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Re: What Guitar do you play?
@Michael When I was a young teen , I visited the Del Pillar shop in Brooklyn , NY. with my father to see what kind of guitars they had. Mr. Pillar explained the long to obtain a new instrument,…
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Re: What are the Two Weeks Intensives?
@Martin When is the kickoff livestream date for the 2 week intensive on Slurs?
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Re: Sign-Up: Increase your Left-Hand Fitness with Slurs!
Please sign me up. Thanks!
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Re: Xuefei Yang: Mastering Tremolo!
@Bill Young Wow! Thanks for sharing this with us, Bill!
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin Got it! Thanks Martin!
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin sorry, I forgot to ask: should I still be doing the dotted rhythms for the 6 patterns at this point? or were those done initially to address independence issues, which seem to be solved,…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin I think it will take a long time for me to get to that speed. Somehow, David Russell achieves it while still producing great tone! Amazing! John Williams does it by using nails only with…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin Sounds like a good approach, so I will try it. Your example of 60 bpm would equal 120 bpm for the burst. May be a little fast for me to start with the newly discovered relaxation, etc.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin Thanks Martin!! When you do the speed bursts practice , do you do the complete A minor section of Recuerdos?
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin I understand what you mean about the speed bursts , but which exercise(s) should be used for this?, or should it be the Recuerdos excerpt or full Recuerdos?…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Blaise Laflamme Sounds excellent so far. I look forward to you future submissions. Thanks!
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Blaise Laflamme Awesome, and great to see you participating in this thing. Wonderful playing as usual, and nice choice from Paganini to round out this challenge.…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Marilyn Blodget Beautiful Marilyn! Always nice to see another member of our community who still loves the music of Granados and Albeniz. I posted a request in the "Lessons Suggestions" area of the…
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2 yrs ago
The Romantic Era
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips Sounds great Eric! This piece also serves as a good warmup up for the fingers before you play other pieces.
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Re: A Cuban Approach to Classical Guitar with Susana Frade
Why do we not hear more about Rey De La Torre, the great Cuban guitarist and teacher who learned directly from Miguel Llobet?
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Khiem Nguyen Remember, the hand position doesn't have to be perfect, but that knuckle joint is a guide to see that your connected finger is above the string. Hope this helps!
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Khiem Nguyen MCP.
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips Beautiful Eric! Wonderful tone, balance of melody and accompaniment, dynamics and color. Great performance!
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Khiem Nguyen Hi Khiem, the exercises are progressing very well! The "a" finger relaxation looks good. I see what you are referring to about your "i" finger.…
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Re: Group 2
That setup worked great for you. I'm using a PC with Reaper so my iPhone won't work to do that. Maybe my next laptop should be a Mac. There seems to be more flexibility for certain recording…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Steve Pederson Wow Steve! These look excellent. I'm not a biomechanic diagnostician, but to me your fingers look relaxed and the strokes independent and even. Great work; this was not easy.…
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Re: Group 2
@Steve Pederson Thanks Steve! I hope you are right, as it's a little difficult to see with my camera's position/angle.
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 2
@Martin Here is an update of the original exercises. I have been practicing (when I can) these and the additional right hand patterns (total of 6)but have not posted 4 of them here.…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Marilyn Blodget Thanks for sharing your wonderful playing of Leyenda, an old favorite! It was also fun listening to your excerpt on the piano. I'm bias as a guitarist,…
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2 yrs ago
The Romantic Era
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Jack Stewart Tarrega's transcriptions are masterful, as are his original pieces. As I recall, the storm has thunderous chords ( You may have to attach a mike and plug into a big Marshall amp and a…
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