Week 4: Play us out 🎉

We're closing out Summer Sessions with a Watch Party, so post your performance video here to be featured. Doesn't have to be perfect, just yours.

Whether you've been at it all month or you're only jumping in now, we want to see what your summer sounded like. ☀️🎸

We'll close things out with a Watch Party featuring your recorded submissions, so make sure your final performance video is posted by the end of the run. 🎥

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    • Jack_Stewart
    • 3 wk ago
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    BWV 996 Prelude, Allemande and (separate recording) Courante 

    I couldn't get all 3 in one recording. I actually didn't get any of them in 1 recording but each has some good moments and show promise. The courante in particular pretty much fell apart on the second part, however its repeat held up pretty well. I just noticed I didn't trim out the opening stumble - opps.

    Hopefully I can get a decent recording, either as one or separately, before tomorrow. I am hoping that by posting these recordings I will be more focussed to get a good recording.

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 3 wk ago
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      Thanks for the kind words Blaise. 

      • Steve_Price
      • 3 wk ago
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       That's excellent, Jack. I like how the ornaments really fit well in the time and don't stand out too much. My attempts at cross-string ornaments always come out too loud, so I expect this must have taken a lot of work. They're really nice. I also like the contrast between the Prelude and Allemande. I've heard quite a few recordings where the end of one and the beginning of the other have the same intensity, so I like the release you have here.   

      • joosje
      • 3 wk ago
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       I’m really touched by your rendition/ interpretation of this suite. It’s really difficult to get it working on the modern guitar as it is so well conceived for the softer and  more subtle lute. You really make it work, the lines are so clear, the rhythms flowing and the ornaments natural and clean. Thank you so much for this submission. You have worked hard to get to this level and it was worth every hour of study! 

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 3 wk ago
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       Thanks Joosje. This has certainly taken a long time to get it to this point. I just recorded a better version today though the volume is too loud so it is somewhat harsh and tinny. This gives me the opportunity to figure out some post production techniques (all very new to me 🙄).

      I am also well past changing my strings so I will do that and see if I can get another version - since Martin hasn't posted a Watch Party date yet.

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      • Jim_king
      • 2 wk ago
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       Amazing Jack.  That was beautiful.  Thanks for sharing.

      • Ron.3
      • 2 wk ago
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       Been away for a few days so a late reply. Jack this is really impressive! As others have said your ornaments are amazing! I love your interpretation of this difficult suite

    • BLaflamme
    • 3 wk ago
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     Because I haven't had time to post other videos since the first week of the challenge, and they were final, without reposting them again I refer them to you here, in case you want to present one: Everything Will be Allright (Vedral) and Andecy (York).

    • Dale_Needles
    • 3 wk ago
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     Is there a date for the watch party?

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    • martin.3
    • 2 wk ago
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    The Watch Party is booked: Friday, September 4, 5pm CEST. We'll close out Summer Sessions together and watch your recordings live on stream. If your final video isn't posted yet, now is the moment. All details and the event page are here: Watch Party: The Summer Sessions Challenge 🎥

    • Ernesto.1
    • 2 wk ago
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    I worked during the summer learning Villa-Lobos's Etude X, the 1928 version that adds a page of music not in the final Segovia edition. 

    I played it last weekend for my local guitar society and my daughter filmed it and booed at the end. 

    I liked the performance, and here it is!

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 2 wk ago
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       Great job, Ernesto. And to have played this before an audience!  I like this etude though I have never tried to play it. (I think #1 and #5 are the only 2 I have ever worked up.) 

      Good to see you joining in on this Challenge.

      • Dale_Needles
      • 2 wk ago
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       Very nicely performed. This is one of favorite Villa-Lobos Etudes and while  I have never studied it, I know it is very challenging. I believe HVL referred to it as the Amazon Study. 👏 

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      • Jim_king
      • 2 wk ago
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      Wonderful playing Ernesto.  I enjoyed that very much.  Also, congratulations on playing the Etude in front of an audience.

      • Steve_Price
      • 2 wk ago
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       Excellent, Ernesto. Really love the energy on this. It's a powerful performance. 

      • Ron.3
      • 2 wk ago
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       Well played Ernesto and live in from of an audience too! Impressive!

      • Ernesto.1
      • 2 wk ago
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       Thanks      This is encouraging! Its first time that I feel that I did not get nervous and played convincingly despite the little mistakes here and there.

      • Barney
      • 2 wk ago
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       how cool is this!  Nice performance live, Ernesto!  Bravo!

      HVL has some energy in this one!  

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    • Jack_Stewart
    • 2 wk ago
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    BWV 996 Prelude, Allemande and Prelude

    My recording level is much better and new strings so the overall sound is much improved. I feel this is a better performance though there are some frustrating blunders in the Fugue and Allemande (I think). I really need to learn to splice because between different recordings I'd have a pretty good version - or I could just learn to perform (yeah right, like that's going to happen!)

      • Barney
      • 2 wk ago
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       Very well played , Jack!  The extra week on it really made a difference;  and over 9 minutes straight, wow!  Many of us who do not perform professionally or as concert artists, do not allocate the time needed (or have the time) to polish the pieces at that level of performance.

      We are anxious to move on to the next piece.  Nevertheless, we are challenged to continue learning and improve.  In the process, we are enjoying the never ending journey of our own and our friends at Tonebase.  Bravo, Jack!

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 2 wk ago
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       Thanks, Barney. I agree with your comments (though there are several people here who do record at a very high level - you, Blaise, Eric and some others). My stated frustrations are with the mistakes that really break the flow and are not usually present when I am practicing w/o 'performing' (as in recording). That being said, my frustrations are almost always short lived.

      • Ernesto.1
      • 2 wk ago
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       Very enjoyable! Great phrasing and tempo choices!

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 2 wk ago
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      Thanks Ernesto.

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      • Jim_king
      • 2 wk ago
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       Bravo Jack.  Excellent!  You have done well with the additional practice.

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