MAIN THREAD: Bringing It Together! (Week 3)
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of the Level Zero challenge! This is the place to discuss the Week 3 live stream.
- Make sure you've read the guidelines before replying (<- click)
- Watch the kickoff livestream for help with the first section!
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If you want to describe your process (optional), feel free to use the following template.
- Things you found easy:
- Things you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing it!
- (Optional:) questions
↓ Reply below with your assignments and questions! ↓
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Here's a first try at the #15 Carcassi. This is just the first section which I tried to play the first time a little louder than the second time.
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Elizabeth Uyehara That sounded good! You are giving me courage to try it myself.
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Desi Husband You should definitely go for it! I'm just taking it in little bits. I'm working on the second line today. Hopefully I can record it this week.
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Elizabeth Uyehara Awesome, i LOVE the Echoe effect!
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While playing the first measure of Exercise 15, am I supposed to lift my finger after playing each E or is it okay to leave it down the whole measure?
I really appreciate your instructions on proper body alignment, such as leading with left elbow instead of the shoulder, and using left thumb to support middle and ring fingers instead of first finger. And to relax!
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Desi Husband If you go to Beginning Guitar: Part 1 With Daniel De Arakal, in the last lesson there is a video of him performing this piece. There are close ups of both hands and you can slow it down to see what he is doing. I think you can leave your fingers down as all of the notes are in the chord. You can see Daniel De Arakal keep his fingers down.
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Elizabeth Uyehara Great idea! Thanks!
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Desi Husband Exactly what Elizabeth Uyehara is saying, but I'll go into that in today's live stream again :)
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I could only practice for a short time, so this is just the second line of Exercise #15. It's been nice to have a 3 week crash course to get started with these lessons. I plan to go through all of the video lessons and take the recommended 3 months. I'm hoping to build a good foundation from these lessons.
