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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: Martin's Practice Diary: "Jesus remains my Joy" BWV 147 by Bach
@Martin This is the transcription from Parkening Plays Bach. It is actually transcribed by RickFoster. I purchased this collection probably in the 70's.…
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Re: Martin's Practice Diary: "Jesus remains my Joy" BWV 147 by Bach
That is a beautiful piece. I have a transcription of it by Christopher Parkening (Christopher Parkening Plays Bach). I had bumbled thru it many years ago but haven't tried in a long time.…
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Re: BWV 1007 Menuets I & 2
@Rick Lord That was absolutely beautiful! These minuets are wonderful and you played them beautifully. Your phrasing and tone were excellent. Great job Rick!
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Re: Sor Op 60 No 20
Very impressive sight reading! I really like this etude as well. It's not as challenging as some but it has real charm and harmonic complexity. You're up to about, what, 20 pieces for this challenge.…
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Re: DRESS REHEARSAL for the tonebase Community Concert
@Martin Sounds good. Well... what you suggests sounds good. The Fantasia, - we'll see.
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@David Krupka Those pieces are really wonderful. I have never heard them before. Thanks for sharing. I am mostly familiar with the passacaille, and 2-3 suites.…
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Bill Young I just downloaded the lute manuscript from the London Manuscript but haven't had time to go over it. That will take an effort for me to decipher as I'm not use to Lute tuning and…
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Khiem Nguyen Thanks Khiem. I feel there are still refinements to be made but I am making progress.
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Re: Jack's Sauguet's Solilique (with assist from Milo)
@David Krupka Thanks David. Well, per David Russell's recommendations, Milo is certainly preparing me for performance.
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Bill Young Thanks Bill. Likewise, I will probably learn this in d min to see how they compare. Blaise pointed out I was playing a wrong note which was due to a faulty transcription I was using.…
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Re: DRESS REHEARSAL for the tonebase Community Concert
I have a rather notorious history of performance but maybe this is just the thing to address that issue. I would like to perform either Weiss Fantasia (2.5') or the Sauguet Soliloque (5').…
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Re: Jack's Sauguet's Solilique (with assist from Milo)
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. This was a piece I wanted to submit for the master class. While recording Milo was insistent on my attention. I tried to concentrate but when he dropped his ball at the…
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Re: Jack's Sauguet's Solilique (with assist from Milo)
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise This was in an anthology of 20th Century pieces for guitar that had many interesting pieces including Poulenc, Auric, Malipiero, Rodrigo and others.…
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Nora Torres-Nagel Thank you Nora. Weiss has many works which are very nice but rarely reaches the level of Bach (but then who does?!) This fantasia is one that does, I believe.…
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Palmer Thanks Palmer. It is fun to play though it has its thorny sections -at least for me..
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@don Thanks Don. I think this probably my favorite Weiss piece.
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Jack's Sauguet's Solilique (with assist from Milo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0X1LxkLMBY I have been working on this for quite a while. I have the interpretation fairly well mapped out and can (usually) play it fairly smoothly.…
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Re: Blaise's Practice Diary - Dyens's Saudade No 3
@Blaise Laflamme Oh that's a relief. I kept clicking on the pictures and felt like I'm missing something very basic. Well, I am looking forward to hearing you playing.…
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Re: Blaise's Practice Diary - Dyens's Saudade No 3
Hey Blaise, I feel like such a Ludite. I can't find your recording of this but there are a lot of others commenting on it. Can you direct to your recording? I would love to hear your playing it.…
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Re: Khiem's diary: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
@Khiem Nguyen That is wonderful! You have beautiful control and tone. Thanks for sharing your performance of this piece.
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Re: Derek Alba by Hans Haug
@Derek That is an interesting piece. I don't know it or the composer. You are doing a great job. It is a substantial piece which is a challenge to sustain.You are well on your way.…
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Re: Nora's practice diary "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
@Nora Torres-Nagel That was great. You have made a lot of improvement. I have made several attempts to play this over the years but never managed to get it under control.…
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Re: Yoda's order
@don Wow! Both pieces were beautifully played. Great work.
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise. I checked my score and it is a D natural however, both the score on Delcamp and the Tonebase score on Cerovic's tutorial show that note to be raised (C# in…
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Re: Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. It is. certainly challenging for me, but I really like the piece. Not quite Bach but a close second. Milo always likes to make an appearance.…
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