Week 3: Music is Music! 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the last week of the transcription challenge! This is the place for the Week 3 Submissions!
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Lob der Tränen week 3. I need to memorize it now. It is a recording from Sunday night, my internet was too slow for uploading it. I printed a few more songs to work on, but I don't think I will record them this week, we will see.
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Dale Needles Yes you are right, it is a replica of a Stauffer guitar made by Miodrag Zerdoner. This one is not mine, I borrowed it from my friend while mine is being made. I received pictures yesterday. It should be ready this spring.
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Hélène Beaulieu Helene, that is so beautiful, the bass really rounds out the whole piece. Brava!
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Schubert's Waltz Op 18 No 6
I wanted to try my hand at writing a transcription, so I chose this piece as I could not find any version of it for guitar online. It's also pretty simple. The original is in B minor, but I transcribed it in A minor. I guess you could put a capo at the 2nd fret.
I have attached the original score for piano and my score for guitar. In my score, I did eliminate the repeat of the B section, mostly just so I could fit it onto one page.
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Eric Phillips Bravo Eric
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Vilio Celli Thanks, Vilio.
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Eric Phillips Works very well for the guitar. Good job on the transcription!
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Hélène Beaulieu Thanks, Helene. I don't play piano, but I suspect it's a relatively easy piece on piano.
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Eric Phillips Congrats on a nice transcription!
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Dale Needles Thanks, Dale!
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Eric Phillips Really nice transcription Eric, and quite beautiful. I know this is one of his waltzes, but I would love to see more of his songs transcribed; especially Erlkonig
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Paul Kennedy Thanks, Paul. I couldn't find a guitar transcription of Erlkonig, but I did find this video of it played by Johan Smith. He does an outstanding job with the music of Schubert and Schumann.
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Eric Phillips wow this such a great example of how you can differentiate the voices. Inspiring video. Thanks for posting this.
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joosje Thanks, Joosje. My thought process was to prioritize the melody. If that means sacrificing something in the accompaniment, so be it. It was tempting to match the piano a bit more, having accompaniment on almost every beat, but I opted against that.
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Eric Phillips that sounds very good Eric. Just asking there is a reason why you omitted the middle chord?
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Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise. At first, I did it with chords on every second beat, like in the piano version. When I tried taking them out, however, I thought it made the melody come through more clearly, so that's what I went with. (Can you see them erased from my score?) I could be convinced otherwise and put them back in, though.
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Eric Phillips yeah I see them, and sure I understand the choice you've made. I wonder however, with the second beat re-added, how the hum-pa-pa would enhance the end result. In any case you did a great job Eric, fantastic!
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Eric Phillips Thank you for posting. Actually after I posted that I looked and found a published copy. I will have to send off for it.
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Paul Kennedy Nice!
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Schumann's Traumerei (Jan 18 Final Submission)
I thought I'd record one last version of this piece that has been the focus of my practice during most of this challenge.
I also have changed my usual microphone placement on this video and the previous one above - let me know if they sound better than my other recordings.
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Eric Phillips Sounds great I changed the mic placement too near the bridge
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Eric Phillips Well done, very well played
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Vilio Celli Yes, that’s what Martin suggested yesterday. I think it makes a big difference.
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ivan paolo Thank you, Ivan.
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Eric Phillips Yes, I do think that the sound is better like that. Very nice :)
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Hélène Beaulieu Thanks, Helene!
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