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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Derek That’s great, Derek! I love your tone. I played number 1-5 for my college “senior recital” more than thirty years ago, and I haven’t touched them since.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Pederson Thanks, Steve! Yes, a lot of difficult stretches in this.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Derek Lovely, Derek! Does your hands hurt when you play it? Mine did when I tried playing through the first few bars alone.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Eddie Carcamo Wow, that was incredible. I have never heard this before, but it is exactly the kind of thing I first thought of when I heard the topic of the challenge.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Jack Stewart Great choice, Jack! It has there quirky, odd-balance feel of Monk’s music. You’re playing sounds good already.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Price Very cool, Steve! I used to own a couple Scofield albums, but I do not know this. Great choice!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Marilyn Blodget Oh, that would be great to hear you play, Marilyn! (No pressure, though )
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Marilyn Blodget Thank you, Marilyn. I’m just addicted to playing it right now.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Hand – Elegy for a King (Mar 9) Another day of practice and I’m loving this piece more and more. I did this video as a “one take” only, so it has plenty of mistakes.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Michael Shirk Nice and effective practice, Michael.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Price Yes, the enormous stretches combined with having to move the left hand pinky around while holding onto a barre make this so difficult. I am tempted to simplify it,…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Tomas Rodriguez Thank you, Tomas!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Price What a wonderful life experience, and what a gift it must be for you to be able to play his music. It's so beautiful and well-played. Thank you for sharing this with us, Steve!…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Tomas Rodriguez This is incredible, Tomas! It's wonderful to have you join in.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Hand - Elegy for a King (practicing trouble spots on Mar 8) I identified the sections that were giving me the most trouble in this piece (I think it's more than half the piece!),…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Price Thanks, Steve. I didn't know Hand has a study in the Noad books. I've seen those books, but I don't own them. It's a real change of pace from the much older music I usually play.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Blaise Laflamme Yes, it's like he thought to himself, "What can I add to this straightforward piece of music that would make it impossible to play? I know,…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Michael Shirk Great start, Michael, and good to have you join in. I’ve heard the piece and enjoy it very much, but I have never played it.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Hand - Elegy for a King (Mar 7) Well, here is a very rough recording of the entire piece. Sorry that I am a bit out of tune (I think my second and third strings went a bit sharp).…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Derek I'll add that you could go back in time and play some Dowland or Cutting. Whatever you choose, though, I look forward to it, Derek!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Blaise Laflamme Yes, so many pieces have these little sections that seem almost unplayable (at least for me). I'll do my best, but if I can't manage it exactly as written,…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Khiem Nguyen Thanks, Khiem. I hope I am able to do it justice.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Michael Shirk Thanks, Michael. In his notes on the piece, Hand said that he tried to capture the way the desert would seem to change so quickly depending on the weather and time of day,…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I thought of that too. It's still pretty hard to play that way, though, and I think it makes the melody line less clear. I actually think it sounds pretty good just to…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Hand - Elegy for a King measures 1-20 (Mar 6) Here is my first attempt at this piece. I am playing the A section in D minor. (After this, there is a B section in D major,…
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