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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! Fingering by Sabrina V: https://app.tonebase.co/guitar/courses/player/sabrina-vlaskalic-teaches-carcassi-study?moduleSlug=sabrina-vlaskalic-teaches-carcassi-study-no-7-op-60 I skipped the repeat of…
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- Mark_Janka
- 1 mth ago
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- Carcassi Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Jumpstart Your Journey! @Alan Hoff I'm working #7 too. I'm trying out Sabrina Vlaskalic's fingering as discussed on tonebase:https://app.tonebase.co/guitar/courses/player/sabrina-vlaskalic-teaches-carcassi-study?…
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- Mark_Janka
- 1 mth ago
- Carcassi Challenge
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Re: Week 4: "Samba Strings Showcase" I've not had a chance to upload lately, and my practicing of the piece took a backseat once the school year started up (I'm an educator) and I got a little cut on my left hand index finger that…
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- Mark_Janka
- 7 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 4: "Samba Strings Showcase" @don I love that bass waling part that starts at 0:40. I think our brains are in a different mode when we perform or record, and it makes our fingers misbehave. Sounds great though.…
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- Mark_Janka
- 7 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 2: "Brazilian Rhythms Rendezvous" @joosje What a pretty tune. It had a familiarity to me (like so many strong tunes do--even when you hear the for the first time), but I don't know it. Thank you for sharing it!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" Todos, I don't have a recording for you all today, but this group and the focus it nudged me towards to work on "Pobre Cega," inspired me to play it at an open mic at a nearby bar.…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @joosje Hell, yeah! I loved hearing you play all the parts together. Thank you for sharing that and for enduring the stress of doing all the parts together!…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Steve Pederson Cordoba C4-CE African Mahogany Cutaway Classical Acoustic-Electric Edgeburst
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" If any of you know of Chicago-area organizations that are like in-person version of this, please hip me to those groups! Thank you!
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- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" Man, I feel so lucky to hear all of you play. What a crew!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Andre Bernier Presently, I have Savarez New Cristal Corum standard tension strings on there. But, I actually like the non-Cristal Savarez ones better. I forget what they're called,…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" Still some obvious flubs, but I think playing it with greater frequency for this challenge has been helping me "feel" how it all hangs together better than before (even if I still can't execute that…
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- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Ron Yes, accompanied by one of my roosters, Caramel. hahahah
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @joosje Thank you for sharing these. What a pretty tune in your hands. I look forward to more!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" This morning's rendition of "Pobre Cega." I tried to bring out the melody more. I think I just ended up playing that louder (and not necessarily more voice-like).…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Andre Bernier We're happy that you're joining us in this challenge and look forward to listening to you play!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Ron Thank you for finding that for me!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Spare Machine Guitar gang, please bring on the feedback, ideas, and suggestions!
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- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Eric Phillips I'm not familiar to this piece, but those barre chords are very rock 'n' roll. I dig it! Even that C chord shape moving down the fretboard is a familiar thing...…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Spare Machine
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Pavel As far as I can tell the Marcos playa normal 6-strong classical. I assume the label’s art director just thought that guitar on the cover looked cool…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Eric Phillips Awesome! Thank you! This going to be fun!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" Yay! This "Pobre Cega" piece is one of the main reasons I started to learn to play classical guitar. It popped up on my Spotify as I was exploring Brazilian jazz music.…
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces! @Jack Stewart No, I definitely meant rad as in: Duuuuuude that was so rad!
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- Mark_Janka
- 8 mths ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces! @Jack Stewart That piece is rad!
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- 8 mths ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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I learned how to work the machine that is a guitar mostly through the American Primitive style. I'm hoping to improve my playing of the classical guitar.