Yoda's order
what you practice:
1, Practice routines and warm up.
2. Repertoire - 1 old and 1 new. Old- Valseana, New - Claire De Lune
why you want to play it:
1. valseana - I actually worked on it couple of months ago but I stop after I memorize it. Picking it up again to really work on playing it musically. Mesmerize by it the first time I heard it - TY Zhang's performance.
2. Clair De Lune - la Masa's arrangement.
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Fantastic, thank you for our first member entry into our practice diary!!!
I know that timezone-wise it's difficult to tune in to our interactive livestream on friday, the interactive practice room! But I'll try to pack all the relevant information within the first 20min of the livestream so that will be available for everybody, but in the future we will experiment with open interactive classes that will get recorded!
Valseana and Claire de Lune, what a dreamy combination!!!
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Martin thanks Martin, I'll try to join one of these days too.
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Didn't really practice playing for last week as I injured my wrist. But it is good as I have time to actually listen and work out phrases. So many things that I picked up when not actually being able to play. Can't wait to start playing again.
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don Get well soon!!!
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Martin thanks! Just a minor sprain but a blessing in disguise as I've alway been playing playing and not really listening or thinking. This time off the playing really help me!
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can finally practice again.
aim for this week:
1. Clair de lune is to play the un pocco mosso section smoothly. have memorized the section and work out the fingerings but still sound very disjointed
2. Valseana - have worked on this for sometime, so the aim is to work on phrasing and tempo control. Especially in section B.
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don Glad that your hand works again, I am looking forward when you're ready to share your status!
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tried recording my progress so here goes.
clair de lune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HtlQsSQ9XI
having issues with making the whole piece sing. Especially the second section, think will have to target practice just that section until it ingrained in to the muscle memory before working on the other sections in detail.
valseana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2BKWPWWgoM
The C section kept breaking apart whenever I tried to speed up. Have to slower the tempo and rework it up.
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don Really good work, Don. I haven't played either one, but they both look to be very challenging for the left hand. Your hand movements look very agile and fluid. Such beautiful, lush music!
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don That was so, so good! The Valseana piece is masterfully composed and you brought it to life (even with this huge tape on your hand, hope you're falling better!)
That's a beautiful transcription of "Clair de la Lune", did you heard Rafa's Recording of it? It's another transcription but, both work quite well for our serenading instrument!
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Martin don Tariq Harb just released his version this week... https://youtu.be/zEoyRJMKpgY
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Martin thanks! I didn't know about Rafa's recording. It's so good! But then again anything he plays is good! One of my favorite guitarist ever since he did a star wars theme wearing a Darth Vader helmet.
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Blaise Laflamme Thanks for sharing. I almost did this James Edward's arrangement. I had this and the La Massa and in the end my teacher said to learn the La Massa arrangement but both are good in my opinion!
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Thanks Eric! Think I made it looked for challenging than it actually is, hopefully with more practice, I can get it more fluid.
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Worked these pieces with my teacher.
1. Opening - to create more variations in dynamics. Imagine waking up but falling back to sleep and waking up again.
2. Section A - to soften the trill to make it more of an afterthought.
3. Section C - make changes to fingerings. Work on the hammer ons.
4. Section D - more practice to get it more fluid.
1. Opening - change fingerings to make it melody to sing more
2. Try to play at a slower pace to let notes naturally die so when it happens due to arrangement, it wouldn't sound so jarring
3. Section B - use rest stroke when possible to bring out the melody. play the accompaniment softer.
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don Wow! Both pieces were beautifully played. Great work.
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Well done! I have never played them. They sound beautiful,,,,
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Emma Thanks! Still trying to get it all together.
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22 Nov
Clair De lune:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgff5QGd5U
I've been spending a lot of time listening all kinds of other arrangement as well as the original for inspiration.
Memorized the whole piece now and I'm 99% sure of the fingerings. Was working on over-ringing. Seems to have succeeded but now have to work on cutting out some unnecessary noises
Valseana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUHnzFFAeKg
need to work on relaxation and slowing down more during second section. There is one particular passage which always trips me up and the more I think about it, the more likely I'll trip up.
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don Beautiful piece, Don. It's really coming together nicely.
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Very good Don. These are beautiful pieces. Is the Valseana by Assad? It is really nice.Well done.
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Jack Stewart Thanks Jack. Yes it is by Sergio Assad.
David Krupka I think another week of spot practice should bring it to an ok level.
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very nice phrasing, Yoda!
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Khiem Nguyen Thanks!
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Been slacking off practising last couple of weeks but still manage to work on Clair De Lune on off. Think I'm 80% to where I wanted and will leave it as it is and let it stew for a couple of months before revisitng.
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