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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! @Barney Really beautiful, Barney! You are the master of Albeniz in this community, that is certain.
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Re: Group 1 @Blaise Laflamme Never! I'd rather be a meat-etarian!
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Re: Group 1 @Martin Enjoying would be a strong word. I much prefer playing music. That said, I am incredibly grateful to Martin and community for this opportunity to improve my right hand control.…
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Re: Group 1 @joosje It looks good to me. It still doesn't seem "natural" yet, but the fingers are moving correctly. It is so difficult to fight the hand's more familiar movements, but you are doing very well.
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Re: Group 1 @joosje Thank you, Joosje. I appreciate you watching and giving me such good feedback.
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! @Jack Stewart Yes, I got Covid at Thanksgiving time in 2020. It hit me much harder that time than this time, perhaps because I am fully vaccinated and boosted now.…
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Re: Group 1 @Emma Thank you for the encouragement, Emma. Maybe you can be more objective than I am in seeing a difference. I must have missed Martin showing us this with a scale in thirds.
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! @Jack Stewart So glad you’re feeling better and back to playing, Jack. What an incredible piece of music! It looks so difficult, but you already are playing it well and musically.…
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Re: Group 1 @Emma Your attention to detail is so impressive Emma!
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! Mertz - Op 13 An Malvina (May 17) I am continuing to work on this one. It is well-memorized by now, but I'm not sure my playing of it is improving. I can't seem to get through playing it without…
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Re: Group 1 Here is my practice for today.
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! @Wai Thanks, Wai. Ferrer has so many pieces like this, and most are not too difficult.
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! @Wai That is excellent, Wai! I'm really blown away. They say a transcription is good when it seems like it was written for the instrument. By the look of your playing,…
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Re: Group 1 Here I am playing the first two exercises, but on open strings only, since trying to add the left hand was just a disaster. I'm not sure how well I am succeeding at the task of relaxing my fingers…
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up! José Ferrer – Minué Op 56 I am continuing to work on Mertz' An Malvina, but I thought today I'd submit something different. Ferrer has quite a few very nice miniatures, and this is one of them.
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Re: Group 1 @Martin Sounds good. Can this be my "piece of chocolate" reward?
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Re: Group 1 @Martin Alright, thank you Martin. It makes sense now. I'm a little bit skeptical, not of the methodology, but of my ability to persevere long enough to get a good result.…
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Re: Group 1 @Martin Thanks Martin. I have another question (sorry). The question is in the video. I just want to make sure I'm doing it the exercise correctly.
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Re: Group 1 @Martin First of all, I love the access code! Nobody could possible hack that one! I do have a question. Is the goal to do all four assignments over the course of the entire two weeks,…
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Re: Week 2: Sleeps a Song in all things! @Rick Lord So good! Sor has long been my favorite composer for the guitar, and this piece is such a fine example of his ability. A simple and beautiful melody,…
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Re: Week 2: Sleeps a Song in all things! Mertz - Op 13 An Malvina (May 14) I can now play it from memory. I'd like to say that I sat down and did the hard work of memorizing it, using some sort of method.…
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Re: Week 2: Sleeps a Song in all things! @Wai Thanks, Wai. I don’t think I had it memorized in the video, but I think I do now. Of course, my memory always disappears when I hit the record button, so we’ll see.…
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Re: Week 2: Sleeps a Song in all things! @Dale Needles Great contribution, Dale! I love the hidden gems.
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Re: Dress Rehearsal for the 4th tonebase Community Concert @Jack Stewart You're a glass half empty kind of guy, aren't you!
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Tengyue Zhang aka TY! @Jack Stewart Whenever I'm sick, I like Hot and Sour soup.
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