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Re: 🎯 The Etude Challenge: Study Pieces, Serious Progress - Week 2
@Eric Phillips Like others here, I enjoy these short videos describing your approach to specific problems that arise in the music you are learning. I love your attention to detail - and it certainly…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 hrs ago
- 🎯 The Etude Challenge
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Re: 🎯 The Etude Challenge: Study Pieces, Serious Progress - Week 1
@Michel I'll 'third' the recommendation for Emmanuel Sowicz! (My favourite 'teacher' here on ToneBase.)
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 days ago
- 2
- 🎯 The Etude Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: 🎯 The Etude Challenge: Study Pieces, Serious Progress - Week 1
@Jack Stewart Hi Jack - the link works for me.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 days ago
- 🎯 The Etude Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Villa-Lobos Etude No. 1: Arpeggio Mastery and Beyond
@Ariel Elijovich I also think this particular thread risks unwinding in a not altogether constructive manner. But for the record, I do agree with Ariel here - Segovia is simply one figure in the long…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 days ago
- 2
- Live Calendar
- Reported - view
Re: 🎯 The Etude Challenge: Study Pieces, Serious Progress - Week 1
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary I should have included 'ease of execution' in my list of things to consider - in most cases, that will be the determining factor!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 11 days ago
- 2
- 🎯 The Etude Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: 🎯 The Etude Challenge: Study Pieces, Serious Progress - Week 1
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary I don't think there's a general rule here, Nijwm. Each particular case is likely to have its own particular solution. (And remember,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 11 days ago
- 🎯 The Etude Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Sarabande «La Nostalgique» - Suzie Auclair
Beautiful playing, Blaise! But let me see if I understand this correctly: luthiers come to your home, proffering the latest example of their craft; composers entrust to you their scores,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 wk ago
- 2
- Your Practice Diary
- Reported - view
Re: Welcome to tonebase!
@Uli Welcome to ToneBase, Uli. It's nice to have a new member from East Africa - we're becoming a truly international community! I hope you will join us in the various activities that occur here:…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 6 mths ago
- New to tonebase? Click Here!
- Reported - view
Re: Mastering Tricky Passages with Martin
@Debbie It's worth remembering that Sor (according to Coste, who knew him fairly well) had an unusual capacity for left hand extensions. Coste considered most of Sor's concert works to be essentially…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 6 mths ago
- 2
- Live Calendar
- Reported - view
Re: Welcome to tonebase!
@Albert H Rowe Nice to 'meet' you, Albert. Concerning your question about where to begin in what can seem a labyrinth of material, I think that depends on where you stand, so to speak,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- New to tonebase? Click Here!
- Reported - view
Re: Welcome to tonebase!
@Brian Forester Welcome to ToneBase, Brian. I live a few miles up the road, in Toronto. (There is at least one other regular TB contributor in southern Ontario - we might just be a voting block now!…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- 1
- New to tonebase? Click Here!
- Reported - view
Re: Ponce - Estrellita
@Debbie Hi Debbie - I also sent an access request, without knowing what that entailed. (I thought maybe it was automatic.) In any event, please ignore the request as I was able to find the…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- 1
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: Study Group Zoom Check-In
@Marc Adler I agree - this is an interesting experiment in group learning that I hope will continue. (I do feel the format could stand a little 'tweaking' though.)
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 mths ago
- Live Calendar
- Reported - view
Re: Study Group Zoom Check-In
@Debbie I remember your mentioning some time ago that you were taking up the lute. I'm sorry to hear that it didn't work out. I do think the modern guitar has certain ergonomic advantages over…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 mths ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
- Reported - view
Re: Study Group Zoom Check-In
@Debbie I rather felt the same when the study group was first announced. Ughh, not that old 'warhorse' again! But then I happened to hear Evangelina Mascardi's performance of the piece on the lute.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 mths ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
- Reported - view
Re: Bach’s Prelude in D minor, BWV 999
Nicely played, Eric! Your particular solution to the right fingering seems to work perfectly - or so at least is the impression for the listener. As for those 'missing' quarter-note rests,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 8 mths ago
- 1
- Study Groups
- Reported - view
Re: Bach’s Prelude in D minor, BWV 999
@Blaise Laflamme Those are good questions, Blaise. (I also wonder in what year the piece was first arranged for guitar.) As for why the change was made,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 9 mths ago
- Study Groups
- Reported - view
Re: Bach’s Prelude in D minor, BWV 999
@Blaise Laflamme The low F (Eb in C minor) is available as the open ninth course on the lute. Nonetheless, I was misreading the score and playing it a semitone lower (the open tenth course) until I…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 9 mths ago
- Study Groups
- Reported - view
Re: Bach’s Prelude in D minor, BWV 999
Among the instruments I play (I should really say 'try to play' because my left hand no longer functions properly) is the baroque lute, for which this prelude may (or may not!) have been intended.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 9 mths ago
- 2
- Study Groups
- Reported - view
Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week 4
@Eric Phillips Very impressive control in both hands, Eric! At no point is the difficulty (especially for the left hand) made apparent - you make it look effortless!…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 10 mths ago
- 1
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week 4
@Steve Price Interesting music which seems to work well on guitar, Steve. Are these your own arrangements? Btw, I read the entry for the composer in wikipedia - her life story reads like a Victorian…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 10 mths ago
- 1
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Three
@Steve Price It's really nice to hear these studies, Steve. As @Eric Phillips says, it's surprising they're not better known.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 10 mths ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Three
@Eric Phillips Very fine playing, Eric! I remember looking briefly at these studies a couple of years ago, after hearing Carlotta Dalia playing number 2 for Siccas Guitars.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 10 mths ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Two
@Eric Phillips Fine start with this, Eric. You'll soon have enough of Pratten's music under your belt to program an entire concert! Did you happen to see her note in the score on how to avoid…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 10 mths ago
- 1
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Two
@don Great start with this very interesting piece, Don! (I was aware of its existence but had never actually heard it before.) Looking at the score, I see what you mean by it being difficult to count.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 10 mths ago
- 2
- General Discussion
- Reported - view

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