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Re: Back To School Recital! Thanks to all the participants in today's concert! Very nice 'program' with a high standard of performance all round! Thanks also to Debbie for showing us your new lute - I look forward to hearing…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes! @Wai I agree, Evangelina is really a great musician. Her recent recording of the complete Bach 'lute' music is among the best interpretations of this repertoire I've heard.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes! @Jack Stewart @Blaise Laflamme btw, an interesting fact about this recording: the backing guitar fills apparently come courtesy of Chet Atkins, who was the record's producer.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes! @Jack Stewart @Blaise Laflamme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EQG3SsGZo
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes! @Wai You're off to fine start with this, Wai! I think it's entirely appropriate to consider this fantasia a 'monster' in the sense intended here: it is by no means an easy piece!! In particular,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Ernesto García de León – Preludio Op 26 That's beautiful, Eric! The extensive use of open strings here really gives this a luxuriant sound. (Very much enhanced by the beautiful tone you produce on your instrument!…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge @Jack Stewart Some of the slackers are still slacking! (Actually, it's probably not fair to label someone who's managed to slack their way through six decades a 'slacker'!) As for emojis,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge @Jack Stewart Oh, wait, maybe you had something else in mind ... Yes, I agree, that might well constitute a second golden era, even for the long-hairs! (Mind you ,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge @Jack Stewart I take it you're thinking of Britten, Walton, and others who worked with Bream. Yes, I suppose a case can be made for a second golden age. Both 'Elizabethan' though!
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: How many pieces do you work on at a time? I don't have anything that approaches a regular practice routine. When I do play, I mostly just sight read for an hour or two. I normally choose a particular publication (this week it's been Pierre…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge @Eric Phillips You're certainly right about the importance of stress in early music and the 'correctness' (in the positive sense!) of @joosje 's interpretation.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge @joosje Beautiful performances, as always, Joosje! Your selections seem entirely appropriate to the challenge, since in Belgium you can lay claim to both Flemish and French musical heritages.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Guitar sizing I agree that string spacing at the nut is more important than small differences in scale length. I have instruments ranging in size from 585 mm to 670 mm,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Jack Stewart That's pretty much the 'journey' I've taken too, Jack. What began to change my thinking (back to a favourable view) was acquiring a few years back an urtext edition of Ponce's guitar…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Debbie I agree, the made-to-measure cases are absurdly expensive. Some luthiers (both Lauri and Gyorgy, fortunately) provide their own. But there are a couple of options for something cheaper.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Debbie I have three now - six, seven, and eleven courses, all made by luthier Lauri Niskanen in Finland. (I also own a four-course guitar from Gyorgy Lorinczi in Romania.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Debbie That's wonderful, Debbie! I took up the lute myself a dozen or so years ago. I think it's normal (for guitarists, I mean) to begin lute with a guitar-like technique.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Debbie I certainly agree that Segovia's treatment of early music leaves a lot to be desired. (Frankly, I find it unlistenable.) But the historically-informed approach to performance was only in its…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Jack Stewart I've heard similar stories and it does seem he was, to put it nicely, a rather poor teacher. I'm certainly not trying to defend his character.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Jack Stewart @Debbie @Robert St Cyr I agree that Segovia's performances are dated, but they reflect the musical aesthetic of the time. I do think Debbie makes a valid point about the nature of…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Jack Stewart It worked out for fans of Robert Johnson! (I'm one.) The man himself might have had a different opinion ...
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Eric Phillips You might still find yourself on the losing side of that exchange ...
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Eric Phillips I'd be happy to trade ...
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? To offer a less cranky response, I would be very interested to know what the 'technique' of well-known guitarists of the past was actually like. How would historical figures like Sor and Giuliani…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? It's perhaps worth recalling that in literature and folklore alike, these Faustian bargains never work out as expected ... in any event, I'm not sure I would want anyone else's 'technique'.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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David Krupka

David_Krupka

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