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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil Gavotta-Choro (Aug 12) Here is an update on this. I am playing without a score now. I didn't really sit down and try to memorize, it just happened after playing it enough.…
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil @Calin Lupa Glad to have you join in, Calin! Being able to play that so well already shows how much you must love it. I am really looking forward to hearing it polished up!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil @Derek It's wonderful to hear you play again, Derek, and it does not get any better than these two pieces by Villa-Lobos!
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Re: Sheet music for Carcassi/Giuliani Try going to the website for IMSLP and typing the name of the composer. They will have hundreds of pieces for Giuliani and Carcassi there.
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil Mazurka-Choro and Gavotta-Choro (Aug 7) I have continued to work on the Mazurka. I have it memorized, finally, and I feel like I am starting to make it my own when I play it.…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Ron Thanks Ron! I’m just going one piece at a time. I doubt I’ll get to the whole suite, but we’ll see.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Raul Guzman Vidal This is a BIG improvement rhythmically, Raul! Keep up the good work!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil Gavotta-Choro (Aug 6) I am finding this piece significantly more difficult than the Mazurka. Here are videos of each of the three sections, which I will eventually put together into the rondo form of…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos Gavotte-Choro A section (Aug 4) I am still working on the Mazurka-Choro, but I have also begun to work on the Gavotte-Choro. I think this is probably the prettiest of the pieces in the suite.…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm. I certainly was not trying to pressure you into playing any HVL, I was just trying to encourage you to try some since I think you have the technique needed to play…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Raul Guzman Vidal Great work! It’s very long, so that took a lot of work to get the whole thing playable. I would suggest practicing it a lot with a metronome.…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos Mazurka-Choro (Aug 2) Here is an update on this piece. I botched a few key moments.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Derek Thanks, Derek. Good to hear from you, and I really hope we get to hear you play again soon. Also, I'll give you a "cookie" if you use words like "blimey" more often in your posts!
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Ron Thanks, Ron. I'm just going one piece at a time. I wouldn't mind bringing this one to a much higher level and working on it for a while.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Ron Rutstein Thanks, Ron, and welcome to the challenge! I look forward to hearing you play one of his beautiful preludes!
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Jacques farmer Thanks, Jacques! I hope to make small improvements each day.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm! I do think you have the technique to play some HVL pieces, if you want. You said you can play Etude 1 at 90bpm, which is far better than I can do,…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Jack Stewart Maybe that is how Tarrega was inspired to write his Grand Vals. His phone with a Nokia ringtone must have gone off while he was playing.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos Mazurka-Choro (July 31) For the previous HVL challenge, I worked on the Valse-Choro from the Suite Populaire Brésilienne, so this time I thought I'd try the Mazurka.…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Blaise Laflamme Thank you for this, Blaise. If you are like me, making music is the best way that you know to express your emotions. We are all very honored that you have shared this music with us.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Eric Phillips Here's a better version of this piece.
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Re: Martin Zimny: Improve Your Sight-Reading Skills! @martin This is a serious one. In the monthly challenge, I just posted a quick recording of Prelude 1 by Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra. I am assuming you have never played it (or heard it) before,…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – Preludio 1 Okay, so I lied about the video above being my last post of the challenge. Instead, I thought I’d finish up with the composer I played at the beginning of…
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Re: Martin Zimny: Improve Your Sight-Reading Skills! @martin Here is something fun you can try!
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! Pedro Ramirez Sanchez - Madrigal I will make this my last post of this piece, and probably of this challenge.
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