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Re: Blaise's Practice Diary - Sor's Gran Solo Op. 14
Wow, this is my favorite Sor piece. This and Op. 9 are on my list of future dream pieces to play (after many additional years of practice). Looking forward to seeing the progress on this.
- Piano and classical guitar
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Emma's Practice Diary - Bach Gavotte 1 & 2
Hi Emma, I just watched the tonebase lesson on this and what great pieces to learn for the concert. I'm working on a Bach piece too (hopefully for the concert)..…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: BWV 1007 Menuets I & 2
Hi Rick, what transcription are you using? I just started learning the prelude but would love to eventually learn the entire piece. Looking forward to seeing your video!
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Bach BWV 1007 Prelude

I do think Martin was right to encourage me to prepare something I'm already familiar with for the concert, but I decided go forward anyway with this to see how far I can get and might switch to…
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Re: Sor Op 60 No 16
Very nice @Eric . Bradford Werner has been working through all of Op. 60 and posted a video lesson of no. 16 just a few days ago. I was unfamiliar with these studies until I started watching his…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Improving my Tremolo!
@Martin I've been off forums for a bit but just came back and so exciting to see this new feature and I enjoyed your video above for Recuerdos (the recent interactive livestream on this was awesome!…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Composing Etudes: Feedback
I just watched the first hour (which I missed). All good feedback, thank you Ashley! Unfortunately I won't have time to incorporate the feedback before next week as I'm gone for a few days.…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ron I'm so glad you're finding it useful, thank's for the update! It's definitely a challenging technique and I wonder if there are any pieces in the guitar repertoire that require bringing out…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Eric Phillips Very nice and thank you for marking the fingerings, which seem especially important for etudes. Also thanks for the heads up on the Gulli Bjornsson pieces from a challenge last year.…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2 - Composing Etudes: Feedback
I'll submit the two pieces I worked on for feedback. Thank you Ashley! 1. Original etude based on Ron's prompt for voicing individual notes in triads. It seems like this is a very difficult…
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- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Eric Phillips Thanks for confirming this is as hard as it seems. If my "etude" is beyond even your abilities, then clearly this is a very advanced technique.…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
Chord voicing etude : Los Tres Amigos In response to prompt from @Ron to create an etude where the melody moves between 3 note chords, I realized a few things while creating this:…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Eric Phillips Thanks for posting this, very useful. Since I've switched to working on an Etude for Ron's prompt I probably won't post my own video yet on this,…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Ron This is an interesting one and think it's within my ability so I will post my etude idea for this in the next few days.
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Eric Phillips Wow, thanks so much Eric! I can't believe how quickly you created this and with a tutorial video as well. I've already started working on this and it's exactly what I was looking for…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
I'm not submitting this as an official "etude" entry because it's my own prompt, but just to show my idea that I worked on last week. Instead of writing an original theme I decided to take an…
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- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric! Considering your mastery of Koshkin #9 I was hoping you might bite if I posted this. Part of what I wanted to do last week was experiment with different notation software…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Composing Etudes
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Re: Week 1: Composing Etudes: Kickoff!
Artificial harmonics, especially when your left hand is not available because it's on a fret and your right hand has to do the harmonic and sound the string.…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WATCH PARTY with Nikita Koshkin for the Nikita Koshkin Challenge
Thank you @Martin for your wonderful guidance and support! This was truly an incredible experience learning from everyone who participated and having Nikita and Marina there for the watch party was…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: Dóbry wétscher (Good Evening)!
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks! ...and thank you also for inspiring me to upgrade my recording setup. That's been a fun side challenge for me as well. Looking forward to seeing you in the next challenge!
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Nikita Koshkin Challenge
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Re: WEEK 3: Dóbry wétscher (Good Evening)!
@Blaise Laflamme Just incredible😮 I watched this a few times in row I enjoyed it so much. I've actually been anticipating your #10 video, and I'm so glad you did it! Congratulations.
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Introduction to Barre
Great topic! It might be an interesting example to cover the first 2 lines of Koshkin study #4? I continue to practice/struggle with that one.
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: Dóbry wétscher (Good Evening)!
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric, that means a lot coming from you. I was just re-watching your study 9 video with all those harmonics. Just amazing and I think 9 is my favorite now.…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Nikita Koshkin Challenge
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Re: WEEK 3: Dóbry wétscher (Good Evening)!
Things you found easy: Watching everyone's wonderful videos. Things you found difficult: Been working on #3 and #4 for 2 weeks, but it's still a bit beyond my level.…
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: Dóbry wétscher (Good Evening)!
@Eric Phillips Congratulations Eric, it's amazing what you did in 3 weeks and this really is a great finale!
- Piano and classical guitar
- Brett_Gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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