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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! A nice feature of this challenge has been exposure to the less well-known ètudes in Op. 60. Lots to explore as we move forward.
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @BRINA An excellent start on Study No.2 Keep at it and post a longer extract. You're doing a good job of holding down the base as a foundation for the arpeggiated notes.…
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! https://youtu.be/92lNkM6LPjE A run through the ending of Study 2, Opus 60: Bar 17 to the end.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @joosje Thanks for your commentary. The edition of the score that I work from (downloaded from BenMcCartney.com) recommends p i m a m a m a for the arpeggio LH. I try to use p i m a m i a m.…
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Spare Machine You are capturing the rhythmic drive of this very nicely. Spending more time with it will give better flow and smoothness. There's a whole cottage industry of guitar support options.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Carlo Martins Just listened to your No. 6. This one canters along in a jolly mood and you convey that very well, with very good separation of voices. Good work.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Carlo Martins Good work indeed on No. 7 (I'll listen to your No. 6 later). The lower register parts are sonorous and steady. I like how there's a flourish as the melodic line goes into higher…
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @Blaise Laflamme Good comment, thank you. I'll work on that.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Steve Price Good performances on both études. Nice rippling melodic lines.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! https://youtu.be/AXJPGH0ixqs A session on Bar 9 to Bar 17 of Study 2. Focus is on dynamic markings and changes in arpeggio pattern in Bar 9 and Bar 16.
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @joosje Very pleasing performance. I like how the melodic line sails above a restrained accompaniment.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @joosje Thanks for the comment about Week 1 and Week 2, etc. My only defence is that Im fairly new to Tonebase and have not learned all the subtleties yet. I'll post under Week 2 for my next one.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @Matteo Laurenzi Dorotea sounded very content. It was likely the soothing sound of your performance.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @Matteo Laurenzi Nicely done for both. Position shifts were handled well and smoothly. Did I hear a young audience member in the background? You have a very full and rich sound.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary On this recording I used the original version of the Snowball USB condenser microphone made by Blue Microphones. The mic is actually visible in the lower left of the video.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary You might like to look at Pumping Nylon by Scott Tennant. I do something from it most days. Some days, I can spend an entire morning with the book.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge! https://youtu.be/nfsYYqErRxA (A previous link, now removed, had atrocious audio quality; This one is better) Practice session on Carcassi Étude in A Minor, Op. 60. No. 2.…
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Re: Week 1: Jumpstart Your Journey! @JUAN ALONSO Very nice execution of Étude 3.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Jumpstart Your Journey! @Steve Price Very pleasing.
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Re: Group 1 Good morning from Vancouver Island, Canada. Eager to learn to perform trills properly and incorporate tastefully and seamlessly into repertoire pieces. I enjoy Celtic music,…
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- Improve Your Two-String Trills With Peter Graneis
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Re: Group 2 The main challenge with the Villa-Lobos Étude 1 is not so much the arpeggio itself (the same RH pattern is used throughout) but the chord changes, especially the E minor to B7/F# change.…
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- 10 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Group 1 @Barney Very nimble as you shift the pattern up and down.
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- 10 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Group 2 The descending scale from the opening of the Villa-Lobos Étude 7, with the ascending counterpart added, makes an appealing moveable scale pattern. This version starts at B with a G to A lead in.…
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- 10 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Group 2 @SANEL REDŽIĆ Now that I Iook again at the video, it does indeed look as if I'm using only i. But I am indeed using alternating i and m. I will not have the camera so "square on" another time.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Group 2 @peter hancock Practising slowly is fine. You can always increase the tempo once you establish the RH pattern, including the muting, for the arpeggio. Thanks for posting.
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- 10 mths ago
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