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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…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr 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.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Music of the Fall 🍂
- Reported - view
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.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Music of the Fall 🍂
- Reported - view
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.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- 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.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Music of the Fall 🍂
- Reported - view
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.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr 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…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- 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 ...
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- 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,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
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.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 3
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
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 ...
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
@Eric Phillips Sounds eminently sensible to me, even for those who don't use nails. Those absurdly heavy bowling balls, hurtling without warning out of the return mechanism, are a bloody menace!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ...
Hold on a minute, just what are you trying to say ...
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections
@Sam Greenblatt It's sounding very good already, Sam! (But I see why you call that opening phrase 'tricky'! I'm with you when it comes to the idea of a cutaway,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections
@Eric Phillips Your flesh-only tone production is already very good, Eric! Something else you might want to consider when playing without nails is the type of string you are using.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: tonebase Guitar Festival 2024 - We Want to Hear from You!
I agree with @Ron and @Eric Phillips - the only way to get broad membership participation would be to conduct the festival either wholly or partly online.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
Re: How important are the livestreams for you?
@Geoffrey Hui I agree that the livestream discussions tend to wander off-topic. This happens especially when questions from viewers are passed on to the guest.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 5: Mastery in the Making
@joosje Both very nicely performed, Joosje! Your use of dynamics is particularly effective, as is the tasteful rubato. I like your choice of tempi, even if other possibilities exist - what matters is…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Carcassi Challenge 💪
- Reported - view
Re: What's on Your Stand?
@Jim King The score you are working with is likely complete - it's just a different version of the 'Spanish Pavin' than the one played by Christopher Wilson.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What's on Your Stand?
@Jim King I take much the same approach, Jim, always having half a dozen or more pieces on the go. (I don't have the patience to focus on a single work for days (let alone weeks) on end.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: Do you play louder when performing live?
@Marilyn Blodget That sounds like a pleasant way to spend the evening, Marilyn. But I'm wondering ... does the wine come before or after the music making? 🤔
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: What's on Your Stand?
@Jack Stewart Looks like we're working on the same repertoire, Jack! 😂Enjoy your trip to Japan! And remember, if you tire of seeing all the cherry blossoms,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view
Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
@David A session or two with Peter Croton, a lutenist who has written a book on the realization of figured bass for guitarists, would be great. Judging from interviews I've seen on YT,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Practice Diary 2023 - Jim King
@Jim King I'm reminded here of old story about Einstein. Einstein, as you may know, was a lifelong devotee of the violin. For many years,, musical friends would gather on Wednesday evenings at his…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar?
@Michael Neverisky There are several of us here who also play lute, so perhaps half a dozen life-memberships could be counted on! It's true that there is some valuable material available online…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
- Reported - view

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