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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.
Brett Gilbert
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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)..…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Your Practice Diary
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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!
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Your Practice Diary
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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…
Brett Gilbert
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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!…
Brett Gilbert
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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.…
Brett Gilbert
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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…
Brett Gilbert
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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.…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Composing Etudes
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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
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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 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.…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Composing Etudes
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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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Brett Gilbert
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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 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,…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Composing Etudes
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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.
Brett Gilbert
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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…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Composing Etudes
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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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Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
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3 yrs ago
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Composing Etudes
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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…
Brett Gilbert
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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.…
Brett Gilbert
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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…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
Live Calendar
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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!
Brett Gilbert
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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.
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Nikita Koshkin Challenge
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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.
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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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.…
Brett Gilbert
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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.…
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Nikita Koshkin Challenge
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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!
Brett Gilbert
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Piano and classical guitar
Brett_Gilbert
3 yrs ago
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Nikita Koshkin Challenge
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My main instrument is piano (I'm also a piano tonebase member!) but I've been learning classical guitar for a few years using tonebase resources.
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