BYWEEKLY UPDATES (Section Three, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
Welcome to the Main Thread for the second section of Santiago de Murcia's "Marizápalos"! 
- Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)
- Watch the prerecorded kickoff livestream for help with the first section!
- Watch the prerecorded Livestream for help with the second section!
- Watch the Section Three Livestream for help with the new section!
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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Olli AMAZING!!!!! But... where is the pizza pillow????
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Olli
yea you really got me there. I had my 3rd glas of Belgian beer (Leffe)
Was somehow wondering how your nice guitar could sound so thin and about a 3rd higher all of a sudden...
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David Chidgey oh, I don't`t know - have to search for it .... next Video it`s back in place. Thank you very much
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Olli I love it
It gets especially funny if you fiddle around with YouTubes playback speed as well 
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Olli Very good
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Olli even if cheating it would not have worked had you not played so clean and beautiful!!! Bravo!!!! I enjoyed your video from the practice session too
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Olli With a playback speed of 75% it would still be fast. Regardless of the speed it is well played!
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Olli OMG amazing!
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Derek thank you very much for your kind words. In fact, it it is just my "normal" recording I posted last time. I changed only from color-TV to black and white and Changed the Audio speed to 150% . That is maybe the speed the variation could be played with very much practice time
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Olli I'll try this for the next challenge :-) If I play slowly and an octave lower then I could set the speed to to 200% and it should play at the correct octave!
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Derek hmmm, maybe this is a great idea for future recordings
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Worked on the last section and... an ending, reintroducing the original theme
Arrived here today after 2 days of travel (moved to Belgium for 6 wks)
what I found easy: taking my guitar upon arrival for a fast practice of this wonderful piece
What I found difficult: not enough time to practice, so I couldn't get the tempo and the full control of fingering. So, I wasn't really ready for recording, but decided to give it a go anyway
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joosje MAESTRA! absolutely stunning!
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joosje wow - you played, as always, very beautiful ... thank you for sharing this fine recording
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joosje WOW!!! This is great, I love everything about it, the 8va, the flow back into the main theme, your speed and fluidity and tasteful ornaments really makes the music shine! Awesome, BRAVA!
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joosje What a show, how much musicality
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joosje wow awesome, not only you played beautifully but I could feel myself in the time. Congratulations!!!
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joosje Superb Joosje. Absolutely wonderful
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joosje that's it! I wasn't surprised to see that. Beautiful tone and strong technique, as usual. This is the result of both hard work and talent.
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martin David Chidsey Olli thank you for your kind comments. It was such an inspiring challenge.
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Giuseppe Gasparini Emma Derek Gokce Turkmendag thank you for your generous comments. I was so inspired by this music, I just had to practice and leave my other pieces for a while.
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Thanks to all of you for this great Challenge !
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joosje beautiful Joosje!
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Debbie thanks Debbie
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Here is my attempt at the last variation. I worked on it after my morning warm up and it wasn't too bad but when I recorded it later my hands didn't want to move as fast (that is my excuse anyway).
Need more practice still.
Martin can you confirm the start time for the Watch Party tomorrow in Central European Time please - it looks as though PST has been put forward 1 hour for daylight saving. I joined the livestream last night and I was an hour late. Lucky it had changed because it lasted for 3 hours!
I have a hairdresser's appointment for April 14th!!! :-)
End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
