🎶 Latin American Music Challenge | Week 2

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

  1. Pick your piece(s) – anything from the Latin American repertoire that excites you.

  2. Introduce yourself – share what you’ll be working on and why.

  3. Post updates – you can share progress videos, practice tips, or reflections.

  4. Support others – comment, encourage, and learn together.


📅 When?

  1. Start: September 29th

  2. End: October 30th

  3. 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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    • Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
    • 2 days ago
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    Hi everyone, I think most of you are familiar with this piece. I've been practising this gorgeous piece for the last few weeks. As with many beautiful pieces, it has its difficult parts. I especially struggled with the barres and shifts in the B part. Anyways, hope you enjoy my submission.

      • Barney
      • 2 days ago
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       Beautiful Nijwm!  I really enjoyed it.

      Also, the bird sounds somehow added to the mood.   Nice work!

      • Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
      • Yesterday
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       Thank you Barney! Yeah, I'm in my village, it's a rural area, early morning and these birds were going crazy outside my window. I'm no expert on birds, but perhaps they were singing along with me or criticizing my playing, or more likely they were looking for mates or worms, and then towards the end, the ducks were quacking, demanding their breakfast😀 I'm glad you enjoyed it.

      • Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
      • Yesterday
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       Thanks Ron! I really appreciate it.

      • Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
      • Yesterday
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       Thank you, Dale! That's really good advice, I'll try to vary tone colour when I play it again. There are quite a few things I need to work on this piece.

      • Barney
      • Yesterday
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       I think they were enjoying it, as I was🙂🦆🦜, haha.

      • Ron.3
      • Yesterday
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      Which edition are you using?

      • Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
      • Yesterday
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       I learnt from a score in musescore I'm not sure which edition it was. I think the score is copyrighted, so I didn't download it. But I also listened to YouTube recordings on loop to figure out the music.

      • Ron.3
      • Yesterday
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      Thanks Nijwm

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      • Andre_Bernier
      • 21 hrs ago
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       well done and with the birds signing it is magical  👍 

      • Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
      • 1 hr ago
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       Thank you, Andre. Yeah, the birds are providing a nice background music.

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