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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Jack Stewart Obviously, these are much more to my liking! The first one is one of Sor’s absolute best, and you played it well. You added a bit of staccato to it,…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! It’s not really my cup of tea, but you played it well. It looks like it would be a great left hand exercise, with some planted fingers and some moving fingers at the same time.…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! HVL 8 (July 3) Here's another update (maybe the last one for this challenge?). Not sure there is any improvement.
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings! @Steve Pederson Thanks Steve for listening and for the kind comments!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Great questions, Nijwm. I will say that you should never feel inhibited to post videos regardless of your playing level. I find that simply having a goal of posting a video helps…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Andre Bernier Thank you, Andre. I do go a little crazy! I’d rather post one piece played well than 100 pieces played “so so” however.
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Andre Bernier Good work, Andre. All three are sounding good. If you don’t mind, I’d like to point out a couple things about your right hand: It doesn’t look to me like your wrist is high enough to…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Brian That was beautiful, Brian! I love the way you played that dramatic high A on the second string. Very effective. This piece has so much to teach us every time we play or listen to it.
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Steve Pederson Yes, it works nicely as a secondary dominant to the following Em chord.
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Steve Pederson This is beautiful, Steve! You bring out the melody nicely. Attached is a picture of the last line from the 1828 score (Paris), which does have a D# and A in it.…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! HVL 8 (July 1 update) Here is a recording of the entire study. Still not quite under the fingers, but getting there.
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Wai Very well done, Wai! I'm glad you are enjoying playing these. I find that is the only important question I ask for why I play some things, and don't play others: Do I enjoy playing it?
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Wai Thanks, Wai. Yes, I did add reverb in Audacity.
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! HVL 8 (June 30 update) Today, I mostly worked on page 2 of the Eschig edition. (See attached score if you wish. I come in at the second measure of the document, on the C# with the fermata.…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Dale Needles This is just as impressive as the Villa-Lobos before it, Dale! This is like Carlevaro meets HVL meets Metallica. And you’re right, it pairs perfectly with HVL 6.…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Jack Stewart Welcome back! I hope you had a great time in New York.
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Jack Stewart So, when you saw that there was a Carcassi Mini-Challenge, you didn’t start to drool with excitement?
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? @Derry Cox Such a wonderful piece!
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? @Peter What a wonderful piece! So full of joy, and you can see that joy in Edson’s whole face and body as he plays. Awesome!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! HVL Study No 8 With several others playing some HVL studies, I thought I’d throw my hat in the ring. Generally speaking, most of the HVL studies are too difficult for me.…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! Carcassi - Larghetto Op 59 No 37 This comes from Carcassi’s method. To be honest, I find most of the pieces from this opus to be rather dull. This Larghetto, however, caught my eye.…
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Re: Carcassi Mini Challenge Larghetto Op 59 No 37 This comes from Carcassi’s method. To be honest, I find most of the pieces from this opus to be rather dull. This Larghetto, however, caught my eye.…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @don That sounds really lovely, Don! I'm sorry to hear about your injury, and I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings! @Raul Guzman Vidal Good job, Raul! The first four measures of the section are very strong. In the second four measures, though, try to make sure that your rhythm is even (don't play the slurs faster…
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? Surprise, I'm going to go with some Sor! My favorites piece by him is perhaps the Grand Solo Op 14, but it is way beyond my playing level. My favorite piece that I can (sort of) play is the…
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