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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Andre Bernier Excellent choice, Andre! Savio was an important figure in the development of the guitar in Brazil. (Among his students were Luis Bonfa and Carlos Barbosa-Lima!…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Eric Phillips That sounds like a challenge! Let's see what I can come with ...
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: READ and FAQ - The Villa-Lobos-Voyage! @Giuseppe Gasparini Giuseppe, I suffer from exactly the same phenomenon, although the underlying cause is different in my case. It's amazing how disruptive a failure to stabilize the hand is to…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: READ and FAQ - The Villa-Lobos-Voyage! @Eric Phillips Eric's makes an excellent suggestion! Maestro Lopes has a lot of graded material in his accessible score library, and a large number of these are categorized as either 'basic' or…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: READ and FAQ - The Villa-Lobos-Voyage! @Giuseppe Gasparini I would say there are no easy pieces by HVL, Giuseppe. But a few are decidedly less difficult than the others. Perhaps Prelude 4 is a good place to start,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Guess the Composer @Blaise Laflamme I'm very impressed that you got them all right, just by recognizing the individual styes of the composers! You have good 'ears' indeed!
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Guess the Composer @Eric Phillips I agree with Blaise - this was a wonderful idea! Even though I recognized several of the pieces, I had to remind myself of just what they were.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Guess the Composer @Andre Bernier What a clever idea, Andre! Thanks for sharing your search results. I'm surprised Professor Google was unable to identify the piece Eric presents as 'C' - I would have thought it's well…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Guess the Composer @Blaise Laflamme I'm with Blaise!
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites! @Wai Nicely played, Wai! I'll point out that the use of a capo for lute repertoire of this period is entirely optional: the idea that there existed during the renaissance a 'standard' lute tuned to…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Revitalizing Your Classical Guitar Journey: Mastering the Fundamentals with Dr. Daniel de Arakal! @Joel Joel, I'm not sure what you mean when you say that a piece of music played from memory 'bears little resemblance' to the actual score. What is most important, it seems to me,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: Playing on a crossover guitar The main thing to be aware of is that the 'crossover' guitar has a rather narrow fingerboard, which means that the string spacing will be a little 'tighter' than is the case for a regular classical…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Level 1 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space) @David You asked this some time ago, so maybe by now you've found an answer, but I'll respond in case you haven't. For position playing, you might look at the material in part II of Carcassi's…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Level System
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces! @Jack Stewart Very interesting piece, Jack, and certainly a real workout for the left hand! Many thanks for sharing the score. (It's at the very limit of what I would call 'sight-readable',…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Attending the 2023 GFA Conference in NYC Sounds like a great experience, Jack! Private lessons with Denis Azabagic (I presume you mean) and Marcin Dylla! (I'm not familiar with Helen Sanderson.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces! @Eric Phillips Very good start here, Eric. I see what you mean about the stretches! (I suspect Barrios must have had a very flexible hand, because such stretches seem to occur throughout his music.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces! @Eric Phillips Beautiful, Eric! And a very fine piece too - it's easy to forget that, in addition to all the virtuosity, Giuliani had a lyrical, romantic side, on full display here.
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Carcassi Mini Challenge @Eric Phillips Very nicely played, Eric! I don't fully agree with your assessment of the material in opus 59, though. It's not concert repertoire, to be sure, but given its pedagogical purpose,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Carcassi Mini Challenge @Curtis Breslin I agree with Eric's view that the Carcassi opus 60 etudes are not arranged progressively. Arguably, the use of the term 'progressive' in the title has more to do with their purpose,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings! @Eric Phillips Nice selection, and very nicely played Eric. As for Sor's fingerings, personally I never change them. (I'm no virtuoso, but at least I'm virtuous ...…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings! @Eric Phillips Nice selection, and very nicely played Eric. As for Sor's fingerings, personally I never change them. (I'm no virtuoso, but at least I'm virtuous ...…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Technique Tango! @Ron I should add that what Coste had in mind was a so-called 'Terz' guitar, tuned a minor third higher. (These were common in the 19th century but were used almost exclusively in chamber music.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Technique Tango! @Eric Phillips I was looking at this study a few days ago myself and noticed the very problem you are describing. My own solution would be to simply continue with the p-i alternation.…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Technique Tango! @Steve Pederson This is shaping up nicely, Steve. In particular, I very much like your phrasing. By the way, to answer the question which you asked earlier,…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Technique Tango! @Ron Sor, according to Coste (who had been his student) had an unusual capacity for stretching the fingers of his left hand. So my guess is that Sor himself would have fingered the measures you…
- David Krupka
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 1 yr ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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David_Krupka

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