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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Here is Part 2 of John Powell's Beginner suite. Still a lot of work before I can play it properly but it is progressing 😅
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Mertz Op 1
I thought I would try this again before the new challenge begins. This is unedited, and with no reverb.
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BWV 1009 Allemande - ok..I know... I'm a little late
I started this early in the Challenge, thinking I'll kick this off then work on some other things. You'd think I would learn. Actually I used to play this (a mere 40 years ago 😯) and figured it must be just below the surface.
It has proved to be quite challenging for me though I feel I have it pretty close. I besides cleaning it up a smoothing out the problem areas I need to spend more time on phrasing and interpretation. Spending more time with it and referencing other performances, especially cellists, will help me refine my playing.
I just listened to it more critically and I really need to focus on dampening the strings. There is a lot over ringing tones that are quite distracting.
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Mertz - Vaterlands-Blüthen Originelle Ungarischen Op 1
I know we have moved on to the Women Composers Challenge, but I have a finalized version of this opus that I was working on before that challenge began, so I thought I'd post it. It was a lot of work, but I'm pretty happy with the result.