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I started classical guitar when I was about 20. I had been playing rock guitar for several years and decided to change. I had no idea what classical guitar was so, after signing up for lessons I bought a record (I go way back) of John Williams playing Bach's Chaconne. I remember thinking "Wow, I am going to learn That?!" I am still thinking 'Wow, I am going to learn That!!'
30 years ago I attended graduate school in Music History at U of W. My guitar playing has ebbed and flowed over the years, but now that I have retired, I am determined to devote much more time to it.

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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
@Steve Pederson Very good Steve. You have a very good grasp of those passages. (or should I refer to them as 'samples' considering the hiphop beat 🙂). Looking forward to hearing/seeing your progress.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
@Steve Price This is a beautiful piece, Steve. You have a very good start. I am looking forward to hear/see you progress. I had never heard it before. I just found a beautiful recording on the…
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Re: Where are the tonebase levels?
@Annika Hi Annika, you can find them on the home page (top left Side of this page). They can also be found on the Start Here Tab. I hope your hand is healing successfully and that you will be able to…
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Re: Where are the tonebase levels?
Hi Jesus, I just found them by backtracking from the email I got about levels. If you go to the home page in the community (the home tab at the top of this page) you'll see the Levels Tab.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
@Eric Phillips Very good, Eric. The A section is really solid and the B section is pretty much all there. I am really impressed with your progress on this piece and am looking forward to seeing your…
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Re: BWV 996 Allemande
@Martin I hope that happens, the BWV is probably my favorite Lute Suite. Your level of 'failing hilariously' was at a much higher level than mine (my many).
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
@Vilio Celli Good beginning, Villio. It is nice to hear some Sanz, his music is not played enough.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
@Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Beautiful, Stephanie. I agree with Blaise, you have a great start.
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Re: Kick-Off for the End-Of-The-Year Community Concert Challenge!
@joosje That was beautiful, thanks for introducing that to me, Joosje. I actually thought that Fado was perhaps the national drink - something to enjoy on rainy days.🙂
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Re: BWV 996 Allemande
I agree whole heartedly, Kirk. I would like a series of lessons on the entire BWV 996 suite (similar to Paul O'Dette's series on BWV 995). There is a section (at the bottom of General Discussions)…
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Re: Kick-Off for the End-Of-The-Year Community Concert Challenge!
@joosje Thanks Joosje. BTW, what is fado.... (I'm afraid my international naivety is showing).
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
@Martin Thanks for sharing this inspiration Martin. And thanks for your return to the livestream to answer my belated question.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! 🕴
You're back! Glad to see your return. And I see you are in fine form with a plethora of initial videos. I just noticed them now - will listen later today. @Eric Phillips
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Re: Kick-Off for the End-Of-The-Year Community Concert Challenge!
@Derek Thanks Derek. We are pretty excited. This is my first trip to Europe so I am extra excited!
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Re: Landslag I by Gulli Björnsson
@Blaise Laflamme I'll have to see if I will have regained enough technique from my 3 week hiatus from playing (trip to Spain). At my age, I lose technique much faster than I regain it and 3 weeks is…
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Re: Landslag I by Gulli Björnsson
@David Krupka I think that is where I first became aware of Bjornsson, though I didn't explore the pieces very thoroughly. I will definitely take a second look.
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Re: Kick-Off for the End-Of-The-Year Community Concert Challenge!
@Martin "Enjoy the sun" 😂 - I just noticed that Lisbon is expected to have rain throughout December, pretty much every day. Oh well, it will still be fun.…
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Re: Kick-Off for the End-Of-The-Year Community Concert Challenge!
I am excited to see the return of the Community Concerts (well.... it does bring back memories of forgetfulness and fumbling🤔) and the Community Challenge.…
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Re: Level 8 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space)
I was assigned (if that is the appropriate term here) to Level 8 which feels reasonable to me. I play several of these pieces and feel I could comfortably play others,…
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Re: Landslag I by Gulli Björnsson
That was very good, Slava. I am only vaguely aware of Bjornsson. Your recording has inspired me look into his works. Welcome to Tonebase, I noticed you just joined this month.…
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Re: Group 1
@TY Zhang Thanks for the comments, TY. I was hoping to have a revised video today but I was not able to get to it. I have been working on the raised wrist which is proving quite challenging.…
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Re: Lessons on transcriptions from the piano literature, especially Chopin.
@Blaise Laflamme Aaaarrrrrrgh!!! 🤫
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Re: Group 1
TY Scale ex. 2 Triplets I/m and m/a 70 bpm This is the first day practicing them. I had hoped to post before the zoom session, but didn't quite make it.…
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Re: Group 1
Ty Scales in 3rds I/m and m/a 70 bpm I noticed that just before recording I lost my index (fake) fingernail. I felt I had enough nail to proceed though the sound quality is a bit scratchy.…
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Lessons on transcriptions from the piano literature, especially Chopin.

There is a wealth of transcriptions from the piano literature, especially the romantic era ( I’m really setting myself up for ridicule here - I’m looking at you, Eric and Blaise 😉).…
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