WEEK 1: Exploring Carcassi's Etudes
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Hi everyone, so here is my second take of Etude 7 after about 1 hour of practicing with dotted rythm at 105bpm. I heard about this method but never really tried it out until a few hours ago, I gave it a try and practice using dotted rythm. I can see it seems to work on me quite well. At least it is a way for me to achieve control at higher speed without feeling tense in my hands. :)
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Khiem Nguyen It got even better! Your technique is flawless, and it has great musicality too. I’ll have to try your practice tip. It obviously works well for you!
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Eric Phillips thank you Eric! I was amazed by the effectiveness of the dotted rythm method. I regret I did not give that method a try earlier. I highly recommend it :)
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Khiem Nguyen how wonderful good
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Khiem Nguyen Bravo Khiem. Your playing is very secure. Lovely to listen to.
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Giuseppe Gasparini and Derek thank you so much ^_^
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Khiem Nguyen Awesome! Not one piece with continuous 16th notes goes by without me absolutely mangling it through all different rhythms! It always feels like a new piece for your right hand and will make it so much for flexible! Great job!
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Martin it reassures me about the effectiveness of playing with different rythm for the arpeggios pieces when you say you do it too, Martin. And yes, it feels like a new piece for your right hand when you play with different rythm :) And thank you Martin :)
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Khiem Nguyen This was impressive, and thanks for pointing out the dotted rhythm technique. That's a great tip.
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Brett Gilbert thank you a lot Brett! :)
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Khiem Nguyen excellent performance! Very relaxed and controlled.
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david robinson thank you a lot David! :)
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Khiem Nguyen nice improvement! I hear the effectiveness of the dotted rythm practise, the piece sounds more precise
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Daniel Beltrán thank you Daniel. The dotted rythm seems to be very effective in improving precision. I will use this practicing method more from now on ^_^
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I'm working on 1-2-3 are not easy at all
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Giuseppe Gasparini I think the categories should be difficult, more difficult, and impossible.
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Giuseppe Gasparini Right Giuseppe. There seems to be no Carcassi etude that is easy :D
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Giuseppe Gasparini Uuuuh, especially the first one is a killer, so much stumbling blocks for the right hand!
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Study 14.
Here's another take at this piece, a bit faster and with (I hope) a bit more musicality. I'm not sure, but I think this may be my last submission of this piece!
I apologize for the beeping sound at 1:08. I received a notification on my laptop at that moment!
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Eric Phillips Bravissimo!!!
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Giuseppe Gasparini Sei molto gentile, Giuseppe.
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Eric Phillips good work
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Mark Thanks, Mark!
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Eric Phillips faster and fluent, really nice Eric! Bass lines sounds full and rich! Singing beautiful melody line! :)
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Eric Fantastic!!! I avoided this etude so far as I am not the biggest fan of those long melodic scales, but you make them flow so wonderfully, it was a joy to listen to! Your right hand action gives a lot of clarity to the piece. Currently, I have the feeling that your left hand is more centered between the index and the middle finger, when you start to play with 3-4 it does look a little bit unstable (it does happen to me as well though when I still need need to read a score), maybe last run through in slow-motion with a focus on left hand stability might get rid of that!
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Khiem Nguyen Thank you, Khiem!
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