WEEK 2: Conquering Carcassi's Etudes
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Carcassi Etudes op.60 challenge!
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Study 21 Final(?) Update.
Here's the whole thing put together. I actually changed my mind and went back to a more conventional fingering for the piece. I'm fickle, I guess!
I still played several of the mordents poorly, and I was not able to execute my planned dynamics and rubato as well as I would have liked, but I'm probably going to move on to another study now.
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- Eric Phillips it is very well played …. Most of the mordents are spot on, and you gave it colour and musicality
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Emma Thank you ,Emma!
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Eric Phillips beautiful, Eric!
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Martin Thank you, Martin!
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Eric Phillips That's really nice, Eric.
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Carcassi #2. Just practicing a little dynamics on measures 9 & 10.
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Elizabeth Uyehara Good work, Elizabeth. I think this is one of the prettiest parts of the piece.
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Elizabeth Uyehara you got a really nice control of the dynamic, keep on the good work Elizabeth :)
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Eric Phillips It is. I was inspired by TY's explanation of it.
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Elizabeth Uyehara That’s great. I was wondering if you had listened to that tutorial, since you were doing what TY had spoken about.
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Eric Phillips Yes, thank goodness for the recorded tutorials! I never would have guessed that the phrase ends there in the middle of measure 3. I like having a very knowledgable guide since I don't have regular classical guitar teacher. All of the subtleties are fascinating.
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Elizabeth Uyehara good work Elisabeth but be careful to not repeat finger in the right hand!
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Elizabeth Uyehara That's beautiful, thank you for submitting that, you are producing beautiful dynamics! As Emma is mentioning we want to avoid finger repetitions in most cases, so I'd recommend t play with a or i for the last note of a given position!
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Emma Oh, thank you for pointing that out. I was concentrating so hard on the dynamics that I didn't realize I was doing that!
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Martin Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't even realize I was doing that!
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Study 12.
I had never played this before, and it looked a little boring when I just saw it on paper. But after playing through it, I think the harmonic progression is really quite interesting and beautiful.
What was easy: It's pretty straightforward arpeggios. Phrasing and dynamics come rather naturally when you play it.
What was difficult:
- I had to determine the right hand pattern I would use. I tried about four different patterns, but settled on p-a-i-p. It does repeat the thumb when you repeat the pattern, but I found that easier than other patterns that do not.
- There is some bass string damping needed, which is still challenging for me (but less so now than two weeks ago
). - I'd like to increase the speed a bit, making it almost sound like waves of arpeggios, getting faster and slower.
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Eric Phillips That’s beautiful Eric. So wel played, clean sound and the dynamics are there. Thank you, it inspires me to play this one.
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joosje Good, Joosje. You’ll have no problem with it with your superb technique. It’s enjoyable to play.
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Eric Phillips beautiful!!!!
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joosje yes pleased it is always such a joy to hear you play
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Hello guys, hope you're doing great. Here's a quick update on Etude no. 1 after 4 days of pratice. I tried to phrase better the melodic lines as TY says, as well as having a more precise rythm than last week.
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Daniel Beltrán Excellent, Daniel! Very challenging tempo, but you nailed it. I can definitely hear improvement in the phrasing. Good work.
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Eric Phillips Thanks a lot, Eric!
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Daniel Beltrán bravo!!!!
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Daniel Beltrán and unlike me many times’ your second half is much better. Very good!!!!
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