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Re: How important are the livestreams for you? I would have to say that I find that, for the most part, I benefit from the live streams. I will often find something interesting and useful for my development as a classical guitarist.…
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Re: Week 6: Triumph & Reflections @Ron Well done Ron. I enjoyed both of your pieces very much. I also enjoyed your sharing about your reaction when recording yourself. It just shows us newbies that being tense once the video light is…
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Re: Week 6: Triumph & Reflections @joosje Well done Joosje. I always find it amazing about classical music as to how different the same piece can sound when played by two or more performers.…
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Re: Experience with Alaska Picks @Andre Bernier Thanks for posting Andre. Looking forward to see how well you make out with them over the next little while.
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Re: Week 6: Triumph & Reflections @Andre Bernier You are making great progress with this piece Andre, well done! I thought that this posting was more musical than your earlier postings.
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Re: Week 5: Mastery in the Making @joosje @Jack Stewart @Steve Price @Andre Bernier Thank you everyone for your kind comments. I have been working on getting used to playing to the camera for the last couple of months and perhaps…
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Re: Week 5: Mastery in the Making Here is an update to my previous post playing Carcassi’s Allegretto in C from his Méthode complète pour la guitare, Opus 59. I feel that this video is representative of my current abilities in…
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Re: Week 5: Mastery in the Making @joosje All 3 pieces are beautiful. I enjoyed listening to all 3 of them. Thanks.
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration @Andre Bernier Please keep us informed as to your experience with the Alaska picks. When I break a nail I just play with the fingertip instead. Would be interesting to see if these picks will serve…
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @David Krupka Thank you David for the information. It is interesting to learn about some of the history to better understand the music we play. For the score,…
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @David Krupka I listened to the Christopher Wilson recording and agree that it is a beautiful recording. As this recording and others have shown me, the score I have is only one part of the whole…
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration @Andre Bernier Andre, you are making good progress on this piece. Well done. The Alaska picks look interesting. They kinda look like goalie masks for the fingers!…
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Re: What's on Your Stand? @Hatef Yamini I see that as well. Also, I notice that we are both using Bradford Werner as a source for scores. Are you following his lessons as well?
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Re: What's on Your Stand? As a beginner, I tend to have several pieces on the go at any one time including a practice plan on technique exercises from the online course I am currently following,…
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Re: BWV 996 Allemande Very nice Jack. Not sure what work you feel you need to do on this but I found it very enjoyable as is. Thank you for posting.
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Well done Nijwm. All in all, the piece flowed nicely and was a pleasure to listen to it. As for the audio-visual quality, it seems perfectly fine for purposes of posting in this…
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 3: Overcoming Obstacles @JUAN ALONSO Very nice Juan, well done! I enjoyed your interpretation of the piece very much.
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Re: Week 3: Overcoming Obstacles @Andre Bernier You're off to a great start on this piece Andre. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your update later in the challenge. Also, I know exactly what you are saying about the nails.…
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Re: Practice Diary 2023 - Jim King @David Krupka Thank you for your comments David. Much appreciated. As for counting, you would think that I should be able to count up to 6 given that I was an accountant during my working life.…
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Re: Practice Diary 2023 - Jim King @Jack Stewart I like the imagery you conjure up in your description of how you felt listening to my play. I have never had anyone say anything like that from anything I have played,…
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Jack Stewart So true Jack. By being off by only one opus does that mean that I am so close but no cigar! Thank you for the comments.
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- 4 wk ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Steve Price Thank you Steve for listening. Much appreciated.
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- 4 wk ago
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Re: Practice Diary 2023 - Jim King @Andre Bernier Thank you Andre, much appreciated.
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- 4 wk ago
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @David Krupka Thank you for your comments David. I always like the way that you view these types of matters and share that view with me. It helps me better understand how all of this fits together.
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics! @Andre Bernier Thank you Andre. This is definitely the fastest that I have learned a piece to date which makes me feel like I am moving the right direction.
- Jim King
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- 4 wk ago
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