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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches Double the speed, double the trouble. Just getting through this feels like a win (which is why I am not playing repeats!). I'm happy with the last section which involves some really quick…
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- 4 wk ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches I have been working on bits of Bach the whole year - I have always found this particular Gigue deceptively difficult - lot of slurs and pull-offs, intrinsic to the rhythm,…
- Sam Greenblatt
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- 4 wk ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
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Re: Final Week: Music of the Fall Continuing with the Andrew York Spring theme -- this is the much better-known Sunburst. I checked out the course with Andrew York on tonebase - not often you find composers talking about their own…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 2 mths ago
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- Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 5: Colors of the Fall In keeping with Spring here in the Southern hemisphere, I worked on this classic Andrew York piece, which I think evokes new growth and rebirth. I had given up on it several times in the past due to…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 2 mths ago
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- Music of the Fall
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Re: Guitar Q&A: Ask Away with Martin! If you were trying out a new guitar, what routine or piece fragments would you play in order to put it through its paces?
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 3 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: Music of the Fall I live in the Southern hemisphere — I wonder if I could get a special dispensation to play a Spring-themed piece. Here in South Africa there are endless blossoms and new growth
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 3 mths ago
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- Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 4: Serenade Showcase @martin Wow that is exciting, all the best to you all. Looks more like Liszt than Schubert imo.
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 4 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Serenade Showcase @Barney The book is called "Jazz and Popular Songs" - it has dated a lot more than the American Songbook collections, although the Jobim tune still sounds somewhat fresh.
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 4 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Serenade Showcase @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack! If you play any of the Gershwin arrangements I would start with "How Long Has This Been Going On", which turns out to be a decent left hand exercise in E major,…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 4 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Serenade Showcase I didn't get to preparing anything by Villa Lobos for this challenge, but I came across this arrangement of Girl from Ipanema by Duarte, which I guess is in the spirit of things.…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 4 mths ago
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- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Blaise Laflamme I am sorry for your loss. I too lost my dear father-in-law this week. I was listening to this performance at the watch party, and I was struck by the beauty of your sound and the…
- Sam Greenblatt
- Sam_Greenblatt
- 5 mths ago
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- Latin American Music Challenge
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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
- 6 mths 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
- 6 mths 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
- 6 mths ago
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- Latin American Music Challenge
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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
- 6 mths 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
- 7 mths ago
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- 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
- 8 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
- 9 mths ago
- Carcassi Challenge
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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
- 9 mths ago
- Carcassi Challenge
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Re: What's on Your Stand?
- Sam Greenblatt
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- 9 mths ago
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- 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
- 9 mths ago
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- 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
- 11 mths ago
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- 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
- 1 yr ago
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- 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
- 1 yr 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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