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Re: Carlevaro - Compositions @Eric Phillips Thanks for remembering your neighbours to the north, Eric! (However, the only ones needing to apologize reside in Washington!) I remain (cautiously) optimistic that cooler heads will…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 mths ago
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- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier Very nice, Andre! I've not heard of this suite before, but it seems well worth learning! Btw, I don't think this was written by the Los Angeles-based film composer, despite the name.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Practice plan @Mark Thirlwell Well, it looks like you'll be giving it a very good go indeed! You're already playing at a very good standard (I enjoyed your 'Sueno' video) so I expect you'll soon be at that elusive…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Practice plan Thanks for posting this, Mark - it's always interesting to see how others approach practicing. Just to be clear, is this what you are proposing to do on a daily basis? (If so,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 @Jim King These sound great, Jim! I wouldn't be hesitant about recording technical studies - some of them are great little pieces. (And occasionally, like those by Villa-Lobos,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Left Hand Tips You've Never Heard @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary It's definitely a notation convention! Btw, if the whole line were in D minor and not D major, the chord built on the third degree could well have F natural as the root,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: Left Hand Tips You've Never Heard @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Hi Nijwm - I know you're not asking me, but since it's such a straight-forward matter, I'll answer: the 'f' in the third chord of the example in your book IS sharpened (as the…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier These are sounding great, Andre. The Pujol etude (which I had not heard before) seems to be an excellent warm-up exercise. I may start using it this way myself. I would be inclined to use the R.H.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 3 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1: Left-Hand Mastery with Arturo @Paul Which edition of this piece are you using? It is different than the one that appears in the old (but undated) bilingual (French/German) edition of Carcassi's 'Methode Complete' published by…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- 2
- New Year, Better Technique!
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Re: Boijes collection Yes, I've found the same thing. I read somewhere that the collection is now available through IMSLP, but if true, I was unable to find it there, at least not as an independent entry.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier @Andre Bernier This is very good, Andre, definitely a big improvement over your earlier performance. As you say, both tone quality and musicality are greatly improved.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 @Jim King I agree completely - recording ourself is useful in all kinds of different ways! As a personal example, it was only after making a video of myself (this was many years ago now) that I…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 @Jim King You're quite right Jim, the appropriate size of any particular 'chunk' will depend on both the individual learner and the complexity of the piece being learned.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 @Andre Bernier Thanks, Andre - a lot of good ideas here! I mostly share your view on which ones work best. I would add 1B (phrase by phrase learning) and especially 2C (self-recording) to my own list.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 @Jim King I came across a video yesterday that presents one approach to memorizing music for the guitar. The general principle (basically stringing together increasing numbers of small 'chunks')…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 @Jim King Thanks for all this, Jim! You've found a lot of interesting resources that I for one had never heard of. I'll definitely be looking into some of these.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: JimK 8882 Practice Diary 2025 That is an impressively well organized study plan, Jim! (My own, I'm afraid, can be summed up as 'keep plugging away ...') Your third item, concerning memorization, intrigues me,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 4 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Eric Phillips Great start with this, Eric! It's one of my favourite Regondi etudes too (although I like the fourth just as well). I can't imagine you'll have undue difficulty with the second part,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 5 mths ago
- End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
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Re: Music school Recommendations! I agree with @Eric Phillips - you need to consider what is best for you, not what is 'best' in some general sense. In particular, you should take into account your own particular aims:…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 5 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Help me find a tremolo piece... for guitar @JR I feel Segovia's contribution to broadening the guitar repertoire has been unfairly criticized in the decades following his death. He seems to get judged for what he failed to achieve,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 5 mths ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Tukasz Kuropaczewski-practice principles lesson @Ariel Elijovich Thanks for sharing these interesting observations, Ariel. I especially like your point about running being something quite different than simply walking ever more quickly:…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 6 mths ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors Chris Wilson's version of just about anything is usually my favourite! He's an English lutenist (and vihuelist) who belongs to the same generation as Nigel North and Jakob Lindberg.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- 1
- Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Very nice performance, Nijwm! This is by no means an easy piece and you are playing it very well. That you've learned it without the benefit of formal guidance indicates just how…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- 1
- Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors @Blaise Laflamme Of course, I'm forgetting that @Eric Phillips first contribution here has the very title I mentioned ('Autumn Leaves' - although I had the jazz standard in mind) so we already have a…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- 1
- Music of the Fall
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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…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 7 mths ago
- Music of the Fall
- Reported - view

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