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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Calin Lupa Good work, Calin. It's such a challenging piece for the left hand, but you are navigating it well!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm! Playing it makes me feel like a gymnast performing a floor routine. Hopefully, I'm a better guitarist than gymnast though!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @joosje Thank you, Joosje. I can hear that the B section is noticeably slower. It’s mostly because I’m still groping around to find the notes. Why are B sections almost always harder!?
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Jack Stewart "Daunting" is the right word! "Intimidating" works too!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @joosje I think practically every measure is tricky, but you're right, the fireworks at the end are particularly challenging.
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Palmer The music is incredible. I only wish he had written a few beginner or intermediate level pieces.
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress Regondi - Etude 1 (Nov 26) Well, I can (sort of) play through the whole piece now. As this recording shows, I am still just getting it into my fingers. It is exhausting to play it straight through.…
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors @Blaise Laflamme Congratulations, Blaise! It must be amazing to hear those words of praise from the composer. Plus, we are talking about Andrew York, one of the greatest guitarists of our time!…
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Blaise Laflamme Oh, I think this one might take me to the end of the challenge, if not beyond. The really hard parts are yet to come.
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Blaise Laflamme This is just incredible, Blaise! I have always liked Marianne's music, but I think this may be my favorite. Love the groove!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress Regondi Etude 1 A section (mm 1-16) I guess this fits under the "something you’ve always wanted to learn but never started" description in the goal for this challenge.…
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Re: If You Could Only Listen to One Composer for a Year, Who Would It Be? Fernando Sor. I know this is clearly a guitarist’s kind of choice, but whenever I play or listen to Sor, I feel like I’m home. The one word that describes his music best for me is elegant.
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Re: What’s the Most Unusual Piece You’ve Played or Heard? At my senior recital in college (over thirty years ago), I played Richard Rodney Bennett’s Impromptus, why are pretty out there. I also played a bizarre piece that I wrote for tape and guitar,…
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Re: Tukasz Kuropaczewski-practice principles lesson @David Krupka Thank you, David, for saying this so well. When I watched Lukazs's video, I could tell almost right away that his approach was not for me, but I was unable to articulate why.…
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Re: Final Week: Music of the Fall Shand - Andante Caprice Op 65 (Nov 11) One more time! I finally have it memorized, so I thought I'd record it again today.
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Re: Final Week: Music of the Fall Shand- Andante Caprice (Nov 10) Here's another go. Some improvement, but still a ways to go.
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Re: Final Week: Music of the Fall Ernest Shand - Andante Caprice Op 65 I am continuing to dive into my new book of Ernest Shand's pieces. This is obviously still a work in progress, but it's so lovely that I wanted to be sure to…
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Re: Final Week: Music of the Fall @Blaise Laflamme Just beautiful!
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Re: Final Week: Music of the Fall @Barney This is awesome, Barney! This is definitely one we don't hear very often (or at least I don't). It has a real "groove" to it, and you have nailed it. Your slurs are so crisp and clean.…
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Re: Week 5: Colors of the Fall @Sam Greenblatt That's pretty amazing, Sam! The intense opening chords are so unlike what I would expect from Andrew York. But then those slurs come in! Incredible!
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Re: Week 5: Colors of the Fall @Marilyn Blodget Thank you, Marilyn! I do play for my students. They mostly seem to like it, but several are rather ambivalent. I just hope that I can expose them to something new (well, new to them,…
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Re: Week 5: Colors of the Fall Shand - Il Pensieroso Nov 1 Here is another update. I don't often dress up for my videos, but I had just gotten home from work when I recorded this.
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia @Ariel Elijovich That was gorgeous, Ariel! Each voice was singing beautifully, and your tone color was so warm and captivating.
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Re: Week 4: Harvest Melodies @Debbie What fun! Definitely a blast from the past. I probably watched every episode when I was a kid. Thanks, Debbie!
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Re: Week 4: Harvest Melodies @Jack Stewart While I cannot tell that you are modeling Alexis Weissenberg (especially since I have not heard of him, let alone heard him play this), I can tell that your phrasing is hugely improved.…
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