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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here!
Well I began playing at age 13. My mother would sit on the floor and strum guitar and sing old folk songs like "Vincent's Song" or "City of New Orleans".…
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here!
@Mircea That's great to read all those things about you! I have to say, when I was a teenager, my sister would joke that, for my birthday, she wanted to get me a guitar lesson with Eddie Van Halen…
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Re: ANNOUNCING the First-Ever tonebase Community VIRTUAL HANGOUT!
@Blaise Laflamme Maybe each person could choose. I know the sound would be an issue for live playing, unless someone had good equipment. The little microphones in the computer are typically not too…
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Re: ANNOUNCING the First-Ever tonebase Community VIRTUAL HANGOUT!
Thank you so much for organizing and hosting the virtual hangout today, Mircea! It was great to see so many faces and hear so many voices. One idea that I think I might like (and maybe others would…
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Re: ANNOUNCING the First-Ever tonebase Community VIRTUAL HANGOUT!
Thank you so much for organizing and hosting the virtual hangout today, Mircea! It was great to see so many faces and hear so many voices. One idea that I think I might like (and maybe others would…
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Re: ANNOUNCING the First-Ever tonebase Community VIRTUAL HANGOUT!
@Giuseppe Gasparini Mi sembra che parli bene l'Inglese, Giuseppe (o al meno scrivi bene).
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Re: ANNOUNCING the First-Ever tonebase Community VIRTUAL HANGOUT!
I would love to attend, but that timeframe won't work for me. Obviously no time would be good for everyone. Once the school year ends (I'm a teacher) I will have a much more open schedule,…
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@Mircea Thanks for the great advice, Mircea. I've been practicing 3C, so maybe there is improvement. Here I am playing the Villa Lobos again, but faster. Let me know what you see.
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Re: Week 3 - Excerpt Clinic // May 17
Looking forward to it! I will have to watch it later, I’m afraid.
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@david robinson It is amazing how doing a small thing like planting the ring finger can make it so much harder. Little by little, we'll get there though!
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@david robinson Thanks David.
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@joosje Good work, Joosje! Like you, I struggle with a tense ring finger when it’s planted. You’re working through it well, though.
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@Emma Those are great Emma! Good work!
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
Here is a video of the Villa Lobos Etude 7 opening. Not too bad, but still slow. This is my first time in a long time practicing rest stroke scales so much,…
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
Here is the Leyenda excerpt with my ring finger planted. I did it with p and i first, then p and m. P and i is definitely easier. With p and m, I seem to be lacking independence between a and m,…
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Eric Here is me playing 2B again after practicing it for about a week. It's a bit better, but I still feel like there is tension in my ring finger. When I try to bring my hand lower (toward the…
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Re: SUBMIT SHEET MUSIC EXCERPTS for Week 3's Livestream Here!
@Eric Here is a quick video of me playing it.
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@Dennis Greensmith A good starting point!
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
@david robinson That was excellent, David! Nice and even, well executed.
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Re: SUBMIT SHEET MUSIC EXCERPTS for Week 3's Livestream Here!
@Eric The tempo is quarter note 72-76, so not too fast. The tenuto markings do help with the challenging chord changes. His fingering uses a lot of repeated thumb,…
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Re: Week 2 - Practicing Passages // May 10
I confess that I was more than a little lost while watching yesterday's live-stream (I watched it later so I could not ask questions). I think I'm just going to try a few arpeggio exercises with…
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Re: SUBMIT SHEET MUSIC EXCERPTS for Week 3's Livestream Here!
I've been working on a piece called Desert Sketch by Frederic Hand. Here is an arpeggio section at the end of the piece. It has fingering in it, I presume from Fred.…
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Mircea Wow! That was an incredibly thoughtful and thorough reply! Your analysis of my problem and explanation of the remedy are very clear. Now all that's left is for me to get practicing.
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Gokce Turkmendag I also struggle with rest stroke. When I was taking lessons (30 years ago), I only did it when my teacher made me. Only recently am I starting to practice it again,…
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Thomas I have that same problem, Thomas. I stop breathing, and tense up my face.
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