What are you working on?

While Martin is on his family leave, several community members have expressed a desire to have a community-driven challenge as a way of connecting and sharing our musical journeys again. And so, with the authority vested in me by absolutely no one, I hereby initiate the "What are you working on?" Challenge!

So, let us all know what you're working on, and feel free to post some videos (or just sound tracks) so we can hear your progress and support one another.

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    • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
    • 1 yr ago
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    so...still a lot of work but beautiful passages...

      • Eric
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Great to hear from you again, Stefanie! Wonderful singing bass line on this.

      • Dale_Needles
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Very nice!  You might want to check out Carlevaro's publication, Villa Lobos Masterclass series on the Preludes, published by Chanterelle.  Carlevaro has some great suggestions on playing these great Preludios.

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      • Andre_Bernier
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz  Well done Stefanie. A very complex piece with a lot of left hand gymnastics. I really appreciate how you keep a perfect left hand position during the performance. Bravo 👍

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      • Jim_king
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Well done Stefanie.  I whole heartily agree with you that there are some beautiful passages in the piece.  Quite enjoyable.

      • Ron.3
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Lovely playing Stefanie - well done! If you've not seen it already Douglas Lora has a course on tonebase covering all 5 preludes - it's well worth watching.

      • Dave
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dale Needles I second that.  I've used that Carlevaro document too and keep going back to it.  He should be considered the authority, since he gave the premiere.  I don't have date or location at the tip of my fingers.  

      • Dale_Needles
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dave McLellan Hi Dave, if you like Carlevaro, you might want to check out the Tonebase  Carlevaro discussion forum. Also, as you probably know, Maestro Carlevaro studied directly with Villa-Lobos. 

      • Dave
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dale Needles Yes, I did know Carlevaro's link to VL.  I didn't know abut the TB forum.   I have worked with the School of guitar books 3 and 4 for many years (like since 1978 or so).  lots to learn there. 

      • Dale_Needles
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dave McLellan Great to hear that. I was fortunate to study with Carlevaro in Montevideo in the 1980s and was his US representative from 1982 to 1989. Love to have you join the Carlevaro Discussion Forum. 

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz Really impressive progress on this piece, Stephanie. you have it well under your fingers. Keep up the great work.

      As Eric stated, it is great to see you're again.

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Eric Phillips thank you so much!

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dale Needles thank you! I have one edition over choro1, may be I look it up later

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Andre Bernier thank you! Its a lot for me to work on right hand- not easy to stroke well with no tension right after total controlled arpeggin...a lot in it to learn one might not expect

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Jim King thank you so much!

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Jack Stewart thank you Jack! I often think, that I am not good enough to upload my videos...so you see, I am a real guitarplayer nevertheless;-)

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Ron hahaha, you can be sure, that I watched them all, and I learned a lot of it, for example I hear the music totally different now, yes, I learned a lot of Loras videos. Thank you for mentioning!, It is great todiscover all these hidden progressions between the progressions! so greatmusic, although seems to be simple...it is not

      • joosje
      • 1 yr ago
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      Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz nice playing, really. This will be a great piece in your repertoire. Some passages to work on., but the  melody is coming out very nice,, both in upper voice and bass line. Well done. This piece is worth all the time you spend on it.

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      joosje thank you!

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    • Lars_KjollerHansen
    • 1 yr ago
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    Thank you to tonebase for the excellent teaching videos fall 2024- Jan Depreter with Turina and Granados and not least Arturo Castro Nogueras (and  Jobim and Dyens) for Felicidade-- a piece that I never thought I would/could play - and you may agree after hearing the video ;-) -  I admit wide space  for improvement. But I am stubborn and will work further for many hours.

    BTW; there is a place called Practice Diary where you can upload what you bare working on Unnfortunately it does not get  much attention eventhough much more different names appear there than in the challenges.

      • Eric
      • 1 yr ago
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      Lars Kjøller-Hansen Sounds great, Lars! You have the groove sounding good, and I love the crescendo toward the end.

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      • Jack_Stewart
      • 1 yr ago
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      @Lars Kjøller-HansenThis  is wonderful, Lars. This is a really dynamic piece. I thought I knew it somewhat but I just realized I was mistaking the name for Jose Felliciano's Feliz Navidad 🙄. As good as that is this is much better.

      It is great to see you again.

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Lars Kjøller-Hansen woooow Lars, made my day!

      • Stefanie_MosburgerDalz
      • 1 yr ago
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      Lars Kjøller-Hansen great playing!

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      • Andre_Bernier
      • 1 yr ago
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      Lars Kjøller-Hansen  Absolutely great performance..... Bravo 👍👍

      • magmasystems
      • 1 yr ago
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      Lars Kjøller-Hansen Oh man ... it is so good! I first fell in love with this piece when I saw Stephanie Jones play it on YouTube. I will attempt one of these days!

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