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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- Section you worked on: Final sections!
- One thing you found easy: hmmm, I guess ...nothing? The Triplets do have an inherent dance like charakter that get's transported very easy, but in order to do that I needed to achieve a certain speed. So I definitely went for speed over accuracy!
- One thing you found difficult: Accuracy (as mentionend before)! In order to establish the character I want I needed to have a certain speed, though I don't think that I am secure enough will all the fingerings and notes (definitely need to play this one by heart if I want to play it that fast). It's especially tricky not to stumble across your own fingers in the triplet section, in the campanella it's quite hard to end a scale properly and play the following chord rhythmically accurate!
joosje I would have liked to play the da capo chords from the beginning, but I just forgot and was too focused on getting my notes right
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martin That's AWESOME Martin!!
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martin I can’t find a better word than AMAZING.
You set the standard so high for us! But very inspiring! You almost improvised a new virtuoso variation in the triplet part, wonderful. -
martin Superb Martin.
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martin thanks! I needed this!
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martin JUST DO IT!!!!
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David Chidsey
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I worked on bars 163 to 171 today. Very slowly I think the fingering makes sense to me but it is going to be a while until I can play it at a reasonable speed (that is about half the speed of Martin).
I think the trickiest bit is going up to the g on the fifth string using Martin's fingering.
Maybe we should have an 'anniversary' watch party to see how we are doing after a year!
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Derek Hehe, that'll be reserved for the "Douze Etudes Community Challenge", all of the Villa-Lobos-Studies within one year
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Managed to grab some time to work through 153-162
Easy: playing very very slowly
Difficult: Tripped over some of the fingering - although I can understand the logic my fingers can't yet!
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Ron Awesome, step by step! Those bars are the most confusing ones in the triplet section!
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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 Hi Gokce that's a shame. I'm glad you're feeling better and hope you're back to normal soon.
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Derek thank you so much
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Gokce Turkmendag Hi Gokce so glad the test was negative. Do hope you're feeling fully better soon. Best wishes, Ron
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Ron thank you Ron, take care!
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Gokce Turkmendag hi Gokce. I can totally relate! I got behind last week for being sick. I took days from this week to practice for last week and posted in week two. But that means I only have a few days for this section which is not nearly enough! Well, I think the point is to do what we can and not put too much pressure on ourselves. The piece will always be there to work on in the future if we want to. I, personally, think I will leave it though. It’s been fun to work on but I don’t see it being a permanent repertoire piece. Hope you’re feeling better today!
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Gokce Turkmendag Hello Gokce, you are lucky on the way to discovery. Health comes first...the time is far too short anyway to bring the piece to a satisfactory level. I wish you a speedy recovery an a nice day
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Debbie thanks Debbie. You are right, we are not conservatory students, no need for pressure. I will continue practicing, I really enjoy playing it, but in a much longer period of time.
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Olli thanks Olli. I am waiting for your beautiful submissions so that I will have something worth watching during my recovery.
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Gokce Turkmendag I wish I was a conservatory student because I didn’t finish at it is the greatest regret of my life! But if I was a conservatory student and my teacher chose this for me to play, I’d be pissed off
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Gokce Turkmendag hello Gokce, so - here it is, especially recorded for you
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Olli this is what I need
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Gokce Turkmendag
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Gokce Turkmendag happy to hear you recovered. It’s true that this section needs a lot of practice. We do what we can. Stay healthy and don’t worry too much. I’m looking forward to your submission any time.
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joosje thank you Joosje, I missed my guitar so much, maybe I'll try it today. Waiting for your submission.
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