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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Here's another piece by Calatayud. This one is a habanera - Caramba!
I think the hardest thing with these pieces is the attitude - need to be a bit mean and moody and mellow at the same time. Perhaps I should record them on a nice warm spring night in southern Spain! (instead of a cold and wet night in rainy Kendal!)
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Derek a true habanera! Muy muy bonito :)
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Derek hearing and feeling La Habana.... very nice Derek!
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Derek Great job, Derek! Your articulation makes it very rhythmic, which is perfect for the music.
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Derek Nicely done, Derek. I think you got the attitude down (in your playing - you personally don't come across as "mean and moody", mellow perhaps).
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Dale Needles Thank you Dale - very kind.
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Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise - you've obviously never seen me dance :-)
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joosje Thank you Joosje
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Emma Gracias Emma
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Nora Torres-Nagel Thank you Nora. It's a simple piece but I have been using this and others to try to improve my technique and musical interpretation
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Eric Phillips Thanks Eric - much apreciated
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Jack Stewart Thanks Jack :-)
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Derek I love this piece Derek! You really brought it to life. Makes me want to go learn it as well! Thank you!
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Here is theme along with Variations 1 & 2 from Ponce's "Variations on a Theme of Cabezón" with some more photos of the Cathedral in Burgos, the city of Cabezón's birth.
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Dale Needles that was great Dale, I particularly liked the 2nd variation with balanced voicing and colors
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Dale Needles that was so beautiful, Dale. Great phrasing and direction. It’s all very clear,
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Dale Needles beautiful !! First time I hear.
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Dale Needles very nice....and the pictures! thanks !
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Dale Needles Very good, Dale. I agree with Blaise - I really like that second variation.
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Dale Needles That is really nice - and beautifully played. I didn't know this piece before you introduced it here. I also like the 'serial' development. I can't wait until the next instasllment.
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Dale Needles Bravo Dale. Well played. I've never heard this piece before. Thanks for introducing me to it.
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Dale Needles Nice work Dale! It felt like your tone was perfect for these pieces. For a minute I thought I was listening to Segovia!
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Steve Pederson Thanks for such a great compliment and I wish it was so.
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Although I thought not to be able to participate in this challenge, I have realized that I am working ONLY with musica española !
I will share here my study on the RH "El abejorro" (what improves my tremolo also) done with iam. The aim (and not iam jajaja)is that "el abejorro" will make us crazy with his buzzzz, This requires a lot of work for my hands...All is difficult for me in this study, LH also and coordination also. Still a lot to work on. I play it here quick (for me) , with mistakes...but ..here we go.....
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Nora Torres-Nagel very good Nora!!! I definitely hear the buzzzzzz crazy study….
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Emma
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