Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart, op. 9 - Live Lesson (Nov 22) Questions / Suggestions
Alright, ladies and gentlemen - the time has come! 
By popular demand, and following the results of the poll we hosted in one of our recent live streams, I will be teaching Sor's undeniable masterpiece, his iconic:
Variations on a Theme by Mozart op. 9
(Based on Mozart's opera, "The Magic Flute")
Find the start time in your time zone by clicking the photo or following this event link:
https://app.tonebase.co/guitar/live/player/live-lesson-sor-mozart-variations
We are going to be using this thread to gather suggestions and questions!
- What questions do you have on this topic?
- Any particular area you would like me to focus on?
Forum questions will be answered first!
"We will be looking at where the theme originates, how Sor develops it, and along the way, gaining essential insight into how to make its performance easy and straightforward. With a bit of left-hand and right-hand preparation, intelligent fingering, and informed phrasing, the effort necessary to play this piece will be drastically reduced - immediately reflecting in the music."
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Hi, Mircea.
1- I tend to take "Menor" marks in variations as a clue for lowering the tempo, changing the caracter a little bit to something more solemn. Do you agree?
2- Would you go to the length of playing AIM/PIM in the coda escales in order to mark the triplets? Being in the lower strings, scratchy sounds are likely to appear if we use the A finger.
3-Idea for a pool: Is Sor your favorite guitarist-composer?
As always, thanks a lot.
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Might be an odd question since it’s not about technique, but this is a favourite piece of mine and I have been playing it for 32 years. Wondering how to choose the best ‘arrangement’ of the piece since there are so many arrangements available? Not expecting you to have an answer to this but curious how you chose the version you play?
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Jason Economides Thank you for your question, Jason! I started out the live stream today talking about it. Hope you enjoyed the answer! If you didn't catch it live, remember you can always go back to it later by following the link in the opening post.
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Igor Thank you for your question, Igor! It was great to have you back in the stream today! Hope you enjoyed my answers to your questions!
