WEEK 2: Dóbry den’ (Good Day)!
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This one is for Eric, to share what I learned from Marina: (but didn’t practice enough)
My first try of last page of #9. The part with the harmonics., (mm20-23). I tried to do as Marina suggested. While playing the open strings (5) and (4), your RHand is already moving towards fret XII and fingers i and p are placed almost horizontally, so you can damp the string with i in XII and pluck the string with p at about 1 inch from i. Am I correct, Martin?
the following line with harmonics upper voice (24-27) is also not quite as easy as it looks. I started playing the voices separately until both were secure, but together it’s still tricky…
I’ll have to give it some more time….
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Study 4
I found the recurring eight-sixteen motif at the top of the score challenging to play evenly
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Last week was not that great for practice, life's challenging sometimes, so to continue after the first three, here's #4... far from perfect, sorry for a few missing notes, the most challenging part was definitely the speed. It still needs love, but others studies are looking for more love too 🤪