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Re: Group 1 Tarrega Prelude 5 measures 14-17 two ways I thought I'd try playing around with a piece I've already been playing for about a month. These measures are already a contrasting section,…
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Re: Group 1 Brouwer Estudio Sencillo 5 Two Ways The first one is the way I would typically play it. On the second one, I tried to go a little wild with contrasts.
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Re: Group 1 @Ingo Thanks, Ingo. Plenty more to do!
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Re: Group 1 Sor Op 2 No 1 Three Ways (Dec 11) I'm sorry I could not attend the Zoom check in. I love the assignment for Week Two and I'm looking forward to having some fun with it.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @joosje Joosje, this is outstanding! What a beautiful piece of music, and you seemed completely in control of each gesture and phrase. I’ll be listening to this several times.
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Re: Group 1 @Borbala Seres Thank you very much for the feedback. I will continue to work on my staccato and try adding it more to pieces. On another note, I just listened to your new concert on the Siccas YT…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! Sor Op 6 No 12 December 10 Here's an update. I shared my thoughts in the video.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Jack Stewart This is sounding wonderful, Jack! This makes me want to try playing some Weiss. That buildup at the end is so rockin'!
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Re: Group 2 @Ingo Good work! I am definitely hearing the accented note come out most of the time. Like me, it is inconsistent, but hopefully with more practice, we'll both get there.
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Re: Group 1 @Ingo Thanks, Ingo!
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Re: Group 1 December 9 Update Here are the ones you suggested that I continue to work on. I have a separate video for the Court Dance because on the first one, I just was playing it so badly that I gave up.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @joosje My thanks to you and your husband for listening and for the kind words.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Thanks, Stephanie. My arm is fine, it just hurts to play the whole thing like that. I think the pain comes not from the difficult fingerings,…
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Re: Group 1 @Borbala Seres Thank you so much for all the great feedback! I will read over all of that closely and bring it into my next practice.
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Re: Group 2 @Ingo Welcome to the community! It all sounds great to me, but I will defer to Borbala for her expert advice.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! Sor Op 6 No 12 Dec 7 Here is today's update. I'm playing the whole piece now, beginning to end. It is a real workout for my left hand and arm, which probably tells me that I'm not relaxed enough when…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Robert Beautiful! I always love to play this, it's so emotional.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Robert Great piece of music! It makes me feel like I'm in the Spanish countryside.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Steve Pederson I love them both Steve! WW - Very cool arrangement. What I like the most is the great bass lines, and then the section when you go up higher on the neck.…
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Re: Group 1 December 7 - Exercises 1, 2, and 4 Let me know your thoughts, and thank you!
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Re: Group 1 @Borbala Seres Okay I made another video, it is posted below with the date Dec 7 on it.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Thank you. I am using a score from IMSLP that’s only one page and has no fingerings, which I always prefer. I think it might be the original publication of the opus.…
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Re: Group 1 @Borbala Seres Thank you so very much for your careful listening and valuable feedback. I will try to take all of that into account as I continue to practice these.…
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Re: Group 1 @Borbala Seres Thank you so much, I will try to increase the dynamic range and the graduality. On the fourth one, I don't think I am playing apoyando (I almost never do).…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Beautiful! I've started this piece many times, only to move on when it just got too difficult. You have made such incredible progress very quickly.…
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