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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Barney Thanks, Barney! I had never heard it before either. From what I’ve seen, it may not actually be written by Tarrega. Fun to play, regardless!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega I decided to move on from Maria Gavota and give Maria Tango a whirl. What was easy: The re-tuning of two strings always made me avoid playing this piece from my Tarrega book,…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Debbie I second @Barney . If you don't get to it until after the challenge, just post it in a new challenge and we will all still love to hear you play!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Thomas My wife and kids have no interest either, and get quite upset if I spend too much time practicing guitar. This forum is my only audience as well.…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Barney We have now worked both John Williams' (the guitarist and the film composer) into this one forum! Just an observation.
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Thomas Those were spectacular, Thomas! Both were great, but I particularly enjoyed Pavana as we don't hear that one so often. The B section is pretty challenging, but you pulled it off beautifully.…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Dennis Greensmith That's so great, Dennis!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Martin Hah! I have the reverse problem. I suffer from G.A.A., Gear Acquirement Aversion. My recording equipment is an iPhone7 (my first and only smart phone, purchased less than 1 year ago),…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Barney Superb, Barney! A very different take, but I like it a lot. It was less rhythmic but much more lyrical. Your contrasts in tone color were outstanding. Great work!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Giuseppe Gasparini You're playing is so good, and what an amazing guitar!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Giuseppe Gasparini Grazie mille, Giuseppe!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Olalla This is amazing! Very musical and emotional. Thanks for posting it!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Khiem Nguyen Thanks, Khiem. Those little things make this piece so much fun to play!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Didier Good job, Didier!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Dennis Greensmith Well done, Dennis. A good start!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Debbie Thank you, Debbie!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Olalla Fair enough. I apologize if I mistook your hesitancy for apprehension.
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Barney Thanks, Barney! I did find a fingering of the measure that did not have the portamento up to A but just played it directly, and I found it a bit easier to play.…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega @Olalla Remember, the goal is not to impress anybody in this forum, but just to learn and grow, and share our common love of the guitar and its music. There is no need to worry about reaching any…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega Beautiful shaping of both of those melodies, Blaise! Your tone and musicality are so wonderful.
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Neil Thompson I've heard that Tarrega's style really is to use rest stroke a lot. That said, he did play without nails. so maybe he used a lot of rest stroke for volume.…
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Debbie Great work, Debbie! Not an easy piece, but it's sounding really good so far. I like the cutaway!
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega (Take two) Here is an update to my playing of Maria Gavota. Overall, I'm happy with my progress. The tempo is a bit faster than last week, which is good.…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega I'm not sure if this will work, but below I attached a "video" that only has audio for some reason. The video worked on my phone, but when I sent it to my laptop, somehow the visual did not work.…
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit @Debbie I likewise do not see your post, Debbie. I feel bad that you've been feeling bad! Can you post it again, maybe. I would love to hear it!
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