Week 2: Let us play Transcriptions and Arrangements 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the transcription challenge! This is the place for the Week 2 Submissions!
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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" !) -
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….. -
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! -
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
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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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