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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
@Andre Bernier This is very good, Andre, definitely a big improvement over your earlier performance. As you say, both tone quality and musicality are greatly improved.…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
9 days ago
Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025
@Jim King I agree completely - recording ourself is useful in all kinds of different ways! As a personal example, it was only after making a video of myself (this was many years ago now) that I…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
9 days ago
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025
@Jim King You're quite right Jim, the appropriate size of any particular 'chunk' will depend on both the individual learner and the complexity of the piece being learned.…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
9 days ago
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025
@Andre Bernier Thanks, Andre - a lot of good ideas here! I mostly share your view on which ones work best. I would add 1B (phrase by phrase learning) and especially 2C (self-recording) to my own list.…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
10 days ago
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025
@Jim King I came across a video yesterday that presents one approach to memorizing music for the guitar. The general principle (basically stringing together increasing numbers of small 'chunks')…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
10 days ago
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025
@Jim King Thanks for all this, Jim! You've found a lot of interesting resources that I for one had never heard of. I'll definitely be looking into some of these.…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
13 days ago
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025
That is an impressively well organized study plan, Jim! (My own, I'm afraid, can be summed up as 'keep plugging away ...') Your third item, concerning memorization, intrigues me,…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
2 wk ago
Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches
@Eric Phillips Great start with this, Eric! It's one of my favourite Regondi etudes too (although I like the fourth just as well). I can't imagine you'll have undue difficulty with the second part,…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
4 wk ago
End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
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Re: Music school Recommendations!
I agree with @Eric Phillips - you need to consider what is best for you, not what is 'best' in some general sense. In particular, you should take into account your own particular aims:…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
4 wk ago
General Discussion
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Re: Help me find a tremolo piece... for guitar
@JR I feel Segovia's contribution to broadening the guitar repertoire has been unfairly criticized in the decades following his death. He seems to get judged for what he failed to achieve,…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
1 mth ago
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Re: Tukasz Kuropaczewski-practice principles lesson
@Ariel Elijovich Thanks for sharing these interesting observations, Ariel. I especially like your point about running being something quite different than simply walking ever more quickly:…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
2 mths ago
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General Discussion
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
Chris Wilson's version of just about anything is usually my favourite! He's an English lutenist (and vihuelist) who belongs to the same generation as Nigel North and Jakob Lindberg.…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
2 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Very nice performance, Nijwm! This is by no means an easy piece and you are playing it very well. That you've learned it without the benefit of formal guidance indicates just how…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
2 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
@Blaise Laflamme Of course, I'm forgetting that @Eric Phillips first contribution here has the very title I mentioned ('Autumn Leaves' - although I had the jazz standard in mind) so we already have a…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
@Derek What a lively little piece! It looks like a great workout for both hands. And, as you say, appropriate for the season, too - I just hope the spiders in your house aren't the sort associated…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
Very nice performance, Wai! This has long been one of my favourite pieces by Le Roy. (Despite its structural simplicity, there is something almost hypnotic about it, I find.…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
@Blaise Laflamme Another beautiful performance, Blaise, and as always, beautifully produced too! (I love your attention to detail - even the stylized lettering of your logo is tastefully rendered.…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
Such a beautiful performance, Blaise! (I've listened to it half a dozen times already.) Your tone, your phrasing - everything, really, seems just perfect.…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 1: Music of the Fall
@Eric Phillips That's a nice little piece, Eric, and as always, very well played! Shand certainly seems to be a composer who deserves more attention than he gets.…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Which guitar player from the past would you love to meet?
If the point of this exercise were to have a conversation with some illustrious figure from the past, I would, as an anglophone, want to meet someone fluent in English.…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
3 mths ago
Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer!
@Eric Phillips This is coming along very nicely, Eric. I understand what you say about the melody not always emerging from the the thick texture, but I feel this is a fault more of the writing than…
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
6 mths ago
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Latin American Music Challenge
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@Carl Jossem (following @Carl Jossem 's lead) ... when you fret that over-Prat-icing might result in a Sor pinky ...
David Krupka
Amateur guitarist/lutenist
David_Krupka
6 mths ago
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General Discussion
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@Eric Phillips True, it should be possible to carry at least two, maybe even a third if there's a case strap available. It's a pity about the dog, of course,…
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
6 mths ago
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General Discussion
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
... when your 'what-to-do-in-case-of-a-fire' plan involves getting your favourite instrument out of the house, and nothing else.
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
6 mths ago
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@Eric Phillips Actually, we'd probably get a similar response from more than a few guitarists ...
David Krupka
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David_Krupka
6 mths ago
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General Discussion
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