Week 2: Let us play Transcriptions and Arrangements 🎇

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  • Just for fun I recorded my read through (a few trials) of this very romantic and tiny bit melancholic walzlike piece called Grand Hotel Valse. It’s part 2 of the same suite by Eugenio Catina, based on the film score by Nicola Piovani.

     Jack Stewart asked for the rest of the suite, so…

    part 1 and 4 demand some more practice, and I have to spend most of my practice time to more serious stuff. But this valse is just such a joy to read, no complicated fingerings here…. So, there’s room to get carried away by the flow of the music. Thank you maestro Piovani…

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    • joosje This is a beautiful piece. I really like this challenge, it makes me discover new pieces!

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    • joosje thank you for sharing this piece Joosje, your sound and playing are great as usual 👍 

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    • Blaise Laflamme Hélène Beaulieu Dale Needles thank you for listening and for your kind comments 

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  • HI all! I have recorded today something of Granada, DR transcription. I do not know how much I will improve in these next weeks....I have a lot of other pieces that I am working on...but I wanted to participate in the challenge 😎and also because Barney is playing the Tarrega transcription ( I think Segovia did not a transcription of Granada, he did Asturias by sure...), at least he is not playing the David version. There are a lot of mistakes....I am learning it since June of this year (I began it together with "Sevilla" !!! "que loca" !)

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      Nora Torres-Nagel That's a great start Nora. It will be interesting to see the difference between the 2 transcriptions (DR and Tarrega).

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    • Nora Torres-Nagel  that’s great Nora. 👌It’s not an easy piece but it looks like you have quite solid  control already. Looking forward to hearing your continuation and progress. Your timing and tone are really good. I hear some buzz in the bass, but that might very well be my earphones (not first quality). I’m also working Sevilla, would be nice to share some ideas….. but I can imagine to work these  2 pieces in 2 weeks time is very ambitious….. 

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    • joosje thanks Joosje! yes..I heard also some buzz ...it is there I think, that were my fingers or nails...

      Oh you are working Sevilla! I love that piece...(and Olli also!). Sevilla is very difficult for me...but...I am improving..at a slow tempo of course and with concentration in all the voices...I am playing a transcription of Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey , from Sevilla. When I have heard him to play it...I felt in love ! and I thought I want to play it like him!!! (in a couple of years probably) and I bought his transcription 🙂. Extremely ambitious, as you rightly say, For this reason Sevilla stays in the third line. I have learnt the part A and stop. I leave for later the "copla". I am dedicating a lot of time to exercises and studies...I need better technik. Your play is always very musical Joosje!

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    • Jack Stewart thanks Jack

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    • Nora Torres-Nagel Wow, that's great, Nora! I have attempted this a couple of times, but I usually give up after about five minutes! You are doing well already with it.

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    • Eric Phillips thanks Eric!!! oh come ! you can play by sure! may be more patient.. (paciencia). I am very patient with the music....(although I am incredible impatient  in general). In my hand works veeeeeeeryyyyyyyyyy slowly 🙂. Like a tree growing....

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    • Nora Torres-Nagel Very nicely played.  I love this piece.  Also, I heard the buzz as well but do not think it came from your fingers.  Your shifts appear to be pretty clean. I think it might be coming from the mic.

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    • Dale Needles agree! It’s definitely not a nail sound, Nora. You have a good tone and well defined attack. Must be the mic(s)

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    • joosje @Dale gracias for hearing so carefully ! this is very usefull for me....I think the armony needs to be more low volumen....although the melody is clear.And I would a like a little higher tempo, not to much. Let`s see! thanks again for your attention

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    • Nora Torres-Nagel That's great Nora. This is a very difficult piece, you have a very strong start :)

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    • Nora Torres-Nagel you're doing great Nora! 👍

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      Nora Torres-Nagel well played Nora. It's coming along nicely. 

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    • Hélène Beaulieu thanks for hearing me Hélène.I hope I can send another video next week 🙂

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    • Blaise Laflamme gracias Blaise!

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    • Derek Thanks Derek! the day is too short for enough practice of all this nice musik.... and to listen all the contributions!

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    • Blaise Laflamme I have heard your Ecuatoriana in YT...beautiful!!!!

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    • Nora Torres-Nagel thank you for listening, that's a beautiful piece by a composer from where I live.

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  • Lob der Tränen, week 2. I started teaching full time this week, so I don't practice as much as I would like to, but I still practice a little bit each day. I made some progress on the second part. I I haven't played on that guitar that much, my thumb is often confuse and don't play the right bass note. I need to prepare more. But overall, it is starting to take shape. I will try to record this weekend the whole song. 

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    • Hélène Beaulieu Very good, Helene! This is the hardest part of the piece, in my opinion, and I have never been able to accomplish it. Your definitely are, and it seems very close to being at performance level for you.

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    • Eric Phillips Thanks, it is not as hard as it looks when played slowly, but getting it faster and smooth will take me a little bit more work. This tempo is not too bad, but I feel it should be slightly faster. 

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    • Hélène Beaulieu I am definitely guilty of not playing things slowly enough at the beginning. I guess I lack patience. It was a joy to hear you play it so well!

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