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Jim King
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Re: Week 5: The Guitar Awakens
@Eric Phillips Excellent performance. What a beautiful piece.
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Re: Week 5: The Guitar Awakens
@Derek Well done Derek. Such a beautiful piece. Looking forward to your future videos to see what you can do with this.
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Re: Week 5: The Guitar Awakens
@Steve Price Excellent performance. As for learning the interpretative right from the start, that is something I am just realizing/learning at my early stages.…
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Re: Week 5: The Guitar Awakens
@Lars Kjøller-Hansen All beautifully played. I thought that the outdoor sounds added to the music. Got me thinking that it may be interesting to try recording outside at home some time,…
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2 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Eric Phillips Sounds excellent to me.
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Lars Kjøller-Hansen Well done Lars. And congratulations on building your own guitar. It sounds great.
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Jack Stewart Great work Jack, the piece is coming together well. Found myself humming along with your playing, which means I'm enjoying it a lot.
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Steve Price As already stated, what an interesting piece. Usual I tend to shy away from the more modern pieces, but this on I was clearly drawn in. Hope you post again after working on it some more.
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Eric Phillips Well done Eric. Sounds beautiful. I'm just starting that exercise of getting a score from multiple sources and comparing them and making a guess as to why the arrangers made their…
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Dale Needles Well done Dale. It sure seems like a good piece to have in one's practice.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier I found that very interesting seeing Jakob's feedback on this piece and comparing what he said to the feedback I have received from him. I can hear some commonality between our…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Robert Love Well done Robert. Sounds beautiful.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Michael Shirk Well done Michael. All in all the piece is sounding great. Any rough spots don't seem to hinder the overall result. Looking forward to your next post.…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart Nice to see you recover this from memory so quickly. Well done. Looking forward to hearing it after you have worked on it.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Eric Phillips Great performance Eric. That was so enjoyable.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier Great work Andre. Sounds like you have this piece solidly in your repertoire. As for the sound, let me offer my two cents worth, not that I know much about the electronics part,…
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Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
@Michelle P I know what you mean when you say that "there always seems to be a shiny, new melody that catches my attention, and I want to learn it". I'm like that too but have fought my urge to do…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart Good progress Jack. I agree that the title of April Day makes more sense. There are clearly sounds that remind you of an April rain shower.…
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Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
I am relatively new to classical music. Joined Tonebase in December 2022 and have also used some other classical guitar sites since then to learn technique and applying it to repertoire. 1.…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Steve Price You're making great progress Steve. Vals 3 sound like, as you put it, a beast, but you seem to be well on your way with that one. I was fascinated by your description of how you are…
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Re: Prelude update
Very nicely played. While I am not familiar with the piece, it sounds wonderful.
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Robert Love Robert, nicely done. You sound like you are well on your way to getting it smoother and more musical.
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Jack Stewart That darn technology causes all kinds of problems! LOL.
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Re: 🌳 Plant or don't plant? — the right-hand debate
For me, its a great big depends! Left to my own devices, I would say that I tend towards minimal/no planting, especially when I am playing at a faster tempo.…
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Andre Bernier Well done Andre. You're off to a great start.
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