BYWEEKLY UPDATES (Section Three, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
Welcome to the Main Thread for the second section of Santiago de Murcia's "Marizápalos"! 
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Every day between February 23th (Week 2 stream) and March 16th (watch party), we are hoping to read your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!):
- Section you worked on:
- One thing you found easy:
- One thing you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing it!
- (Optional:) questions
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Unfortunately I've been fighting with high fever since Tuesday
, therefore I haven't touched my guitar for days 
Thankfully my Covid test is negative, and my fever dropped down to normal levels today. I think the last part was the most challenging one, and it needs more time than the previous ones. I am not sure I have energy to practice today, so I have only 2 days before the watch party. I will try as far as I can go but it will be impossible to catch up, I am very sorry for that.
I tried the whole section before my illness. Sight reading is easy, but right hand fingering does not have a pattern. It makes it very difficult to play it in normal tempo.One week is very short for this part. Maybe we can postpone the watch party?
(I feel like a college student who tries to postpone the final exam because she didn't study 
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Gokce Turkmendag we will there in the end!! get well soon!
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Gokce Turkmendag PLEASE feel better soon!
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Emma thank you Emma, take care
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Gokce Turkmendag I am so sorry to hear that, so happy that you already feel better! Play and practice at your own speed, music should never be stressful but a resort for our mind to rest! That being said, especially the campanella part is so much fun to play, so even if you decide not to play the whole piece or go for the challengin triplet part, I recommend to take a look at the campanella scales
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David Chidsey I will be OK David, thank you
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martin I am not giving up on Marizapalos, I really enjoyed playing it. And I cannot believe that I learned so many things from a single piece. Thank you for that, it was a brilliant choice.
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- Section you worked on: I've been working on the last section very slowly
- One thing you found easy: The first two or three bars
- One thing you found difficult: I've been trying Martin's fingering for bars 169 - 170, going up to the g on the fifth string. The two bars are basically 3 scale runs going from a to f the first time and g to f the second and third time followed by g to b. Martin's fingering is different for each run and it's tricky going up to the high g for the second scale run. Looking at the manuscript the composer has used the same fingering for each scale so I have been practising this section using the fingering that Martin suggested for the second scale run (starting with the g on the fifth string) on all of the runs (omitting the g the first time, starting on the a on the fourth string using the first finger) using the same fingering for the final g to b and then shifting down quickly for the E major chord (luckily the final b is an open string). It seems to work for me at the moment. It's still tricky though. I tried using the pattern for the first run as per Martin's notated script and playing the g as an open string each time but it didn't seem to work very fluently.
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Derek This scale has so many stumbling stones! Playing the same scale thrice and omit the g for the first one is a great idea, I just tried that, that's awesome! I am not sure if I love it, but I am certainly flirting with the idea of changing my fingering!
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- Section you worked on: bar 145 - 181
- One thing you found easy: playing very slow
- One thing you found difficult: increase speed without playing the wrong notes
I love this piece, but - I think it is much too difficult to be worked on in a three weeks Challenge.
Tonebase is really challenging ( for my feelings too much challenging at the moment... ):
- I want to upload my improved version of "Tango en Skai"
- also the newer version of "Julia Florida"
- practicing very hard on Tremolo at the moment to do a recording for upcoming Masterclass
Taking everything seriously - there is no time to go to work .... ? ( need the time to practice )
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Olli Thank you for sharing Olli, well done! I am glad you published your video in slow motion so that we can follow your crazy fast fingers
I agree, Tonebase is really challenging. I almost forgot all my repertoire, and postpone my other plans. But with the help of this challenge I learned a lot of things in a very short time, and had fun (especially in the last part which instead of practicing I laid down on the couch while watching Netflix and reading books).
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Olli Well done Olli. I no longer work and I still don't have enough time to practice! This piece is a hard challenge but we will have to carry on after the final live stream I think. Tango en Skai is on my 'to do' list and I need to work on Julia Florida also and I'm trying to improve my tremolo. I'm enjoying your videos so please keep them coming!
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Olli I love it Olli! Very beautiful!
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Olli great!
. So nice to hear your rendition, you’re the first of us (after Martin) to upload a video. It’s really good. Sounds secure and rhythmical. I wouldn’t say slow, but, of course, to get to Martins tempo would need more time, so what you say about the challenge, I can only agree. I tried higher tempo, but it was getting sloppy. -
Olli Olli that's great, well done. Compared to my current tempo that's already light-speed!
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Gokce Turkmendag exactly the same happens for me. Postponing plans of duets and forgetting my repertoire!
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Olli Bravo!!!! I think I will watch again your video!
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Olli Awesome, that's so great and inspiring to see! Especially that you went the extra mile and added some extra ornaments to an already demanding variation, great job!
It's great to see how much time all of you invest into these challenges and other community activities (just ditch work, haha)!
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Practiced up to measure 170. The easy part possibly the first measures of the triplets. The difficult part getting to speed. I am practicing very very slow now....
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Emma I got the same feeling, some of the bars just don't want to get into my head! Keep going!
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I've been concentrating on the last variation trying to get it smoother and faster. Coming along quite well so hopefully a recording tomorrow morning. I've also had a look at the triplet section again, If I get the recording done of the last variation I will then concentrate on the triplets section. I've also been trying to get the chordal introduction and ending working so hopefully I can finish off the last variation with the DC.
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Derek Awesome! I'd really like to hear how you flow from the ending into the chordal introduction!
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Olli Wow! You worked hard on this. virtuoso! Beautiful, Olli.
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joosje
...just put the playback speed to 150% 
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Olli so you were cheating.....
While I was practicing
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