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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Steve Price Very nice, Steve! Such 'jazz' arrangements of the old standards really work well on nylon strings. And I'm impressed that you've learned it the 'old-fashioned' way. Bravo!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge 🏰
@ferran Very nice, Ferran! That's a beautiful looking (and sounding) lute you have. Six courses in E is unusual these days, but probably makes good sense, especially for guitarists!…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Baroque Mini Challenge! 🏰
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge 🏰
@Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Very nice, Stefanie - thanks for posting! It occurs to me that this is exactly how Dowland would have expected his music to be performed - not, as is now so often the case,…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Baroque Mini Challenge! 🏰
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Eric Phillips Frankly, I thought his discussion of chicken pickin' was a bit weak, and he hardly even mentions string bends. And then, to top it off, he just glosses over pedal boards like they…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge 🏰
@Eric Phillips Both very well played, as usual! I find Francesco works very well on the modern guitar - in fact, I'm surprised guitarists so rarely play his music.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Baroque Mini Challenge! 🏰
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge 🏰
@bryan. burns2011 That's a beautiful arrangement and performance, Bryan, as is the video. The setting of the prelude in C major gives it a fresh character for those of us used to the 'standard'…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Baroque Mini Challenge! 🏰
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge 🏰
@John armato Lutes, yes; theorbos no - they're too big, and liable to make guitarists feel inadequate ... Just kidding! Of course, period instruments are not only allowed, they're encouraged! (By me,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Baroque Mini Challenge! 🏰
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge 🏰
@Eric Phillips Eric, there is plenty of early baroque music that was written for what we today, misleadingly in my opinion, call the 'renaissance' lute.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Baroque Mini Challenge! 🏰
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Barney It has generally been assumed that lutes and vihuelas were always tuned in 'G'. And indeed, they often were, but there was no standardization. Most historical method books advise that the…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Bruno Calixto This is coming along well, Bruno! I always struggle with that stretch up to the 'B' at the seventh fret in this section - you seem to be getting it quite nicely!
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Eric Phillips Very fitting selections for the occasion, Eric! They certainly work well on the lute.
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Barney Beautiful tone and fluency, Barney. The capo is not really necessary - 16th century vihuelas came in a variety of pitches, including E, like the modern guitar.
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Marilyn Blodget Beautiful, Marilyn! Takemitsu's lush harmonization really suits this Irish classic.
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Pack your Bags! 🏔️
@Jack Stewart Great piece, Jack! It looks like a real workout for the left hand, but you're pretty much nailing it. As for the right hand, it does take a bit of time to re-orient its position to…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! ⛵
@Stella Kosim How nice to hear something that truly represents the wider world of guitar music! Thanks for sharing.
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! ⛵
@Steve Pederson I enjoyed listening to your recital, Steve! (Thanks for sharing it with us.) A very nice programme, with some very challenging material!…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! ⛵
@Vilio Celli This sounds good, Vilio. (Nice tone!) These little pieces by Sanz are definitely worth exploring. I look forward to hearing more.
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! ⛵
@Tomas Rodriguez Wow! What an interesting composition! Is it your own? Very fine playing too - if there were some rough spots I missed them. Looking forward to hearing more!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Guitar Music Of The World!
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Re: Calling all Members! Share Your Ideas for Our Next Community Challenge 💘
Here's a proposal for a challenge with a timely theme - call it 'March Madness'. The task is as follows: learn (and for those who wish, present) a musical march by any composer of any era.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Calling all Members! Share Your Ideas for Our Next Community Challenge 💘
Noriyasu Takeuchi has arranged a lot of film music (and song) for intermediate level guitarists. These can be found online. (Not sure about copyright issues, though.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Pick a Piece! ♥
@Steve Price That's very interesting, Steve! (I did realize you were playing the first of the 'three other variations'.) I agree these sound 'complete' on their own,…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Pick a Piece! ♥
@Romy This is the first time I've heard this piece, and I must say, it's very engaging! I can see why you say it's fun to play - the fingers get to dance across the whole fingerboard!…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Pick a Piece! ♥
That sounds very good, Steve. Can I ask what version of the piece you are using? It is very different than the one I am familiar with. (It looks a lot more difficult too!) It's beautiful, though!
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: A Song Of Ice! 🧊
Well done, Andre! I wouldn't worry at all about the tempo - that is really a secondary consideration, and greater fluency will undoubtedly come with continued practice.…
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Landslög Challenge! ❄
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Re: Help With Right Hand Technique
@Jim King @Abdullah Alshammari Jim, you are correct, both rest stroke and free stroke (also known by their Spanish terms as 'apoyando' and 'tirando') are essential elements of classical guitar…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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