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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack! The comment about Ponce's original melody was mentioned during the Tonebase lesson on the Canciones by Arturo.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Lars Kjøller-Hansen Thanks for sharing this beautiful video with us! As we all know, singing the melody (and in this case with words) enables the player to understand proper phrasing, etc.…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Blaise Laflamme Got it! I appreciate the Strings info. Thanks Blaise!
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Eric Phillips Thanks for the info about Anido. Forgive me, I've been away from the guitar and Tonebase for a few weeks as we have family visitors at my home,…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Eric Phillips I'm not familiar with this composer, but that sounds beautiful!! Am I correct that you have a thumb nail but no nails on the other fingers?
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise! Yes, the Knobloch Actives Double Silver QZ Nylon (300ADQ) Medium tension. I concur with your opinion about the basses being too bright for my taste.…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Eric Phillips Thanks Eric! I don't think any of them are difficult technically. I believe this one may be more challenging "musically" to perform, but may be easier to play due to slower tempo.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Dale Needles Thanks Dale! I was also not happy with the string noise on these very bright bass strings. It's one of the reasons I do not like them (Blaise also didn't like the brightness of these…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! @Ron Thanks Ron!
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro! Due to very limited time for this month's challenge, I selected the second song from Tres Canciones Populares Mexicanas. The beautiful melody in this piece is the only one of the 3 songs that was…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @joosje I never heard this one from Barrios, so thanks for sharing it! As usual, another wonderful performance by Joosje! How do the carbon strings feel under your fingers? - grip, diameter, hardness,…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @joosje Thanks Joosje!! When you have a chance, take a listen to the entire suite on piano or orchestra. When I was a young boy, my father played vinyl recordings of the work for me.
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack!! I enjoy learning these pieces and sharing them with you guys!
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Dale Needles Beautiful, Dale! Thanks for expanding our knowledge of great repertoire out there. I'm observing your right hand position , which seems placed more towards the bridge.…
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Re: Week 2: Delving into Diverse Styles @Derek I really enjoyed your playing of the Carmen piece, Derek. Thanks for posting it. I was happy to see Jimi in the photo on your wall. I also have a poster of him hanging up near my Gym equipment.…
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems @joosje Beautiful Joosje! I'm very familiar with this suite by Tansman, mainly from recordings and performances by Segovia. Your captured the mood of the piece and utilized nice dynamics and tone…
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Dale Needles Very interesting study with some tricky rhythms. Seems quite challenging, which you are handling well. Very convincing performance with very low string noise ( very difficult in this…
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Sam Greenblatt I enjoyed listening to this piece (which I don't know) and your terrific playing. In spite of the quick bar position shift challenges, you maintain good rhythmic consistency and the…
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! @Wai The music of Giuliani was (along with Sor, Carcassi, and Tarrega) among the earliest music I studied when first learning classical guitar. Even though this piece is not composed by Giuliani,…
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! @Jack Stewart I love the music of Ravel, so thanks for sharing this. Sounds beautiful Jack!
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Eric Phillips That's the beautiful warm round sound I like! I never studied your right hand, but I notice a lot of movement of your hand . Is this causing your index finger to be out of the position…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Eric Phillips Eric- Your playing always continues to improve and sounds great! I agree with you at this point in your nails experiment, tone production on your lute is significantly better,…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Andre Bernier I understand Andre. Sounds like patience is very key. Thanks!
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Dale Needles Thanks Dale!
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Eric Phillips Thanks very much Eric! I encourage you to listen to Alicia de Larrocha's piano recordings of the whole Suite Iberia and Jorge Caballero's guitar playing of few selections from it.…
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