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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Barney I would be interested to know what you found technically challenging in this piece and how you dealt with it?
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 4 days ago
- Latin American Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary thank you, your comments are much appreciated
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 4 days ago
- Latin American Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! For this challenge, I chose the famous Scherzino Mexicano by Ponce. The recording seems a little distorted, not sure why. The challenge with this piece for me is to keep it sounding fun and…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 7 days ago
- 3
- Latin American Music Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Barney Thanks very much - I am trying to work more on the fun element that should come through, difficult when focusing on the technical challenges.
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 1 mth ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections Well Paraguay does not sound very exotic for guitarists, but I guess it qualifies for the challenge. This is the Tango #2 by Barrios (it's not clear if there is a Tango #1 - if anyone knows of it…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 1 mth ago
- 4
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Happy Birthday, Agustín Barrios! @Chris this was well worth watching, a fascinating summary of the emergence of a priceless guitar repertoire that could just as easily have passed us by.…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 2 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 6: Triumph & Reflections @Jacques farmer well the "watch party" is on Monday 15th May, so I guess a day or two before that. The next challenge then normally kicks off at the party.
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 3 mths ago
- Carcassi Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration @Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise! My current workflow is to point my iPhone in my general direction! Would welcome any approach that yields a better result.…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 3 mths ago
- Carcassi Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: What's on Your Stand?
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 3 mths ago
- 5
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration I had a go at No.23. Recording on my iPhone, the dynamics seem to have been flattened out quite a lot. Maybe someone can advise me on how to deal with this.…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 3 mths ago
- 7
- Carcassi Challenge
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Re: Week 1: "First Steps & Fresh Tunes" This is the result of the exercise that I did - it puts me at level 10 or 11 but some of the pieces might be a slightly out of range. I'm not sure why the music theory videos came up,…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 5 mths ago
- 1
- Practice Plan Challenge
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @John Mardinly I also tried that arrangement. If not for the tunings I might have persevered but it all eventually made my head spin. There are definitely easier Dyens arrangements that are a couple…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 11 mths ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Recommendations for Cello Suites? I would recommend Andreas von Wangenheim, I have always admired his recording of the suites, including the preludes you mention. You can find him on Apple Music.
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 11 mths ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 4: Tango Tempest Hi I would like to upload a video that I took with my phone but I don't know how to post it via youtube etc. Can anyone direct me to some instructions on how to do this?
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 1 yr ago
- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Group 3 I watched the body mapping video and I found the exercises at the end very useful, especially the one where my shoulders end up higher than I was expecting.…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Healthy Guitar Practicing - With Dragos Ilie!
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