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Mark_Janka
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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.
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
https://vimeo.com/843661546?share=copy I share this one bc E Sowicz was mentioned in the thread and, while I play this piece a lot, it still is "unfinished" for me (and maybe always will be).…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips 😂
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips Cool piece. My "American Primitive" guitar background loves me a drone/pedal note!
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
Today’s update: https://vimeo.com/843537879
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
It comes at "uplifting" from a different angle, I guess, but for me it's Emmanuel Sowicz's arrangement of "Gracia a la Vida," which I learned about here on tb (https://app.tonebase.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips Thank you for sharing these videos. It's good for a newbie to have a "look behind the curtain" at more advanced players' processes and mindsets when up against a challenging passage.…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Jack Stewart Curious: What program do you use to create your sheet music?
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips 😂
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips I was playing in a pretty dark room bc of the hour. I’ll make sure you can see my hand in the next one! Thanks for listening to it!
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Jack Stewart that was very cool. Thank you for sharing that.
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
Found myself having some trouble sleeping and thought I’d use the time practicing my piece for this challenge. It’s still so far from “together” that I hesitate to post it,…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@don Such a cool piece. Thank you for sharing it. I’m findings folks' Unfinished Biz pieces to be inspiring!
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips 😂
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Jack Stewart 😂
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips Thank you so much for taking the time to provide this advice/feedback. I really appreciate it!
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
Clearly, I've got a long way to make this sound like real music, but I'm up for the journey! I'm quite new to classical playing (even using the foot stool is still a bit foreign feeling to me),…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips That was lovely! Thank you for sharing it. My "El Testement d'Amelia" has a much farther way to go before it sounds organized, but, in the spirit of the challenge,…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
I started learning "El Testament d'Amelia" after watching this tonebase video: https://app.tonebase.co/guitar/live/player/gtr-antigoni-goni-llobet-catalan-folk-songs I see now that there is this…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Re: Sketches of China album
Thank you for sharing!
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2 yrs ago
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General Discussion
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Re: Group 4
@Eduardo Inestal Thank you!
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2 yrs ago
Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Group 4
@Eduardo Inestal Wow! Thank you for that speedy and thoughtful response. Here's where I'm at presently: https://vimeo.com/830865928
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2 yrs ago
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Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Group 4
All advise/stories of practice are welcomed!
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2 yrs ago
Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Group 4
I'm hoping to post the chromatic-ish scale exercise soon. I'm having the following hiccups: 1) when I get into a groove, there a patches where I sort of forget what comes next (= improve…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Group 4
@Eduardo Inestal Thank you!
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
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Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Group 4
@Eduardo Inestal I'm looking forward to this exercise! Thank you for sharing it. I wonder: Are you concerned at all what your thumb is doing? Does it matter if it "floats" or is anchored.…
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Mark_Janka
2 yrs ago
Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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