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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.
- David Krupka
- 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!…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- 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.
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- 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!
- David Krupka
- 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.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- "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.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- 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,…
- David Krupka
- 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!…
- David Krupka
- 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!
- David Krupka
- 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.…
- David Krupka
- 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…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1: Going North! Since the chords are played as arpeggios, you don't need to have all your fretting-hand fingers in place when a new chord begins. (Fingers can be placed one at a time.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Landslög Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Going North! @Andre Bernier Andre, as an introduction to reading guitar music, you might consider using the anthologies prepared by Jean-Fancois Decamp, available for free download from his website: https://www.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Landslög Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Going North! @Rick Lord Wonderful performance, Rick! It's hard to imagine these played any differently. The contemplative quality you give to the second Landslog (especially) is brilliant.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Landslög Challenge!
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Re: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS! I don't normally set goals for the new year, because, well, I'm, like, kinda perfect already! Of course, that's not something I would ever gloat about ... you know, just sayin'.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS! @Blaise Laflamme Well, I see you've set yourself just a few modest goals, Blaise! I look forward to hearing more of your playing in the coming year. I really enjoy your YT channel - especially…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS! @Steve Price I think the idea of taking one or two pieces a month and getting them performance-ready makes a lot of sense. I find I tend to learn pieces to the point where I can play them adequately…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Level 2 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space) @Steve Price Having had the opportunity to ask someone like Nigel North (a player I've admired for years!) a direct question, and have it answered in a personalized video-response was worth the price…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Level System
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Re: Level 2 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space) @Michel Deslauriers I think you are right in saying that ToneBase does not offer what you are looking for. It's definitely not for everyone. It's worth remembering that just as there are different…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Level System
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Re: Capricho árabe by Francisco Tárrega You're off to a very good start with one of the great 'standards' of the guitar repertoire, Jon. I'll offer a few critical comments, since this seems to be what you are asking for.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Level 2 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space) @Michel Deslauriers I agree with what Blaise says about ToneBase not having many repertoire lessons aimed at inexperienced guitarists. I think the community here consists mainly of fairly experienced…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Level System
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Re: WEEK 3: Is anybody out there ... practicing? @Jim King I didn't mean to give the impression that I think it is worth doing those exams. I absolutely don't! Their main use, I feel, is to provide a sort of guide through the learning process.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- End-Of-The-Year Concert Challenge!
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Re: WEEK 3: Is anybody out there ... practicing? @Andre Bernier Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting you take up the lute, Andre - only that you might want to play some music originally written for the lute (like Greensleeves) on the guitar.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- End-Of-The-Year Concert Challenge!
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Re: WEEK 3: Is anybody out there ... practicing? @Andre Bernier Nice performance of Greensleeves, Andre. For someone who's being playing classical guitar for less than a month, you're doing remarkably well! That, I suppose,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- End-Of-The-Year Concert Challenge!
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Re: WEEK 3: Is anybody out there ... practicing? @Eric Phillips I really like the Sor recording, Eric! (And the carol arrangement is certainly charming, and seasonal - as is the setting, although I think your beard is supposed to white!…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- End-Of-The-Year Concert Challenge!
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David Krupka

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