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Re: Piano transcriptions for guitar duet Hi. I'll take a listen. is this on Spotify? All the arranging I did was way back in the 80's and one of my most fun projects was the Simon and Garfunkel hit 'Mrs. Robinson'.…
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Re: Piano transcriptions for guitar duet I've done a bunch of keyboard arrangements for guitar duo, examples: Bach Italian Concerto and Fantasia and Fugue, Bartok Suite, Villa-Lobos works, Handel Harmonious Blacksmith entire suite,…
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Re: What Nail Products Do You Use? @Steve Garfinkle I hear you. if you listen to Brandon's tremelo, it's pretty darn good for no nail sound. my flaky real nails are why I've used fakes for 16 years now.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What Nail Products Do You Use? @Debbie I watched Brandon Acker's no nails in 10 days video recently. very interesting, and to be honest I'm a little envious. I would love to liberate my life from nail care and break paranoia.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What Nail Products Do You Use? I have used nails from GPN (Guitarplayernails.com) since 2008. I have used a variety of nail types and glues, and used to get GPN glue, but regular Krazy glue is way cheaper and holds longer.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What is on your musical bucket list? @Steve Price true enough, that Gigue is a bear. so just play a few movements. you don't need no stinkin' Gigue :-). I haven't played serious Bach in a really long time (not tellin' how long!).…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What is on your musical bucket list? - Bach 6th cello suite and C major violin sonata - Britten Nocturnal - premier more new works (did 3 this season) - do more work with mixed chorus - do more chamber music sorry I guess this isn't all…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Blaise Laflamme me too! I haven't used a footstool since about 1987. I've tried many over the years and have finally stuck with the Sageworks support. Pilates also is a big help!
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Blaise Laflamme very often it's the same. a good solid walk after a session feels really good on the back.
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Blaise Laflamme years ago, I started a meme with the hashtag #cantpractice on FB and Instagram. it's all in fun, but it started because one of the cats needed attention during a session.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Blaise Laflamme Haha yes I have this problem too. I am completely wedded to iPad with Forscore now for a couple of years. I avoided it for years not wanting to hassle with yet another piece of…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Blaise Laflamme hey thanks for your interest. the recent performance in early march with the Claflin Hill Symphony of Milford MA was recorded by local cable TV.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Blaise Laflamme This is my third lifetime visit to the Tedesco. 1) junior in college, 2) five years ago with two local orchestras, and 3) this year with one local pro orchestra,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Jack Stewart The Carlevaro is book 4 of exercises, back to it after some years away. the notebook is my practice log, planned work a day ahead (sometimes 2 or 3 days ahead), and tracking progress.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Sam Greenblatt ooh, and nice old Andy! cool
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Jack Stewart LOL sandals. I always have the same concern after even 1 day off. Approach it with a sense of exploration first -- let your hands, arms and shoulders,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand? Tedesco D Major concerto, going back to some Carlevaro, and lots of chamber music.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar? @Steve Price yeah, those are good ones too.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar? @Steve Price yes. Ok it's settled, we two average smart people voted for it. they have to do it now. :-)
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar? @Barney Mircea gave an excellent presentation on RH preparation, and covers these topics. the concepts of touching the string are the same. may not cover completely what you have in mind but it's a…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar? I was surprised to find no coverage of Brouwer's early work Elogio de la Danza. I would dearly love to hear commentary from Brouwer like he did with the Etudes,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What courses would you like to see next on tonebase Guitar? @Isaac oh yes, the extended techniques would be great. there is one session out there, but I have not watched it, so I don't know what's covered.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune @ors Golly. I just listened to a little but he's wonderful.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune @David Krupka Hi ya. I checked into it, which looks like a discussion of Russian 7-string which is a totally different beast (but I confess I don't know its repertoire!).
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune @ors no apology necessary! it was a good discussion.
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- 1 yr ago
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