WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Sergio Assad Community Challenge, starting to discover this wonderfully intriguing set of etudes!
- Make sure you've read the guidelines before replying (← click)
- Watch the Kick-Off-Livestream on July 16th to get an overview!
- Download the scores for Assad's 10 Sketches here (← click)
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Hopefully this should work - thanks to Eric for the excellent instructions
It's a bit rough around the edges but I wanted to at least post something!
(Apologies for the facial contortions - I didn't realise I did so many!)
Sketch 1 part 3
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Ron Your're right, Bream's facial expressions are priceless. I think his come from his musicality, however, whereas mine come from tension.
Your iPhone definitely looks better than mine. Mine is a bit old, only an iPhone 7.
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Martin Thank you Martin. Yes, I think you may be right I just tried it both ways and I think I prefer it with the d - it gives the phrase more shape and interest.
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Eric Phillips Yes his musicality was incredible. I had the priviledge of seeing him play live with John Williams which was very entertaning as Williams shows little expression on his face.
My iphone is only an 8 - my wife keeps telling me I should get a better one!
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Ron Boy, I wish I could have been there to see them play!
Until last September, I actually still had a flip phone. My wife finally took me out to buy the iPhone 7. I'll probably upgrade to an 8 in about ten years or so.
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Ron Oh wow, the Bream-Williams-Duo had a huge influence on my life as well. After some miserable competitions I decided to found a guitar duo, our repertoire almost copied all of the "Together Again" recording.
Face-wise, I was also more the Bream-Type than the always-cool Williams
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Eric Phillips
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Martin Both "Together" and "Together Again" were great albums. Williams expression is still the same - I saw him a couple of years back in a "6 Hands" concert (with Gary Ryan and John Etheridge). As well as playing together they also did some solos - if you've not heard it, check out JWs album "On the Wing" (it was on sale at the concert) - after hearing him play it I had to learn Madrugada which is a beautiful little piece
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Ron wow, I am really jealous! Thank you for the links, I'll check those out!
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Ron "Operator? I'd like to place a call to CIrcle 5-9842, please."
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Well played, and beautiful tone!
End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
