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Embark on a transformative musical journey with our exclusive two-week intensive online course designed for guitar enthusiasts eager to elevate their playing skills. Delve into the intricate world of guitar technique, with a primary focus on refining the right-hand technique and addressing various technical challenges.
- Right Hand Mastery: Uncover the secrets to developing a flawless right-hand technique that enhances precision, speed, and control. Our expert instructors will guide you through a comprehensive exploration of techniques tailored to elevate your playing to new heights.
- Villa-Lobos Study Nr. 1: Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Study Nr. 1. Unpack the nuances of this iconic piece and receive personalized feedback from our instructors to perfect your interpretation.
- Tackling Tremolo: Demystify the complexities of tremolo, a technique that adds a mesmerizing layer of expressiveness to your playing. Learn strategies to build speed, clarity, and endurance in your tremolo execution.
- Arpeggio Artistry: Explore the world of arpeggios with a focus on diverse patterns. From classical to contemporary, our course provides a comprehensive understanding of arpeggio techniques, enabling you to incorporate a rich variety of patterns into your repertoire.
Timeline:
- Sign-Up : until Sunday, Jan 21th
- Course Period: Jan 22nd - Feb 2nd
- Optional check-In via Zoom: Jan 30, 11am PST
Assignments Week 1
Week 2 Assignments
Zoom Check-In:
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Hi Sanel and friends,
As I did last week, I have notated the two Villa-Lobos excerpts to help me learn and practice them. I've attached them here in the hope they might be helpful to others. Please feel free to offer corrections or changes that might help. I have found both exercises to be challenging but very effective. Playing the combined pattern in each position is a brain twister for sure!
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Rick Lord Thanks for this Rick.
BTW, I think the VL Etude#7 pattern should maintain the pick up measure since the pattern moves up on the repeat of the pick up.
Actually, I'm not sure how to write it w/o writing out the full pattern as it moves up (at least the first time w/ a comment that the ascend repeats.)
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Jack Stewart Thanks Jack. Yeah, I wasn't sure how to note that anacrusis as it moves up each time. I think your suggestion to do it at least on the first time make sense. Hopefully, folks will practice with the video in front of them.
Rick
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Rick Lord Thank
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Rick Lord Thank you!
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Here is my status on this exercise at 84 bpm. To save time I excluded the repeats. This is my first and only take and already see some issues that require attention. I will try to increase speed as I gain confidence with the sequences along with metronome accuracy.
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Barney Very nimble as you shift the pattern up and down.
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Neil Macmillan Thanks Neil! It's a bit tricky to concentrate on the pattern while maintaining even timing with metronome. Great exercise!
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Wow Barney ! You did it really amazing! Congratulations. Your right hand does it very well. Next step would be to speed it up 1 by 1 bpm up to 100 or even 120 bpm.
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Thank you Sanel! I will work on trying to increase the speed.
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Tremolo video is now online. I hope you will like it.
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Thank you for posting your Tremolo video. I know we are past the prescribed TWI period, so it is greatly appreciated! The subject of Tremolo is complex, but this video teaches each finger how to play tremolo independently and evenly (which many of us have problems with). I wish we had time to delve more deeply into this topic with you. Perhaps another time. Thank you again for sharing your time and great advice with us!!!
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SANEL REDŽIĆ When you practice/perform Tremolo with pami, do you "plant" your "a" finger on the tremolo string at the same time you play "p" on a bass string? As you know , some players do this and others don't.
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Thanks for this and all of your other exercises, Sanel. I have incorporated them into my daily warm up/exercises with great effect.
I think I would like to try to adapt the tremolo exercise for cross string trills. It looks like by removing a finger in the pattern (replacing w/ a rest) it would help with developing finger independence in the pattern and maintaining control of rhythm.
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You welcome Barney ! :-)
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Barney , I don't plant my a finger.
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Great Jack Stewart ! I am glad that you liked it and that it can help you in your daily routine.
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Thanks Sanel! I expected this answer from you, as I know you want the best sounding tremolo, and planting the "a" finger would cut the sound for a micro-second,
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Thank you for this very helpful approach to practicing tremolo. You have presented a very efficient breakdown of how each finger can benefit from independent exercise and accented articulation. It gives me renewed hope for my tremolo efforts!
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You welcome Rick Lord ! I am glad that you like it. This is my approach with my students and it is each time successful.
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SANEL REDŽIĆ Thank you for all the tutorials. In etude no 1., do you accent any note, or do all the notes have to be even like in tremolo?
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Thanks for recording the Two Week Check-In as I unfortunately missed it but now getting value listening back
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