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Re: Attending the 2023 GFA Conference in NYC
Sounds like a great experience, Jack! Private lessons with Denis Azabagic (I presume you mean) and Marcin Dylla! (I'm not familiar with Helen Sanderson.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips Very good start here, Eric. I see what you mean about the stretches! (I suspect Barrios must have had a very flexible hand, because such stretches seem to occur throughout his music.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips Beautiful, Eric! And a very fine piece too - it's easy to forget that, in addition to all the virtuosity, Giuliani had a lyrical, romantic side, on full display here.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
- Reported - view
Re: Carcassi Mini Challenge ✒
@Eric Phillips Very nicely played, Eric! I don't fully agree with your assessment of the material in opus 59, though. It's not concert repertoire, to be sure, but given its pedagogical purpose,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: Carcassi Mini Challenge ✒
@Curtis Breslin I agree with Eric's view that the Carcassi opus 60 etudes are not arranged progressively. Arguably, the use of the term 'progressive' in the title has more to do with their purpose,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view
Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings!
@Eric Phillips Nice selection, and very nicely played Eric. As for Sor's fingerings, personally I never change them. (I'm no virtuoso, but at least I'm virtuous ...…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings!
@Eric Phillips Nice selection, and very nicely played Eric. As for Sor's fingerings, personally I never change them. (I'm no virtuoso, but at least I'm virtuous ...…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Week 2: Technique Tango!
@Ron I should add that what Coste had in mind was a so-called 'Terz' guitar, tuned a minor third higher. (These were common in the 19th century but were used almost exclusively in chamber music.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Week 2: Technique Tango!
@Eric Phillips I was looking at this study a few days ago myself and noticed the very problem you are describing. My own solution would be to simply continue with the p-i alternation.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Week 2: Technique Tango!
@Steve Pederson This is shaping up nicely, Steve. In particular, I very much like your phrasing. By the way, to answer the question which you asked earlier,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Week 2: Technique Tango!
@Ron Sor, according to Coste (who had been his student) had an unusual capacity for stretching the fingers of his left hand. So my guess is that Sor himself would have fingered the measures you…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
@Blaise Laflamme It will continue burning until September - despite being 'under control'!? I sure hope our forestry officials know what they're doing!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
- Reported - view
Re: Barrios Mini Challenge ✒
@Eric Phillips This is coming along nicely, Eric. Your tempo works quite well - I wonder if the indication in the score is editorial or original. (It doesn't seem to me that Barrios was in the habit…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view
Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
@Blaise Laflamme We noticed it here in Toronto too! It seems to have dissipated now, though.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
- Reported - view
Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
@Dale Needles It was a teacher of mine who had studied with Lagoya, not me myself. But because of this, I learned to play guitar using the somewhat unorthodox approach to the right hand that Lagoya…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
- Reported - view
Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge 🙋‍♂️
@Eric Phillips Beautiful, Eric! The tempo seems just right now. It's really an outstanding little piece - I love how Sor introduces so much harmonic movement into something basically quite simple.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view
Re: Barrios Mini Challenge ✒
@JUAN ALONSO Very nice, Juan! I agree with Eric, this little prelude is much more difficult than it appears! I think your tempo is about right already - I don't know that it needs to be any faster.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée!
@Andre Bernier Well done, Andre! Your playing is definitely improving - it seems much more 'confident' and. controlled these days. I do have a comment about the Sor piece, though:…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
@Dale Needles Very nice playing, Dale! And what a great piece! I'm surprised it took some thirty years to make it to publication. Was it intended to be part of some larger work?
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
- Reported - view
Re: Barrios Mini Challenge ✒
@Eric Phillips Very nice, Eric. (And very impressive that you managed to post this within two hours of the challenge 'start' time!!) In addition to the concert studies there are,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Tango Tempest 🌪️🎶
@Steve Pederson Good job with this, Steve! If you're finding it a challenge, I would say this has nothing to do with age, and everything to do with the fact that it is not an easy piece!…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- The Song and Dance Challenge 💃🕺
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée!
@Eric Phillips You're quite right! Perhaps I should have said, the difficulty is getting a 3 + 2 grouping to sound like a 4 + 1 grouping. In any event, the problem is getting the appropriate accent…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée!
@Eric Phillips You're off to a great start with this, Eric! It's certainly an interesting study, and as you say, it makes obvious reference to Sor's repeated note study.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza! 🥳
- Reported - view
Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge 🙋‍♂️
@Eric Phillips I would translate 'etouffez' as 'muffled' which I imagine implies muted in some way. (Palm muting, I suppose.) I don't know if Sor discusses the effect in his Method.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view
Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge 🙋‍♂️
@Eric Phillips Well played, Eric. The pull-offs to the open string are fine - I didn't notice them as interfering in any way with the melodic line. (Perhaps the sound of the ligado projects upwards…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges! 👐
- Reported - view

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