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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@Steve Pederson That's okay. I ain't done no good in English.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@Steve Pederson Impressive! Q: How many guitars does one need? A: n+1 (where n = the number of guitars one currently owns)
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Technique work that shines in your pieces 🌻
Technique Exercises from Sor's Andante Largo measure 3 Here are some exercises I could work on using this little snippet. Let me know your thoughts.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@Blaise Laflamme Stairway to Heaven sounds great on it!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@Blaise Laflamme That has to be very special being friends with the person who makes your guitars.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@joosje Your love of the instrument shows in your playing, Joosje!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@Martin You're very kind! 🙂 I used to be very into cycling. I owned a fairly good bike. A guy I rode with once in a while owned a bike that cost a small fraction of what mine cost (it even had a…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play?
The only classical guitar I have ever owned is my 1973 Hernandez Grade No 1A that I bought used in 1989 for $600. I know it is nothing special, but it is very special to me.…
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Jack Stewart 👍
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Jack Stewart Great work. It's really in the groove now.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Jack Stewart Big improvement, Jack.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
Sor's Andante Largo measures 21a and 33 (update June 13) Here is measure 21a at sixteenth-note = 96, and measure 33 at sixteenth-note = 116.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Sign-Up: Increase your Left-Hand Fitness with Slurs!
Sign me up if there are spots left, please!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Wai Outstanding work, Wai! What a difference! Even without the sound, I can see how much more controlled your finger movements are, with no wasted motion.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
Sor's Andante Largo measures 21a and 33 June 11 update I'm having one of those days when my fingers don't seem to want to do what I ask them to do. Anyone else have those kind of days?…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
Sor's Andante Largo measure 33 update (June 10) I am now playing this at 76 on the metronome.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Phil Goldenberg Hi Phil. Thanks for the fingering tip. I had actually thought of that fingering, but decided against it, as it makes the notes after it (the first inversion Dm chord) more difficult…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
Sor's Andante Largo measure 21a update (June 10) Here I bumped the speed up from 54 to 66.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Dale Needles Huge improvement, Dale!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
Sor's Andante Largo measure 33 June 9 Here is another challenging measure from this piece. Obviously, the biggest difficulty is the stretch between the index and pinky on the second beat,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I have always struggled with this fingering of a major chord. Unfortunately (for me), it is used quite a lot in the repertoire.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
Sor's Andante Largo measure 21a June 9 update I have decided to go with Joosje's suggested fingering of this measure so that the A in the melody can ring out.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@Phil Goldenberg Thanks, Phil. Sad to say, I've already fallen for the trap! It's funny, because in life I'm a very patient person, but when it comes to my playing, I am anything but patient.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@joosje Okay, great. I'll see if I can get that to work for me. And, yes, it's a great piece. I'd put it in my top ten pieces ever written for the guitar, probably.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: How to practice when there's no time ⏲
@joosje Thank you, Joosje. I remember you saying that this is a piece you have been working on recently, so I really appreciate your insight. I made a quick video with what I think is the fingering…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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