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Week 2: Sharing the Journey ![🌟](https://d56vh6ph4jjmq.cloudfront.net/emoji/emojione/4_0/svg2/1f31f.svg)
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WELCOME TO THE "A FRESH START" COMMUNITY CHALLENGE! ![🌟](https://d56vh6ph4jjmq.cloudfront.net/emoji/emojione/4_0/svg2/1f31f.svg)
Embark on a musical journey with our latest challenge, "A Fresh Start". It’s time to dust off that sheet music you’ve been eyeing and dive into a brand-new piece!
CHALLENGE TIMELINE
- Challenge Start: Kick-Off on April 15th!
- Duration: April 15th to May 13th
- Watch Party: Join us on May 13th at 11 AM PST to watch selected submissions!
WEEK 2 ACTIVITIES
- Progress Sharing: You should have your new piece selected by now. This week, let's start sharing our progress. Post a video or describe what you've been working on. It's fascinating to see how everyone approaches the learning process!
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Hello all, I have always wanted to play something by Rodrigo but found most of his work beyond my reach. While I was alphabetizing my music I found this piece that I collected many years ago and thought I would use it for this challenge. "Tiento Antiguo" (ancient touch or feel). I found it quite beautiful and has Rodrigo's flair for evoking the Spanish landscape. My only hope is to do it justice. To study this piece I will break it up into several sections. The arpeggio sections, separated by two interludes. Two Cadenza's separating B and C section's and ending with a beautiful arpeggio Cadenza lento ending.
The cadenza is by far the most challenging part due to its speed. So I will work on that with speed studies and right hand alone exercises. The ending has some difficult timing along with some tricky slurring, so I will create separate exercises for these. The arpeggio seems straight forward. I'm about 2 weeks into this piece, hopefully I can get something complete recorded by May 13th.
To play this I divided the rhythm in half, 16ths become 8th's and 32'nds become 16th's to make it sane for me.
Here is the opening 16 bars of the arpeggio.
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Sor – Le Calme Op 50 C section
For the last few days, I have mainly been practicing the A and B sections, trying to make them more fluid. But tonight, I finally started working on the C section, which I find much more difficult. I’m hoping that it doesn’t keep me from being able to complete this piece.
After listening to my video below a few times, I think I would like to practice this section in three progressive ways:
- First, I want to practice the melody alone, shaping it the way I want it to sound.
- Then I will practice the melody with the bass notes only.
- Lastly, I will add the accompaniment in the middle.