🎶 Latin American Music Challenge | Week 1
Welcome to our tonebase Guitar Community Challenge! For the next few weeks, we’ll be diving into the vibrant world of Latin American music, exploring rhythms, colors, and styles that have inspired guitarists around the globe.
This is your chance to work on masterpieces and hidden gems by some of the most iconic composers:
Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil) – lush, virtuosic preludes and études
Agustín Barrios Mangoré (Paraguay) – romantic, poetic works full of soul
Abel Carlevaro (Uruguay) – brilliant studies and innovative techniques
Leo Brouwer (Cuba) – modern masterpieces mixing folklore and avant-garde
Manuel M. Ponce – sonatas, and romantic masterpieces
Antonio Lauro – famous Venezuelan Waltzes
Atahualpa Yupanqui – folk-rooted pieces
Jorge Morel – virtuosic concert works and arrangements
…and many more treasures from across Latin America!
How it Works
Pick your piece(s) – anything from the Latin American repertoire that excites you.
Introduce yourself – share what you’ll be working on and why.
Post updates – you can share progress videos, practice tips, or reflections.
Support others – comment, encourage, and learn together.
📅 When?
Start: September 29th
End: October 30th
Watch Party: October 30th 🎉
Why Join?
✅ Discover new repertoire
✅ Build consistency in practice
✅ Get feedback from peers
✅ Celebrate Latin American music with the community
💡 Whether you’re tackling a full Villa-Lobos Étude, polishing a Barrios gem, or exploring a short Brouwer piece, this challenge is for everyone — from curious beginners to advanced players.
👉 Jump in by introducing yourself below and telling us what you’ll be working on!
Let’s bring the sounds of Latin America to life together. 💃🎶
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Ah, that is a nice challenge. I recently started Julia Florida and the Cardoso Milonga. And if Eduardo Diaz is allowed I could throw a little Recuerdos or Ti Amo in.
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Hi, group! Well, I have been working lately on recording H. Villa-Lobos prelude n°5. As I mentioned in the work group, this is the one I like the most and I am putting some ideas to work, mostly on different tempos and approaches, so I think I'll use this challenge as an opportunity to set goals and get feedback. I have not recorded anything but probably soon I'll send something,... a section if not the whole.
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Looks like this will be a well attended challenge with a bunch of absolutely great guitar players. 👍
I will do my best to contribute and plan to dust off the Brower's Estudio 1 and will also work on the Estudio 2.
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to come in the right mood, here is the Julia Florida I did last month
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Hi, everybody! nice challenge! I'm listening many new things that i hadn't heard before! I don't bring anything new to the table but this is my most recent solo project and I appreciate very much you being part of it. So here's section C of the Prelude 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos very fresh out of a couple of half hours of study, mainly fingers in place and mostly up to decent performance speed. Also, quite rough yet... but I expect I'll get there soon.