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Re: Villa-Lobos Extravaganza - Watch Party! @martin Take care Martin.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Serenade Showcase @Eric Phillips Beautiful Eric. I'd like to be alternative and say that I liked the first one better - but that's only because I still play that one myself and have stopped playing the third.…
- Derek
- Derek
- 7 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack. You're right - endings can be killers - but there again so can beginnings and the in between :-)
- Derek
- Derek
- 7 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack. Not had chance to watch the lessons yet but I will do soon.
- Derek
- Derek
- 7 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil @Dale Needles Hi Dale. Thank you for commenting on these videos, any suggestions for improvement are always welcome and gratefully received. I have already seen Eric's video and I agree with you - he…
- Derek
- Derek
- 8 mths ago
- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil @Calin Lupa Hi Calin. I'm glad to see that you are also returning to this piece. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress throughout the rest of the challenge!
- Derek
- Derek
- 8 mths ago
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- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil Today's second video is the Mazurka Choro - just a shame about the ending - it wasn't too bad up until then :-)
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- Derek
- 8 mths ago
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- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Rhythms of Brazil At last - I've got around to making a couple of videos. These are pieces I have played in the past and I'm now re-learning for the challenge. Both of the videos that I recorded this morning were done…
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- Derek
- 8 mths ago
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- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos @Eric Phillips Blimey Eric - If you can play that after an hour then it's no wonder that you manage to post so many videos! One of the reasons that I have been absent from recent challenges is that…
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- Derek
- 8 mths ago
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- Villa-Lobos Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Barney Thank you Barney. Yes, I was a great admirer of Jimi and Clapton, also Carlos Santana although I never really got to play the electric guitar. It was mainly Williams and Bream who inspired me…
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- Derek
- 9 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Eric Phillips A beautiful piece Eric. You play it very well. Wonderful
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Steve Price Very nice love the Porras piece
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
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- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Andre Bernier Thank you Andre
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack. Many years ago I went to a musical equipment exhibition in Birmingham (the one in the UK) and one of the exhibitors had drawn the picture of Jimi themselves and produced a…
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- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @joosje Thank you Joosje
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- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. I have a copy of her book 'Invitation to the Waltz' which has some really nice pieces in. I'm hoping to post a couple more before moving on to Spain!
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Spare Machine Thank you
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles Another piece by Tatiana Stachak that I am relearning. This time a piece described as a 'Tango Waltz' called Carmen. @Jack Stewart even more pressure this time Jack - you can see Jimi breathing down…
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
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- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles Not exactly a new piece for me although I have just started relearning it and this time I hope to take more notice of the instructions in the score! This is just a quick recording direct to my phone.…
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
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- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @martin sounds great Martin. I must admit that I am not familiar with this piece although I do have a copy of Llobet's arrangements and I play 3 or 4 of them.…
- Derek
- Derek
- 10 mths ago
- Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills @Khiem Nguyen Hi Khiem. I also think 30 degrees towards the bridge has a nice clarity but I also like the last video
- Derek
- Derek
- 11 mths ago
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- Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills Hi Martin, Hi everyone. Following the three tests with mic placement that I posted earlier I have attached 3 videos of recordings at different room positions.…
- Derek
- Derek
- 11 mths ago
- Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills Hi All Managed to find some time to do part of this project. I have attached 3 audio files using different mic positions. 1 close to the fingerboard, 1 about 1m away and 1 pointing to the bridge from…
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- Derek
- 11 mths ago
- Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start @joosje It's already very expressive Joosje and it also looks to be quite secure already. I'm looking forward to hearing more of this piece.
- Derek
- Derek
- 11 mths ago
- Fresh Start Challenge
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Re: Week 6: Triumph & Reflections @Jack Stewart Thank you Jack. I think it probably sounds as though it is harder than it is. Although there are a couple of tricky bits (some of which are where I hesitated) it mainly fits well under…
- Derek
- Derek
- 11 mths ago
- Carcassi Challenge
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