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Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems
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Welcome to the "Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge"! This month, we'll embark on a global musical journey, exploring classical guitar compositions from various countries. The only rule: Don’t play a composer from your home country. Let’s make this a truly international experience!
CHALLENGE TIMELINE
- Challenge Start: Kick-Off on May 15th
- Duration: May 15th - June 24th
- Watch Party: June 24th
ACTIVITIES
- Choose Your Piece: Select a new piece of music to work on. Share your choice in the thread below and inspire your fellow musicians!
- Video Submission: Submit a video of your practice this week. Highlight your favorite passage from the piece that showcases the origin of this piece!
GET INVOLVED
Let’s kick things off with enthusiasm! Share your progress, encourage others, and explore new musical horizons together. Can’t wait to see what everyone chooses!
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Alexandre Tansman, born in Poland, wrote this Suite in Modo Polonico, for Segovia. I had he score but never really got to work on it.
This challenge brought it back in my mind, and I decided to take it with me in my holiday collection for practice. The first Kolysanka seemed a nice piece to start with. It features some interesting harmonies. Slurs and secure timing present quite a challenge though….
I hope to continue work on it next week, but first prepare my ‘exam’ next Monday with two other pieces: Barrios (Aconquija) and Kruisbrink (Ahimsa).
so here is a first recording of Kolysanka No.1 Berceuse d’ Orient. Apologise for poor video and sound quality - background noise from garden (birds and traffic.
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Ravel: Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis
This is perhaps a bit closer, though I still have several annoying blips and stumbles. The dynamics are a bit better but it seems too staid. I think I am going to move on for the time being and come back to it later in the challenge.
I am also reposting the re - revised score w/ fingerings and corrections that Joosje posted out previously.
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Here is my first recording for this challenge. I don't have a lot of opportunities to record because there is a lot of work and noise outside and inside the building during the day and regular summer evening activities outside. But tonight it was calm outside
Few notes for this recording
- I am using the Alaska picks
- It is getting there but I need to increase the speed
- I did use some effects on the audio track .... probably too much
I will definitively make another recording early next week.
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Looks like the Week 4 thread is open: https://guitar-community.tonebase.co/t/q6y6v19/week-4-celebrating-global-connections