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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Robert Love You've chosen a gorgeous piece! (As I imagine you know, the whole suite is great.) The main thing I would point out about the section you are referring to is that the barre only needs to…
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary It's great to hear that your sessions with Martin were so useful! I don't think you need to worry unduly about your left hand. Barrios is generally quite demanding for the…
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Jack Stewart A very effective arrangement, Jack. (Sure doesn't look easy, though!) Your performance is already very solid - looking forward to further updates.
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary This is very good, Nijwm! As Jack also notes, your phrasing and tone really stand out. The two issues you mention (use of rubato and ease in shifting) may well be related:…
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Dale Needles Nice performance of this study, Dale! While watching, it occurred to me that this is the type of 'modernistic' music that Bream often played.…
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Steve Price Good start on these 'standards' of the guitar repertoire, Steve! I like that you've immediately tackled the most challenging section of Natalia - and as far as I can tell,…
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Jack Stewart Yes, definitely an accomplished gentleman! And judging from what I've seen in interviews, a genuinely humble person too. Not at all the 'rock star' stereotype!
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Jim King It's partly expectations, but I think also that it's quite natural in performance to notice more what goes wrong than what goes right. We tend to be too critical of ourselves.…
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Jack Stewart I think you're right about this, Jack. I wonder if Mertz's wife (a concert pianist) had the Liszt arrangements in her repertoire?
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Eric Phillips Great start, Eric. And just like those individuals chosen for makeover, one senses from the very outset the latent beauty that will soon be fully revealed.…
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Jim King There's a lot of good repertoire in the series, Jim. Even at the lowest grades there are some interesting pieces. I recommend having a look at the studies in particular - you're sure to…
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Ron Well, at least you had the right idea!
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Ron 'played in a rock band on a homemade guitar' - that wouldn't have been the 'Red Special' by any chance?
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Re: What's on Your Stand?
@Dani Well, that looks like several years' worth of hard work, all on one music stand! Nice selection of repertoire!
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Blaise Laflamme As far as I know, there is no official digital version of the repertoire books. Pirated pdf versions of some of the older editions can be found online.…
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
Toronto, Canada. Began with 'acoustic' guitar lessons at about age ten; classical guitar lessons throughout my teens. Played only sporadically during my twenties and thirties.…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Eric Phillips Really great playing, Eric. Pretty much flawless, technically, and musically very sensitive too. (Great dynamic control!) A real pleasure to listen to!
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Re: tonebase is confusing! Am I missing something?
@Michelle Roper I don't think the issue is whether we're being too 'hard' on ToneBase. The question is, can ToneBase be improved? I think it can be, and I hope the developers of the platform are…
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Re: tonebase is confusing! Am I missing something?
@Richard M Levy In my view, the repertoire videos should be directed at an imagined audience of guitarists capable of learning the piece in question, but needing the kind of advice that might…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Eric Phillips You asked the question that crossed my mind as well ,,,
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Bart Versteeg Well Bart, it seems you've managed to retain a great deal over all those years! Maybe a few wrinkles need to be ironed out, but both pieces have survived pretty much intact.…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Eric Phillips Off to a great start as usual, Eric! I also love this sonata - it's one of the real gems of the entire guitar literature, imo. And the middle movement,…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Bart Versteeg I don't know, what's the rush? 😂 Anyhow, that's a fun piece - I look forward to hearing it! I'm sure in my own pile of scores I've got more than a few half finished pieces from that…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Jack Stewart Ruth played the vibes, as well as the marimba and the xylophone. She was a Julliard trained percussionist who went from groupie to full-fledged band member.…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Jack Stewart Wow, you saw prime Zappa! (Was Ruth Underwood still with the band?) I'm in awe!
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