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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice?
@Stephen Darrell Oliver Hi Stephen. Yes that would probably be my main reason for having one. Do you find it easy to travel with?
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice?
@Steve Pederson Steve - luckily my wife is a sound sleeper! I practice in the kitchen (handy for the coffee!). I start off fairly quietly and then around 7ish I take her a coffee and play a bit…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice?
First thing in the morning about 5:30 to 6ish, then I can get a couple of hours in with no one else around. With a bit of luck I may get the odd 15 minutes or so when nothing else is hsppening.…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: The "Song and Dance" Challenge- Kick Off!
Can't make the kick off but looking forward to participating and seeing some great performances from our Tonebase buddies
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Price Thanks for the offer Steve - I've got Suite Castellana on the back burner for now. At one time I could sort of play the Danza albeit quite slowly but I struggle with Fandanguillo -…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Pederson Thanks Steve
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Pederson Great job Steve. Sounds really good to me!
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@JUAN ALONSO That was wonderful Juan!
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Price I've had a busy week Steve and just seen this - beautifully played.
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Eric Phillips you're still a youngster to me Eric :-)
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@JUAN ALONSO Thank you Juan
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Pederson The Rioja and the sunny square are optional extras Steve - Eric's playing is the essential!
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Price Thanks Steve
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Santi Thanks Santi. You're right about the Cuban influence - many of the most famous Spanish pieces (e.g. Carmen, La Paloma) use it.
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. it's a few years since I sat on that beach - unfortunately without my guitar!
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Eric Phillips I hesitate to say it keeps getting better Eric as the earlier recordings were very good anyway but I'm still enjoying listening to it. I need to find a little square somewhere with…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@ericncharlotte Hi Eric - well played, That's another piece by Calatayud. It's hard to keep that rhythm going for the full piece. Well done!
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
Here's my first attempt for this challenge. A Habanera by the 20th Century Majorcan guitarist Bartolome Calatayud. I think I'm in Cala Bona, Majorca :-)
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@MILOVAN JELIC Very nice Milovan
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Eric Phillips Great piece Eric. I don't know how you found it, I've never heard of him. As usual, excellent performance.
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Spanish Music Mini Challenge 🔥
@Steve Price That sounds nice Steve. I've toyed with this piece a few times (especially after having seen Scott Tennant perform it about 25 years ago). I aim at some point to perform the whole suite…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
- Spanish Music Mini Challenge
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Re: Group 4
I'm sorry that I missed the zoom check in. Monday evening at 6pm (UK time) is not so good for me as I look after my granddaughter that evening. I'm enjoying the exercises though.…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- Three Finger Scales with Peter Graneis
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Re: Week 2: Strings Attached 🎸
@Eric Phillips thanks Eric - I messed up minuet 2 but I didn't have time to re-record it as I had to go out.
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Transcriptions Chalenge
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Re: Week 2: Strings Attached 🎸
@Steve Price Good start Steve. These aren't easy pieces. I have a nice recording of them by John Williams.
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
- The Transcriptions Chalenge
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Re: Week 2: Strings Attached 🎸
@Calin Lupa Beautiful Calin. I've got a transcription of this and Dance No 6 (Oriental is No2) by someone called Yoshikuni Onishi from a series called 'Zen on the Guitar' .…
- Derek
- 2 yrs ago
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