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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@joosje You are very disciplined, Joosje! Can you share that gift with me?
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Debbie Good work, Debbie!
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Nora Torres-Nagel Good job doing the video! The technology is always a big challenge for me as much as the guitar! Yes, we have similar problems. I think learning planting may be a major project…
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
@Mircea Thanks for getting back to me. Here is a video of me playing 2B (I said 2A in the video, but it's actually 2B). Any thoughts you have would be appreciated.…
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Re: Week 1 - Technical Foundation // May 3
Hi Mircea, I have a question. I only had formal classical guitar lessons with a teacher for three years, and that was about 30 years ago, when I was in undergraduate college.…
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules for the Virtuosity Challenge!
@Nora Torres-Nagel Welcome, Nora. I have participated in a couple challenges so far, and I have thoroughly enjoyed them! Not only are the teachers great,…
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules for the Virtuosity Challenge!
@Mircea Thank you, Mircea! I'm sorry to distract you two from your final exams! While in some ways, I'd love to be able to go back to school, I'd be just fine never taking an exam again.
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules for the Virtuosity Challenge!
Hi Mircea, I have sent an email to you, and another to Ashley, but I haven't heard back yet. I'm wondering if they may have been blocked somehow. If possible,…
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Jaime Zaldua So great to hear a duet! Beautiful piece and good playing.
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Igor That was great, Igor! It’s amazing how something as simple as an interval can be developed into an entire piece. Music is so cool!
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Norman I had no idea it was a ever a song on the radio. I’ve never heard of Raffi. I just know it as a ubiquitous song from my youth, at places like Cub Scout camp.…
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Norman Hi Norman. I'm not from the Midwest, but Rochester, NY. Never thought of myself as a boomer, but why not? I was born in '69, does that count?
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Emma How beautiful, Emma! So gentle and lovely. May I ask who Martina is?
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Eric Sorry here's the video. Accidentally hit "reply" before I attached it!
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Eric Here is a video of me playing it. I obviously need to practice it a lot more. The original song would be just be harmonized with I-IV-V chords, but for some reason,…
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Marek Tabisz Well done, Marek! I love the rhythms in this piece.
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Ron That's great, Ron! Very playable and enjoyable. For some reason, it reminds a little of something by JK Mertz, especially in the B section.
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
Well if you're hungry, I finally finished my variations on On Top of Spaghetti. I found taking a break from it for several days helpful for overcoming my block.…
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th
@Blaise Laflamme These are spectacular, Blaise! Nocturnis Gravis is very simple and calming, reminding me a bit of Farewell by Assad. Toccatina Chromati blew me away!…
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th
@Marek Tabisz I really like that a lot, Marek!
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th
@Ashley (Ash) Lucero Thank you, Ashley. I really like the idea of setting a time limit. I love practicing guitar and working on other repertoire too much to sacrifice it completely on any given day,…
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th
@Gokce Turkmendag Thank you, Gokce. I wasn't really talking about quitting my own pieces for good. But with the very limited amount of time I have for music each day,…
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Re: Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th
@Marek Tabisz Thank you, Marek. I appreciate the encouragement.
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Re: Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th
@Ron I like it! The playfulness with the harmonies made the B section very interesting.
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Re: Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th
Sorry for not participating until now, but it has been a busy week at work and a frustrating week with music. I started trying to develop my reharmonization of On Top of Spaghetti into a theme and…
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