WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the second week of our musical Journey to Spain!! This is the place to share submissions of the second week! 
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Ok... I think I need to graduate in the Recording Course... =) I'll be there in "Intro to Video Editing" as well...
Well, here we have Asturias, just the first part. Slow, because I was worried about notes and not musical interpretation. I guess that in March will be fine, but I just don't know of what year... Hahahahahaha!
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Moyses Lopes That was great Moyses! You have great control and musicality.
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Moyses Lopes sounds already fine - the part with the triplets is, for me, the heaviest part - and you played this part very well... I am looking forward, very exited, on how your final version will sound
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Moyses Lopes Great start to conquering this piece! Not an easy task to say the least. I like your sound, particularly in the beginning.
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Moyses Lopes Very impressive control, Moyses! And not particularly slow, even if it's not quite Ms. Vidovic's tempo. It's fast enough to work musically, which is what counts! Looking forward to what we'll hear in March!
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Moyses Lopes maybe march 2022!!! it is sounding great already!!!!!
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Gracias, Eric Phillips ! I started with a very low metronome and went ahead as slow as possible, til to feel that I (and not my fingers) am in charge... =)
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Obrigado, Jack Stewart ! I'm working in that... Thank you for your comments!
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Thanks, Olli !! I'm excited too! =)
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Gracias, Dale Needles !! I'm trying to get the perfect shape for my nails, there are some noises that are displeasing me, mainly in the thumb. That's the job: polish and shape and try and started everything again... Thank you for your comment!
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Moyses Lopes You are a man of good discipline! It obviously worked.
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Thanks for cheer me up David Krupka ! In fact, Ms. Vidovic starts at a stunning tempo, I'm trying to find one in that I can express me comfortably. The work is just starting... =)
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Thank you, Emma ! If you are in Maputo maybe I can say, "obrigado pelas palavras animadoras"!
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Moyses Lopes Wow! Let me pick my jaw up off the floor...okay...wow! This is always such an intimidating piece and you really delivered. Like the others are saying, your right hand pattern is so fluid. I think you could offer to do a master class on how to get that kind of effortless fluidity in your right hand.
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Steve Pederson Thank you, Steve! Asturias is being a great challenge, I'm finding many problems to solve, from nail shape to chord attack. And, at the end, music interpretation, of course! =)
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Moyses Lopes sounds great. Good control and strong rhythmical interpretation
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joosje Thank you, you are very generous!
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Moyses Lopes good work Moyses! I hope to hear you play the second part, the slow one, that's my favorite moment of the piece.
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Blaise Laflamme yes, there is a lot of spanish flavour in the second part, my favorite too. I'm studying... =)
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Moyses Lopes Bravo Moyses - very clean - but I thought you said it was slow!
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Moyses Lopes very good Moises! you are playing very clear...and those difficult barres and strechs of the LH, your RH articulates each note so clearly! great job. I play Asturias and know its difficulties very well!!!! I stopped to play it for a while although it was not like I would like to hear it...sometimes I leave a piece (all difficult for me!) for a while to return a couple of months later always trying to reach that "ideal" sound that we all are looking for....
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Nora Torres-Nagel Great strategy, Nora! Sometimes I need space too, to breathe and organize ideas, trying to reach this ideal sound. Thanks for your comment!
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Sor - Op 60 No 14
Fernando Sor is my favorite composer for guitar, and I have already posted quite a few videos of his music. At first, I actually thought I would not play any of his pieces in this challenge, in an effort to change things up a bit (for me). Then the man himself sent me a message (see below), and I changed my mind.
Starting tomorrow, I will post some pieces by Sor that I have never played before. But today, I thought I'd start on familiar ground, Op 60. This collection of 25 pieces at the beginning and intermediate level is full of real gems, like this one in E minor. Not only is it beautiful, but it serves as really good practice of several basic techniques (like grace note slurs while holding a chord, for example).
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Really nice, Eric. I'm also a great admirer of Sor - although I have to date not received any witty missives from him! (Maybe I need to try harder?) Have you played no.22 from opus 60? That is among the first pieces by Sor I ever encountered - it was in an old anthology I found at my local library. I still find it hauntingly beautiful.
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David Krupka Thanks, David. Yes, I have played #22, but I haven't recorded it yet. I love the chromaticism, especially the A#s.
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End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
