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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla! @Lars Kjøller-Hansen Now, that's a pretty tune. Thank you for sharing it. Stay dry!
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla! @Eric Phillips @Eric Phillips such a cool piece. Thank you for introducing it to us!
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! @Jack Stewart Wow! What a number!
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! @Eric Phillips That means a lot. Thank you!
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! Was multi-tasking for this recording. (I'm trying to integrate some new chickens into my backyard flock, and they need to be monitored during this phase.…
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! @Eric Phillips The opening bit in this version is so tender and controlled--it set a context for my ears for hearing the rest in a different way. And, you crushed the harmonics bit.…
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary There is always room for improvement in most things in the world. But, I found your rendition quite charming. The beauty of the big picture, to my ear,…
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! @Eric Phillips The sweet middle section sounded particularly sweet to me with this recording. That high doubled-octave climax of that sections sounded nice to my ear with the mirco…
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer! @Eric Phillips Lovely! That harmonics section is so cool. Were the fingering choices you made all around achieving balance, or were some of them around comfort/playability?…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge @Eric Phillips That sure does sound warm and sweet. Thank you for sharing it! And, as a learner, I really appreciate how you "think aloud" here and share the thinking behind the choices that you make…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge @joosje Thank you for this thoughtful suggestion. I admit I often forget to "filp" the effort of my fingers when the melody moves from the top stings to the middle strings in the second go around.…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge @Spare Machine Upon prepping for this challenge I rewatched Sowicz's Tonebas videos. I realize it was this Tonebase video that I first hear of Sowicz's arrangement of "Grasias" The actual lesson…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge @Eric Phillips Thank you, as always, for sharing your talent with us.
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary thank you so much for listening and commenting. There is part of my folkie self that loves a noisy but sincere effort. I can’t wait to hear your tune!
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge This is a pretty crumby recording. I should have turned the lights on and turned the AC off, but I was so excited to share attempt 1, I just ignored all that stuff. I’ll do better recording soon.…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge Hi, everyone! I'd like to do @Emmanuel Sowicz's arrangement for "Gracias a la Vida" (a Chilean tune by Violeta Parra) for this challenge. I'm excited to get to share this with you all and get your…
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! I missed posting a video last week, but I hope to post this week! It's been so great to hear everyone's playing!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Eric Phillips We're all so lucky to have you with us in these challenges--for the advice you give and the risks you take (and invite us along to learn with you). Thank you!
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Dale Needles What a cool piece! Thank you for playing it for this challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Sam Greenblatt What fun! Thank you for playing this!
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems Looks like the Week 4 thread is open: https://guitar-community.tonebase.co/t/q6y6v19/week-4-celebrating-global-connections
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems @joosje Cool piece. I like the odd walkdown bit with the drone/pedal not. Sort of a surprising section (to my ears, anyway). Thank you!
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems @Eric Phillips thank you for having me return to the score. I was definitely not playing the right notes there and I was playing the open d bass string where I should have been playing the open b…
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems @Eric Phillips how kind of you to record this for me! It will definitely be a big help. The fingering you have for that last chord in bar 6 is different than I’ve been playing it,…
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems @Eric Phillips from bar 6 to 7 is the spot I’m referring to. Thank you!
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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.