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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@Stephen Holland Impressive! And, yes, a bit nerdy too!
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@Blaise Laflamme Yes, I saw that livestream too. I actually used to do that, but not for several decades now.
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You find yourself standing in the sporting goods aisle of a store, wondering which ping-pong balls are most nail-like.
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@Blaise Laflamme Not really, but maybe by next week
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@Blaise Laflamme I’d like to make an appointment with you for next week to have my nails done.
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@Jack Stewart Confession: I used to have a tuning fork in my guitar case. I had pitch pipes too.
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@Phill Tadman Engineer meets classical guitar?
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@Brian We classical guitarists might know them well, but they are not exactly household names outside of our little classical guitar bubble.
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@Carl Jossem I heard he has an amazing tremolo.
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@Michelle Roper You haven’t crossed the line until you start reading it bedtime stories. (Like the one where Segovia met Hermann Hauser.)
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@David Krupka Well, maybe two instruments. I need my lute. The dog can die.
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@David Krupka Truth!
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@David Krupka Let's ask this group of teenagers which one they prefer.
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You refuse to go bowling with friends because you might break a nail.
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You think of Napoleon Coste and Dionisio Aguado as well-known composers.
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You start referring to your time in a high school garage band as chamber music experience.
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You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
Anyone up for some fun? Write a funny ending or two to the phrase, "You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ..." I'll start off with a few.
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge
Two Pieces (June 29) I am posting a couple videos today: Canción de Cuña by Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – I think I will make this my last posting of this pretty lullaby.…
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Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – Canción de Cuña (June 28) After hearing how loud my string squeaks were in the video I posted above, I really wanted to change my fingering to have fewer position…
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@Spare Machine Love it! And Ron is right - the music and the video are both very dark, which is cool.
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Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – Canción de Cuña (June 27) I love finding composers whose music is not played very often. The last time we had a Latin American challenge, I mostly played Barrios,…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon!
@Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I don't feel any callouses, but I have been using hand lotion rather often for the last couple weeks. I just hate that feeling of not being able to twist open things like…
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@joosje Beautiful, Joosje! New to me as well.
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José Viñas – Lamento Op 38 I know it’s the last day of this rather long challenge, but for a couple days now I have been working on this piece, so I thought I might as well post it.…
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections
@Jack Stewart Welcome back! I’m glad you enjoyed your time at the GFA, other than the food. If you start playing your guitar in the cello position now, I will know why.…
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