Sketches 1-3) are spectacular, Blaise. You clearly have an affinity for the music. Great musicality and phrasing.…
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Re: Damping - When Less Is More! @Martin Sounds great, Martin. See you later today (but you won't see me, unfortunately).
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! Sketch VI Day 2. What was easy - Drinking my morning coffee! What was difficult - I just have no feel for this music or what it should be sounding like.…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! Sketch V Day 4. As per Martin's wonderful and helpful input, I'm playing Sketch V again, this time trying to articulate the melody better, especially in the B section.…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Deb Covell Happy to help! Will we be seeing some videos from you?
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Steve Pederson I love that video (and yes, I watched it all)! First of all, it made me laugh, which is always appreciated. Also, we got to see the first steps of you turning those blobs on a…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Khiem Nguyen Good work, Khiem! Martin's advice is always so helpful.
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Ron "Operator? I'd like to place a call to CIrcle 5-9842, please."
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! @Martin Thank you so much, Martin, for this great input! Recently, Emmanuel Sowicz also told me that I need to articulate melody lines better, and keep accompaniment softer.…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Ron Boy, I wish I could have been there to see them play! Until last September, I actually still had a flip phone. My wife finally took me out to buy the iPhone 7.…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Ron Your're right, Bream's facial expressions are priceless. I think his come from his musicality, however, whereas mine come from tension. Your iPhone definitely looks better than mine.…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Martin Thank you so much, Martin. I can definitely tell you that I was not going for a chanson-like feel from Paris, since I really have no idea what that means! At the Watch Party, though,…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Ron This is outstanding, Ron! Your right hand is so stable, and the phrasing sounds so musical. Like you, I have noticed the strange looks on my face as I play.…
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Re: Antonio Lauro: Song and Dance @Daniel Beltrán Yes, I learn how to play a lot of pieces, but I struggle with taking pieces to that next level of musicality. It also helps that I'm a teacher and right now it's summer! Fairly soon,…
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Re: Antonio Lauro: Song and Dance @Daniel Beltrán Thank you, Daniel. Emmanuel gave me many great suggestions to keep working on.
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Giuseppe Gasparini I hope all is well, Giuseppe. I'm glad you are able to study the sketches. All the best!
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage! Sketch VI Day 1 Measures 1-49. What was easy: Well the ostinato so far is just two open strings, so I guess that's kind of easy. That said, I played it too loudly.…
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Re: Antonio Lauro: Song and Dance @Emmanuel Thank you again. I just checked it out and responded.
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Martin That was great to listen to on so many levels, Martin! Setting the mistakes aside, your musical ideas are spectacular and come through very clearly.…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Martin That has amazingly good feel and flow to it, Martin!
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Eric Phillips I've been working on this a bit. I must admit, I do not find this right hand pattern very natural, and this would take a lot of work for me (which is not a bad thing!).…
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Re: WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory! @Vilio Celli Thank you, Vilio.
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