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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Raul Guzman Vidal This is a BIG improvement rhythmically, Raul! Keep up the good work!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil Gavotta-Choro (Aug 6) I am finding this piece significantly more difficult than the Mazurka. Here are videos of each of the three sections, which I will eventually put together into the rondo form of…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos Gavotte-Choro A section (Aug 4) I am still working on the Mazurka-Choro, but I have also begun to work on the Gavotte-Choro. I think this is probably the prettiest of the pieces in the suite.…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm. I certainly was not trying to pressure you into playing any HVL, I was just trying to encourage you to try some since I think you have the technique needed to play…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Raul Guzman Vidal Great work! It’s very long, so that took a lot of work to get the whole thing playable. I would suggest practicing it a lot with a metronome.…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos Mazurka-Choro (Aug 2) Here is an update on this piece. I botched a few key moments.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Derek Thanks, Derek. Good to hear from you, and I really hope we get to hear you play again soon. Also, I'll give you a "cookie" if you use words like "blimey" more often in your posts!
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Ron Thanks, Ron. I'm just going one piece at a time. I wouldn't mind bringing this one to a much higher level and working on it for a while.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Ron Rutstein Thanks, Ron, and welcome to the challenge! I look forward to hearing you play one of his beautiful preludes!
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Jacques farmer Thanks, Jacques! I hope to make small improvements each day.
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm! I do think you have the technique to play some HVL pieces, if you want. You said you can play Etude 1 at 90bpm, which is far better than I can do,…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Jack Stewart Maybe that is how Tarrega was inspired to write his Grand Vals. His phone with a Nokia ringtone must have gone off while he was playing.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos Mazurka-Choro (July 31) For the previous HVL challenge, I worked on the Valse-Choro from the Suite Populaire Brésilienne, so this time I thought I'd try the Mazurka.…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Blaise Laflamme Thank you for this, Blaise. If you are like me, making music is the best way that you know to express your emotions. We are all very honored that you have shared this music with us.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Eric Phillips Here's a better version of this piece.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Martin Zimny: Improve Your Sight-Reading Skills! @martin This is a serious one. In the monthly challenge, I just posted a quick recording of Prelude 1 by Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra. I am assuming you have never played it (or heard it) before,…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – Preludio 1 Okay, so I lied about the video above being my last post of the challenge. Instead, I thought I’d finish up with the composer I played at the beginning of…
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Re: Martin Zimny: Improve Your Sight-Reading Skills! @martin Here is something fun you can try!
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! Pedro Ramirez Sanchez - Madrigal I will make this my last post of this piece, and probably of this challenge.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary This is SO good, Nijwm! Your slurs are very clean, and you make that big stretch look so easy. The melody is singing very clearly. I think this may be my favorite performance I…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! Pedro Ramirez Sanchez - Madrigal (July 21) I'm taking another stab at this beautiful piece. This time, I was more focused on bringing out the melody and keeping the accompaniment quieter.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Jack Stewart Good work, Jack. I haven’t looked at the score, but at the beginning and end (the less active sections), it does seem like you’re counting in your head, groping a bit for the timing.…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Jack Stewart Close! They are some kind of pom poms my wife put up for the Fourth of July. Needless to say, I am not in charge of home decor around here.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Jack Stewart I am Iron Man
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Dale Needles I really love this one, Dale! I have heard Abel Fleury’s name many times, but I never have spent time with his music. I really like the dramatic flair of this piece,…
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