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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Fernando Ruiz Diaz I see and hear a lot of improvement here. I am very impressed by the way you analyze yourself and spot the small things that still need work.…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Garcia de Leon - Luciernagas (June 9) Today, I decided that I want to do some more technical work with this study. This morning, I played through the entire piece several times, very slowly,…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Steve Pederson Thanks, Steve. This morning I was practicing a little, and I think I will start practicing this piece a little differently, taking more advantage of the "study" aspect of it and…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Wai Yes, I do mostly play much older music, but I enjoy modern as well.
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @don Thanks, Don. I have not tried it on lute. I'm not certain it would be possible as the lute is tuned a little differently, and this piece makes use of so many open strings.
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Garcia de Leon - Luciernagas (June 8) Here is today's update. The slurs are a bit better, I think. The repeated figure, however, is more inconsistent today, I think.
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Steve Pederson Nice start, and playing them slowly first is the smart thing to do. I practically never use rest strokes, and definitely not when playing Sor.…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @joosje I just read through the Sor piece and I'm not so sure anymore. It's harder than i thought!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @nherschman It all depends on your musical taste and abilities. Sor is always a good place to start, and you can find lots of video lessons and scores of good studies here.…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Steve Pederson Thanks, Steve. The repeated figure and the arpeggios develop right hand technique, particularly if I use the multiple options for the them.…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @David Krupka Thanks, David. Ultimately, the slurred figure should have the same "feel" as the repeated note figure, with the accent on the last note, falling on the down beat of the next measure.…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Blaise Laflamme The resemblance is pretty striking.
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Blaise Laflamme Then and now
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Blaise Laflamme Are you guys talking about Alvaro Pierri (aka John Lennon), your former teacher, Blaise?
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Andre Bernier That's great, Andre. I love Sor's Op 60, both pedagogically and musically. You could not do any better, in my opinion. I look forward to hearing your progress.
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Garcia de Leon – Luciernagas (June 7, later) I’ve been working on this for much of he evening, so I just wanted to record it again. I have it memorized,…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Fernando Ruiz Diaz Thanks, Fernando. If a piece is not too technically demanding, I seem to be able to get it to the playable stage pretty quickly. My challenge is getting it beyond that,…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Fernando Ruiz Diaz What incredible music making in that video you linked! That really takes the piece and brings it to the next level (maybe the next NEXT level ).
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Ernesto Garcia de Leon - Luciernagas Op 50 No 18 I really enjoy this set of twenty studies. This particular one speaks to me because it is dedicated to Fernando Sor,…
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Fernando Ruiz Diaz Well done, Fernando! You are already playing it pretty fast, and fairly accurately. Your right hand looks really fluid. This is a piece I have never had the patience to work up to…
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge Andante Pastorale Op 32 No 3 (final version)
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge @Fernando Ruiz Diaz Thanks, Fernando!
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Re: Week 4: Tango Tempest @Calin Lupa That is excellent, Calin! Loved the driving rhythm, then the big slow down around 0:57, then right back up to speed again. Great technique and musicality. That's a real show piece.…
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge Andante Pastorale Op 32 No 3 Here is the next piece in this opus I am working on. I played this piece for a challenge this past Christmas, so it is not new to me.…
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Re: Week 4: Tango Tempest Borrono - Pescatore che va cantando (June 6 update) This just a touch faster now, and I hope more fluid.
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