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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!…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- 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,…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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 ,…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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!
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- 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.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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,…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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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.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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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.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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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.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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?
@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…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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?
@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.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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 ...
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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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 ...
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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?
@Eric Phillips I'd be happy to trade ...
- Amateur guitarist/lutenist
- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs 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?
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'.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge
@Eric Phillips Very nice! (Is it your own ending sequence again?) These standards just never seem to get 'old'. And they lend themselves remarkably well to the nylon string guitar.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: Home Country Hero Mini Challenge
@Eric Phillips Nice - I certainly wasn't expecting the 'big finish'! As far as I know, Brian is Canadian. At any rate, he lives in Toronto. He used to (perhaps still does) teach at York University.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: Week 3: "Composer's Corner: Exploring Villa-Lobos"
@don Thanks, Don - very cool video! (Shot live on location from ... a galaxy far far away!?) My question isn't can he see with that mask (he does appear to be looking at his left hand at one point,…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Guess the composer
@Steve Pederson @Blaise Laflamme Thanks guys! It's not so much 'knowledge' as memory, though. I do a lot of sight-reading. (In fact, that's about all I do, music-wise.…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Guess the composer
It's 'Lecon 27' in Coste's edition of Sor's 'Methode Complete pour la Guitare'. Sor's original publication contains relatively few exercises. Coste's version includes several dozen pieces (including…
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- David_Krupka
- 2 yrs ago
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- General Discussion
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