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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Wai You've made a good start on this, Wai. I hope you don't mind if I point out an error you're making in the second variation. You are articulating the group of three slurred sixteenths that occur…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Jim King I do understand your hesitancy, Jim. I think in general if you're having difficulty getting through a piece at a particular tempo, you need to slow it down to the point that you can…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Eric Phillips The piece is proceeding very nicely, Eric! Your execution of the ornamentation is very convincing! As for the l.h. only passage, your solution works well,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Jim King I hope you do post this, Jim - op.60/9 is a lovely little study. I certainly wouldn't worry about playing it at tempo - especially Sanel Redzic's tempo, which is pretty brisk! Btw,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Eric Phillips @Wai I agree with Eric, Wai. Especially for a 'challenge' like this, just learn whatever variations you are able to. (Having said that, I think you'll master those parallel thirds in…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Fernando Sor Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Andre Bernier Well done, Andre! I concur with what others have said here: a BIG improvement is evident in the second takes; and there seems to be something not quite right about the position of your…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Fernando Sor Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary This is coming along very nicely, Nijwm! As others have mentioned, the tone you manage to produce from your instrument is excellent.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Eric Phillips You're off to your usual great start with this one, Eric! (Frankly it won't surprise me if you do manage to get through the entire piece before the challenge is over.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: 5 hours of classical guitar You're doing very well for someone who's only been playing for a few hours, Claudia! You are already producing quite a good tone, which is arguably the most important element of guitar technique.…
- David Krupka
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- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Rick Lord Well, at least you have one good guitar, lol! (Actually, an embarrassment of riches is closer to the mark.) I too have a small collection of instruments,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Andre Bernier Glad to hear it Andre! Sor indeed wrote a lot of music suitable for just about every level. He was not only a great virtuoso, but a fine pedagogue too!…
- David Krupka
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- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: WEEK 1: Exploring Sor's Music! @Rick Lord You're off to a fine start, Rick! That's a beautiful practice space you have, btw. Out of interest, do you always use the same guitar or do you switch them up?…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Fernando Sor Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Whispers of Wood @Andre Bernier @Wai The original was published by the Ballard editorial house in Paris during the 1690s. It appears in a multi-volume series of songs by de Bousset entitled 'Recueil d'airs serieux et…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Transcription Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Whispers of Wood @Blaise Laflamme Oh, don't worry, Blaise, I follow that principle too - and plenty of others as well! Nothing too long, nothing too fast, nothing too 'stretchy' ... the list goes on and on.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Transcription Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Whispers of Wood @Wai Beautiful arrangement, Wai, and very well played too! Playing from a figured bass is a real art, which specialists spend years learning. There is a book that might interest you by Peter Croton…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Transcription Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Whispers of Wood @Jack Stewart Great start here, Jack. It looks like a really difficult piece to pull off, what with all those passages up in the 'stratosphere'. (I follow a simple principle:…
- David Krupka
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- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Transcription Challenge
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Re: What lessons or courses would you like to see on tonebase that aren’t there yet? @Andre Bernier That's an interesting idea, Andre.
- David Krupka
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- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: What lessons or courses would you like to see on tonebase that aren’t there yet? I'm not sure how great the demand would be, but if there is sufficient interest, it would be nice to have a series of videos that focus on historical instruments - the lute and the early guitar in…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: What lessons or courses would you like to see on tonebase that aren’t there yet? @Debbie I don't think this would be possible, Debbie. ToneBase could certainly offer a certificate of achievement of some kind (at least one of its online competitors does just that) but I can't see…
- David Krupka
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- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Do you have an ideal practice space? @Blaise Laflamme I try to do the same - the problem is, eventually you run out of rooms to sacrifice!
- David Krupka
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- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Do you have an ideal practice space? @Ricardo Leaños Great ideas are incubated in messy spaces! https://media.mutualart.com/Images/2021_10/07/23/234315559/ea05b0c5-668c-4e22-8f5e-a961d1234481_570.Jpeg?w=1366
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- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Do you have an ideal practice space? @Blaise Laflamme That's a very impressive space you have, Blaise! But it's a little TOO tidy ... if mine were even half as organized, I'd be spending all my time cleaning, and none practicing!
- David Krupka
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- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Sonatina 1 Giuliani op. 71 You've made a good start with this, Jesus. The main thing you need to work on, I would say, is maintaining a steady tempo throughout the entire movement.…
- David Krupka
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- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 4: "The most fearsome beasts are tamed with a gentle melody." @Barney Very impressive, Barney! The Torroba 'Sonatina' definitely qualifies as a 'monster' in my book, and the 3rd movement is arguably the most difficult part of it!…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge @Marilyn Blodget Beautiful performance, Marilyn! Very nice use of tone and dynamics to shape the phrasing. And nice contrast of mood in the very 'Spanish' ('Moorish'?) sounding 'B' section!…
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- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Mini Challenges!
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David Krupka

David_Krupka

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