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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! Sor Op 6 No 12 measures 22-61 Dec 6 So here is the entire rest of the study, picking up where I left off yesterday, at measure 22. This is the B section (in minor) and the repeated A section (in…
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Re: Group 1 Exercises 2, 3, and 4 December 5
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! Sor Op 6 No 12 measures 1-21 Dec 5 Now I am giving a go to the entire A section of the piece (the major section). Several botched notes and clunky feel, but I think I'm slowly progressing.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @martin I congratulate you already on having another go at the extraordinary (and extraordinarily difficult) piece of music!
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Re: Group 1 Dynamic Expression Exercise 1 Dec 5 This is the only one I had time to work on today. Let me know what you think needs work.
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Re: Group 1 The third video seems to be incorrect. It’s just a repeat of the second video.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! Sor Op 6 No 12 December 4 Today, I worked on the next section, measures 10-21. The biggest challenge was measure 11. Below is a picture of the score for measures 10-11, with 11 being the tricky part.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! Sor Op 6 No 12 (Segovia Study 14) December 3 I will not be able to attend either concert, but I couldn't help but want to join this challenge. I have chosen one of my favorite Sor studies to play.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @joosje Thank you for listening, Joosje. It is very hard to change the hand’s habits. While playing, I think I’m in the correct position, but when I watch on video, I see that I’m not.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Jack Stewart I’m sort to hear that the Alaska piks won’t work. When I saw the website and the pictures, it did look like some mail was needed to wear them.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner Thirty Easy Pieces for the Renaissance Lute - Nos 5 and 6 Villancico and Spagnoletto (Negri) Apparently Cesare Negri (c. 1535 – c. 1605) was both a dancer and a lutenist.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner Thirty Easy Pieces for the Renaissance Lute - No 4 Christ ist erstanden(Judenkonig) I have played this piece several times now, so it is nice to see a familiar piece in the collection.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner Thirty Easy Pieces for the Renaissance Lute - No 3 Si vous estes belle (publ. Phalese) I'm not sure who wrote this. Pierre Phalese is only credited as the publisher.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Wai Thank you, Wai. It does feel very different in the right hand. I'm still trying to find the best angle of attack to make it both fluid and to produce a good tone.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I will be sure to check out his video. I have subscribed to his channel. And please, let me know how those fingerpicks work out for you.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner Thirty Easy Pieces for the Renaissance Lute - No. 2 Haulberroys This is a piece by French lutenist Pierre Attaignant (1494-1552). He was also a music publisher,…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @David Krupka Thanks for the encouragement, David. I'm hoping it starts feeling more natural for me at some point. I'm not there yet.
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @David Krupka That makes a lot of sense, especially since his guitar playing was probably what paid the bills. I have to admit, I do somewhat wish that the tuners on the lute worked more like modern…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Wai I am trying to play runs with the thumb inside the index finger, but I just can’t get the hang of it. When I do it, the note I play with the index finger is almost inaudible,…
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Re: 20 Microestudios (No.1 - 10) - Abel Carlevaro @Wai I love it, Wai! Rich, beautiful harmonies and your playing is very smooth and legato. Listening to it is like meditating.
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner Thirty Easy Pieces for the Renaissance Lute - No. 1 A prelude As I am teaching myself to play the lute, I will be using a book I found online called "Thirty Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute" (Tree…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Steve Price Yes, I recently cut off my nails, and it does make it a bit easier (not as much as I'd hoped, though ). It seems to me that Bream simply played the lute like a guitar.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Steve Price So here is a video I made explaining and demonstrating "thumb in" technique on the lute. At the end, I (badly) play a couple short pieces to demonstrate.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I found out after making this video that Rhona's Tune is not the real name. I have the music in a Mel Bay book by Robb MacKillop.…
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Re: Eric's Lute Corner Rhona's Tune This is an anonymous ditty that is found in Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book. It's found at the very bottom of a page, and was probably snuck in so as not to waste space on the page.…
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