WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Awakening Tárrega's Spirit
Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE Main Thread for this challenge! 
Alright my friends - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.
Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)
Twice a week between Mai 31st and June 21st, I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
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Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!):
- One thing you found easy:
- One thing you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing it!
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Hi everyone, here is my warm up piece- LaGrima. As I mentioned a bit above, I have learnt Lagrima and Recuerdos de la Alhambra. I am posting this La Grima as a warm up, thanks to the nice suggestion from Blaise Laflamme . I am choosing to work on Adelita and Gran Vals in this challenge. In the next few days, I will post my progress about Adelita :) Look forward to seeing your progress also; hope we can all motivate each other :)
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Thank you all my friends. I hope we can motivate each other. I look forward to hearing your submission, also! :)
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Khiem Nguyen Bravo! I really enjoyed how you highlighted your points of interest, it adds a lot of character to a piece that we all know so well! A nice twist!
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Khiem Nguyen Well played Khiem - lovely tone
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Khiem Nguyen great playing Khiem. I like you phrasing and accentuation. Thank you for sharing .
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Khiem Nguyen Nice!
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Martin thank you so much Martin. I haven't been aware that I have played it much differently than the "normal" way. The reason could be that when I first learned it, I based only on my own view to shape the rubato and the dynamic based on my own feeling - I did not have something as a "normal way to play" as a reference dynamic to mimic. So it is my very own interpretation, and I feel good about it.
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joosje thank you a lot Joosje, I appreciate it. I look forward to hearing your submissions! :)
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Olalla and Derek , thank you a lot! :)
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Khiem Nguyen very good choice to start, beautifully played. Loking forward to your other videos.
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Khiem Nguyen Very nicely done Khiem!
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Gokce Turkmendag thank you Gokce! I look forward to hearing your Capricio Arabe, too :)
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Debbie thank you Debbie! Look forward to hearing you play, too! :)
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Still working on Prelude no. 1. It is definitely easier as I settle into a consistent fingering pattern. Also, the measures 3 - 5 are also easier (still not what I would call easy, but thank you for the tip Martin on measure 4 using the 2nd finger as the guide finger; it also helps stabilize that chord as well, and helps with intonation I think...).
Difficulty - definitely trying to maintain a nice legato while adhering to the dynamics.
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Paul Kennedy Awesome, glad that I could be of help! I've just recently discovered the piece, but it'll stay with me for a long time, I'm sure! I so much love the change between E-Major and C-Major in the end!
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Did I say Prelude no.1? I meant Prelude no. 5 (I was dabbling in Prelude No. 1 for a few minutes before sitting down to write this).
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Initially, I was going to work on Maria, a piece I have not done yet. But since I’m traveling, I did not have enough time to work on it. So I decided to do a piece I’ve done plenty of times before. Etude in E minor.
I’ll work on Maria for later on this week(:-
Devyn McCrea Very good
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Devyn McCrea beautiful!! Kitchen have great acoustics!
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Devyn McCrea Good job, Devyn!
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Devyn McCrea Well done! This piece starts out so gentle, but then this damn jump into the B-Major7 with that A on top! You did a great job on this one, I especially enjoyed your contrasts (and the ending, haha!)
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Martin thank you! Totally forgot to mention what I found hard/easy.
Doing the arpeggios with my right hand is what I find easy. But that jump to the B maj7 is a bear. And playing this at a higher tempo is challenging! I’ve never been a fast player, but that’s what I wanted to work on with this etude. -
Devyn McCrea Great, thank you for your insights!
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I start with the easiest
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Giuseppe Gasparini Beautiful! How is everybody doing so well on this B Major 7 in the 3rd bar?
I am ALWAYS struggling with!
Your performance is beautiful, it's balanced, it's lyrical, it has musical direction without being to obvious in its intention! Well done!!! -
Giuseppe Gasparini Very well done, Giuseppe! Nice, clear melody with beautiful tone.
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