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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Dear Community, this is my attempt of playing "Asturias". In this Challenge I only uploaded two pieces..."Jesu bleibet meine Freude" und "Asturias" took so much time.... I am looking forward to the watch-party
... Have a nice time and stay healthy
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Olli that's amazing what you've done in 3 weeks... bravo! Have you changed something with your sound recording? because it's warmer than before
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Blaise Laflamme thank you for your kind words. No - I did noch change anything....but I am wondering. I record with OBS and it looks ok - after importing to Imovie it looks horrible......and after uploading to Youtube it looks disgusting....don`t know how to fix that Problem....
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Blaise Laflamme i have forgotten to mention - surely the sound is brighter because of new strings and the Spruce guitar is much more brighter than the cedar guitar ...
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Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 2
Well, we are at the end of this challenge, so I wanted to post a complete version of this mazurka I've been working on for maybe about a week. It still needs much more work, but at least I can play it through from beginning to end with reasonable confidence. I had never played anything by Chopin before, so this was (and will continue to be) a learning experience for me. Without this Transcription Challenge, I most likely would not have taken on this piece, so once again, I am so grateful for the TB community.
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Eric Phillips thank you Eric, I can hear this one over and over again . It’s so beautiful!
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joosje Thank you, Joosje!
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Eric Phillips
I think you are on the right track, this is a music that is anything but simple. I love A. Rubistein's version, which is also heard on YT. Very useful for getting suggestions on dynamics and the indispensable "rubato"
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Eric Phillips good work on this Eric, again you provided a lot of content over this challenge... bravo!
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Blaise Laflamme Thank you, Blaise!
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Chopin Op 35 No 3
Just for fun, I thought I'd play this peppy little tune. I think it might go by another more famous title. Enjoy!
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Eric Phillips for fun? It’s such a sad tone to end this challenge with, Eric. But still, beautiful.
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joosje I meant it as a bit of a joke. Sorry to be morbid.
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Eric Phillips So this challenge definitely killed us. Thanks for the music to celebrate our demise Eric!
Good work though, sounds lovely!
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Eric Phillips
I am familiar with this composition by Chopin, known as the "Funeral March". It is a very intense and sad song. With all due respect to you Eric, I think this arrangement delivers nothing of the poignant romance of the piano version.
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ivan paolo I could not agree more with you, Ivan.
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Roni Glaser Thanks, Roni, just having some fun!
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Eric Phillips oh yeah... finally a joyful piece to finish this challenge!
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Blaise Laflamme It reminds me of Beethoven‘s 9th Symphony.
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Eric Phillips Don't say I didn't warn you about Chopin.
You know, I think this piece could benefit with a Bossa Nova beat
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Jack Stewart Great idea, Jack. That would have Chopin rolling in his grave! (I just need to stop, don’t I?)
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All right, maybe to lighten the mood after the funeral, here's is a first attempt at playing my arrangement of "Avadim Hayinu" ("We Were Slaves"), a Passover song.
It's definitely very rough around the edges; it's late here and I'm a bit sleepy, but it's probably enough to give you an idea of what it's supposed to sound like. I thought it best to post before the end of the challenge too.
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Roni Glaser I love this, Roni! Great contrasts of rhythm and texture. Excellent use of silence (love that long pause after the intro). The build up at the end was just awesome! What a great arrangement.
And yes, nothing like slavery to lighten the mood!
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Eric Phillips Thanks for listening and for your kind comments Eric!
The playing still needs work to make sure everything's clean enough, and it can get a bit "high energy", so I need to be careful I can play it within my range of tempo. I'm happy enough with the arrangement though.
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Roni Glaser love this, Roni. Great arranging job. Impressive ending….
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Roni Glaser bravo Roni! what a great job! you clearly have the gift of composition and arrangement of music.
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