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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" HVL Prelude 2 (Aug 21) Not sure if there is any improvement. Feeling a bit like I’m stuck in a rut.
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge Brian Katz – School Blues When I first saw this mini-challenge, I wasn’t sure what to do, since there is not a long tradition of composition for classical guitar in the United States,…
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @joosje I know exactly what you mean. I need to stop using my “death grip”, especially in the left hand.
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @joosje Great work! You're doing a great job reducing the string squeak in the B section. And your work on the A section is spectacular, it's so beautiful!
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" HVL Prelude 2 B section (Aug 20) Here is another update of the B section. I think it's a bit more controlled, but still not fully there yet.
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Re: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata BWV208) - Bach I love that so much, Wai! It takes a lot of stamina to play a long Bach piece like this:
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Re: Laura Young: Flamenco Infused Technique Workout @martin Thanks, Martin. I thought you were doing great, keeping up with her. I got completely lost, fingers flying about every which way!
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" Thanks Marilyn. I did play around with different right hand fingerings,, including dragging the a finger, but I settled on what I’m using right now. Thanks for the tip though.
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @joosje Beautiful, Joosje! That cadence around 1:25-1:30 makes my heart melt.
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @Steve Pederson This is sounding great, Steve! I actually love the idea of playing without looking. I I’ve heard someone say they like to practice their pieces in a pitch black room.…
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @Steve Pederson Thanks, Steve! I can only do that while standing on my head, and only on Tuesdays.
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Re: Laura Young: Flamenco Infused Technique Workout This seems like such a great idea, but I found it nearly impossible to do these exercises as they were taught so quickly (and I watched the livestream recorded so I could stop and start).…
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned? I actually think the most challenging piece I have ever learned is the main piece I am working on right now: Villa-Lobos' Prelude 2.…
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @don Good work, Don! I love that you are already getting creative in your thinking and playing of it.
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" HVL Prelude 2 (Aug 18) I decided to record the entire piece today. My mantra as I have been playing it is the word relax. Particularly in the B section, both hands tend to get very tense,…
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" @Jack Stewart @don Thanks, guys. I always feel like my playing gets caught in what I call the "circle of death".
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Re: Guess the composer @Beatriz That is Córdoba by Isaac Albéniz, part of his Chants d'Espagne. Here's a recording of it by Gohar Verdanyan.
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Re: Week 2: "Brazilian Rhythms Rendezvous" @don That is one of the best livestreams I have ever watched here at TB! Like I said, I might try to refresh number 5 before the end of this challenge. The C section is really hard, though.
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos" HVL Prelude 2 B section (Aug 17) For today, I tried to lift the tempo back up again, but maintain the control I had at the slower tempo, and keep the arpeggio audible,…
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Re: Guess the composer @Nina No, I'm afraid it's not. It's similar in texture, but not the same piece.
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Re: Week 2: "Brazilian Rhythms Rendezvous" HVL Preludes 1, 3, and 4 These are all pieces I have played before, so I thought I’d record them for fun during this challenge. I have worked on number 5 as well, but not in a while,…
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Re: Guess the composer I'm stumped. It's a nice little piece. I'd guess Romantic era, so maybe Jose Ferrer?
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Re: Week 2: "Brazilian Rhythms Rendezvous" @Blaise Laflamme To some degree, I have tried it. I have never developed rest stroke very well with either my thumb or fingers. I find that when I play a thumb rest stroke,…
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Re: Week 2: "Brazilian Rhythms Rendezvous" This video came up on my YT feed this morning, and I thought I'd share it. It's HVL's five preludes arranged for piano. As guitarists, we are so accustomed to hearing and playing music written for…
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Re: Week 2: "Brazilian Rhythms Rendezvous" HVL Prelude 2 B section (Aug 16) Here is another update on the B section. This is slightly slower than my post two days ago, but it feels much more controlled. Slowly chipping away at it.
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