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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
@Barney Very fine playing indeed, Barney! (It's not very often that we get treated here to such a 'showstopper'!) Concerning the authorship of the Fantasia,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages: A Live Q&A on Practice Strategies
@Michelle P There is a very good Tonebase lesson on the Sor etude that @martin was referring to. I don't know if he was actually recommending the study or simply pointing out that it is one that…
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- David_Krupka
- 3 wk ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages: A Live Q&A on Practice Strategies
I looked that up during the livestream - it's number 20 of opus 31. (It's also included in that once famous volume of Sor studies selected by Segovia.)
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 wk ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages: A Live Q&A on Practice Strategies
@mike I'm a long-time member of that particular group, Mike!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 wk ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Jack Stewart Brilliant, Jack - I knew you could be counted on you for a zinger!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Jack Stewart '... I fully embrace ...' aaahh - you must be one of those 'method' musicians! I shall have to start thinking of you as the 'Brando of the guitar'!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart Oh sure, Jack - blame it on your faithful companion ... 😂
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Jack Stewart This is really sounding great, Jack. It's such a cool piece - I love the part that 'walks' right up to the highest register of the guitar.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Steve Price I agree with you about the difficulty of playing passages that move at a very slow pace! All of a sudden, the smallest imperfections make themselves apparent,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages: A Live Q&A on Practice Strategies
I have a general question for which I'll present two specific examples. The question is: at what point should one decide that a particular problem is insurmountable,…
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- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Steve Price Very interesting piece, Steve! I remember you introduced us to Annette's music a while back - I must say I really enjoy her work. (Modern, but accessible.…
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- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Dale Needles Thanks for linking this, Dale. I had no idea that this valuable resource existed. It's really interesting to see Carlevaro's very detailed fingering for many of the pieces.…
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- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Dale Needles Great start with this one, Dale! Count me among those who thought 'that study doesn't look easy at all'! Those little ornamental turns are really difficult to 'pull off' cleanly.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
@Fiona ConollyOh, I see now that there's a different lesson on the Romance presented by Scott Tennant. Is this perhaps the one you were looking for: https://app.tonebase.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
@Fiona Conolly I agree that the site could be a little more user-friendly - although once you're familiar with the layout, it's not too difficult to find things.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier My thanks as well for sharing Jakob's comments. It's very interesting to see the kind of feedback that's available from the ToneBase coaches. It's obviously paying off well for you.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Eric Phillips Very fine performance, Eric. Beautiful clarity in the harmonics. I suspect you're right about Barrios not playing it (and just about everything else!) the same way every time.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Robert Love Nice playing, Robert! It's sounding much more secure and polished than your earlier video. My main suggestion would be to allow the music to 'breathe' a little more.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
- Reported - view
Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
@Fiona Conolly Hi Fiona - welcome to the ToneBase Community. You'll fit in nicely here, should you decide to stay - we're mostly 'mature' ourselves, and although not everyone is a beginner,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: 🎓 The tonebase course that changed your playing
@Steve Price I very much enjoyed the livestream with Borbola. I found her idea of musical interpretation as 'storytelling' interesting, even though it's not something I would be inclined to make use…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude no1 track edition
Good 'catch', Dimitri! I would say it's an error. In both the first edition and the more recent scholarly edition edited by Frederic Zigante,, the last two notes of measures 64 and 65 are F# and G#.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Michael Shirk I tried speed bursts too, but the passages are long enough that my little 'bursts' (even though they did get longer with practice) always ran out of steam well before the end of the…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 mth ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Michael Shirk Great start with this, Michael! (Any rust you might have accumulated on that long road trip has been shaken off pretty quickly!) One small suggestion I would make is that the melodic…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
@Richard M Levy I watch a lot of the Siccas Guitars YT videos but I almost never pay attention to the particular instrument being featured. I didn't even realize that they're producing their own line…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart Well, AI sure ain't all it's cracked up to be! (Thankfully.)
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 mth ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
- Reported - view

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