Borbála Seres: Quick Tips to Improve your Technique and Musical Expression!

Who doesn't love Quick Tips to help you improve?

Have you tried many exercises, but none of them could help you? You don't find your musical ideas compelling enough? In this live session, Borbála will show you some tools that will give you new perspectives, either to improve your technique, such as slurs, tremolo, etc. or to make your music more alive.

 

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    • martinTeam
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    • martin.3
    • 2 yrs agoMon. October 24, 2022 - 6:46 pm
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    For all viewers from the EU: The live stream is going to happen at 7pm CEST, since EU changes time a week earlier then the US! 🙆‍♂️

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    • Stefano
    • Stefano.2
    • 2 yrs agoTue. October 25, 2022 - 12:43 pm
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    Thank you Martin and Tonebase,

    Borbàla is for me a great inspiration, she has a unique and moving way to interpret any piece, and she is a very kind and available teacher. I am happy to have this new opportunity of learning from her!

    Stefano

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    • martinTeam
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    • martin.3
    • 2 yrs agoMon. October 31, 2022 - 3:33 pm
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      • Beatriz
      • Bea
      • 2 yrs agoMon. October 31, 2022 - 5:03 pm
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      Martín.3 Hello Martin! Can I send a question to Borbála now???
      Borbála, I wanted to ask you for advice on how to learn this fragment of Mertz's Elegie to play it with the same fingering you do and as well as you do. Thank you and congratulations for playing wonderfully and being so nice.
      And to you, Martin, thank you too!

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      • martinTeam
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      • martin.3
      • 2 yrs agoMon. October 31, 2022 - 6:59 pm
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      Beatriz We've answered the question about 58min in the livestream!

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      • Beatriz
      • Bea
      • 2 yrs agoMon. October 31, 2022 - 7:37 pm
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      martin Thanks, Martin! At that moment I was looking at you. Thank you both very much, especially you for doing it.

       
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      • Borbala Seres
      • Borbala_Seres
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 6:10 am
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      Beatriz Hello Beatriz! I see now, that I missunderstood your question. I'm sorry about that. I will make you a short video soon to explain, how you should practice it. 

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      • Borbala Seres
      • Borbala_Seres
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 7:49 am
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      Beatriz Hello Beatriz! Here is the video. If you still have any problem just send me a video!
      I hope you got an answer now 🙂.

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      • Bill Young
      • Bill_Young
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 8:25 am
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      Borbala Seres thank you so much for the detailed explanation on how to practice the passage in your response video.  My teacher also talks about playing arpeggio as one gesture instead of thinking about each finger as p i m a. It is much more efficient for the brain to send a packet containing one gesture to the hand instead of sending 4 individual signals to each finger to play a p i m a arpeggio. I also love your suggestion of using a mirror to check that the LH is relaxed and that the movement is minimal.  Bravo!

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      • Beatriz
      • Bea
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 7:45 pm
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      Borbala Seres Ohhhhh!!! Thnak you!! ❤️

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      • Beatriz
      • Bea
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 8:08 pm
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      Borbala Seres It is the best masterclass of my life. You have explained exactly what I wanted to know. It will help me a lot because as you say, it is very difficult.
      The fantastic class and you a perfect teacher and a wonderful person. Thank you very much! 😍

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      • joosjenull
      • joosje
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 8:23 pm
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      Borbala Seres that’s a great advice! Wonderful , Borbala!

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      • Borbala Seres
      • Borbala_Seres
      • 2 yrs agoWed. November 2, 2022 - 9:00 am
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      Beatriz Thanks, I'm glad to hear that. If you would still have any problem, please don't hesitate to send me a video and I will try to help you. Have a good practice and always take breaks in between. 😉

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      • Beatriz
      • Bea
      • 2 yrs agoWed. November 2, 2022 - 9:38 am
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      Borbala Seres Thank you so much!!❤️

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    • Bill Young
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    • 2 yrs agoMon. October 31, 2022 - 4:47 pm
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    Fantastic, love these selections, especially Mertz’ Elegia. We need a Tonebase produced lesson on this emotion-filled piece. Thank you Martin!

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    • Rob Sanford
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    • 2 yrs agoMon. October 31, 2022 - 7:14 pm
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    Borbála, can you suggest the top 10 repertoire pieces to learn?

    Mbali at kelku@duck.com

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      • Borbala Seres
      • Borbala_Seres
      • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 6:13 am
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      Rob Sanford Hello Rob, I would say it depends on the level. Could you please tell me which level do you mean? 

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    • Steve Price
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    • 2 yrs agoTue. November 1, 2022 - 9:11 pm
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    Borbala Seres martin   

    In both this and your lesson regarding Suite Castellana you mentioned developing characters and stories in pieces, but I was curious at what point in learning a piece do you make these decisions regarding articulation and phrasing to bring them to life? Do you learn the notes first and then see what comes out or do you have an idea at the beginning and develop it that way?

    Thanks again for doing these. They're some of my favorite lessons on the platform. 

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      • Borbala Seres
      • Borbala_Seres
      • 2 yrs agoWed. November 2, 2022 - 11:45 am
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      Steve Price 

      It’s a very good, but very difficult question. I try to answer it entirely. So first I always try to figure out what the notes are telling me, so I play them over and over, where is tension where is release and I already have a musical basic character like if it's sad, positive or playful etc., but I don’t have the exact characters yet. Then I put the articulation fit to this basic character and at the same time I’m writing the good fingering which helps to express this musical idea the best way. Then I figure out exactly what could be the exact character, story, feeling, mood, it's also changing mostly in the pieces, to help to make the music more lively. And when I have these ideas, then I try out with different tools, how I could make these ideas the most alive, and put all the aspects like volume, tonecolour, tempo, breathing etc., which will be able to express them the best way. Then comes actually the learning process. And also if some better ideas come up during the learning process, I can decide to change it afterwards. As I mentioned, you can use the musical imagery to play with the musical material and try out, or listen to different versions in your mind, and pick the right one for your idea. So this is the way, how I use to learn pieces. 😊  I hope, you got your answer! If you still would have any question, just send it to me!

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      • Steve Price
      • Steve_Price
      • 2 yrs agoSat. November 5, 2022 - 3:04 pm
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      Borbala Seres Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it. Since your first lesson, a benefit I've noticed with this kind of musical thinking is that it keeps simpler pieces interesting. Pretty much every amateur I know, myself included, spends most of their time playing music above their grade. This approach helps me push myself musically instead of just technically so even the most basic studies can take on a life.

      I'd love to see more lessons from you about the mental aspects of guitar like repertoire selection, developing realistic musical goals, etc. (hint hint martin 😉)

      Thanks again.

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      • Borbala Seres
      • Borbala_Seres
      • 2 yrs agoSun. November 6, 2022 - 2:48 pm
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      Steve Price You're completely right. In my opinion it's never bad to choose a piece, which is a bit above your grade, it's give you motivation and you will get better through them.
      But to choose a piece much more difficult, what we could handle, can easily detract the attention from the joy of the music. And what should be the main purpose of playing an instrument, if this?

      An easy piece with good musical ideas can be as joyful as playing very difficult pieces. Very good examples are Etudes Simple by Brouwer. If you handle them not as only etudes (technical material), but as performance pieces, they are incredible beautiful works.
      (martin has probably gift as mind reader as well😉)

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