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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Philip Very good work so far! I particularly like your articulation and vibrato.
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @David Chidsey This is one reason why I love playing these standards of our repertoire, like Tarrega, Sor, etc. Even the simplest of pieces can continue to be worked on and perfected for the rest of…
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Martin Thanks, Martin. I’ll check it out.
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Dennis Greensmith I think there are no livestreams for this one.
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit Etude I'll be working on: Maria Gavotte. I've always enjoyed it. It's so rockin'! One thing I find easy: It's not complicated musically and it is very guitaristic.…
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @joosje I have heard that Oremus is actually a transcription of a piece by Schumann. I'm not sure if Tarrega meant for Endecha and Oremus to be played together,…
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Emma I remember watching that video and I tried a little bit of the prelude without slurs. I thought it worked very nicely. It definitely made it easier to control the phrasing.
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Re: SUGGESTED Tárrega Piece Selections - Click Here for the Music! Too many great pieces. I might add the Mazurka in G major. I'd say it's intermediate.
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for the Tárrega Repertoire Challenge! @joosje I hope your move goes well, Joosje. If nothing else, listen to some Tarrega on the drive!
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for the Tárrega Repertoire Challenge! Looking forward to this one!
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here! @Derek Thanks for writing that, Derek. The twists and turns of life always amaze me. It's easy to wonder what would be different if we chose different routes,…
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here! @Marek Tabisz What a great story, Marek! Thank you for sharing it!
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here! @Blaise Laflamme Thanks for sharing that, Blaise. I was a computer science major for a while in college, too. It's pretty ironic because today I only use technology when I absolutely have to.…
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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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