Week 4: Prepare for Landing! ✈

Dale Needles That was great, Dale. That looks like a challenging piece, both technically and musically, but you handled it really well. I am sure I would have a very difficult time trying to make sense of Carlevaro's idiosyncratic chromaticism and angular rhythms, but it certainly made sense in your hands. 

Great job.

Dale Needles Man, I love this Dale! So much going on, and you handled it like a pro. What a fun piece! 

Dale Needles Great, Dale!! Bravíssimo! As said Jack, this piece made sense in your hands, you got the Duende of it! You made me want to play this song! 🙂 One more to the section Compositions, of our Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group. Thank you, Dale! 👏👏👏👏👏

Dale Needles Wow Dale!  This is a wonderful performance of this complex work.  Lots going on here.  Your execution is superb with great balance , shape, direction, dynamics,color, and articulation.  Bravo!!  Thanks for sharing it with us!

 Jack Stewart Steve Pederson Moyses Lopes Blaise Laflamme Barney Thanks for all the positive feedback.  "Tamboriles" was challenging to relearn (I studied it with Carlevaro approximately 40 years ago).  There are obviously still a few areas needing polishing, particularly those Carlevaro pizzicatos.  As Blaise mentioned, "Tamboriles" is a great ending to the "Preludios Americanos" cycle.  The five preludes that make up the cycle are a very obvious nod to Villalobos' with whom Carlevaro studied.  All the "Preludios" are great pieces in their own right but truly make up a great cycle, each bringing something a bit different but also very much tied together.  The first Preludio, 'Evocacion" is very contemplative and introspective, the second and the fourth, "Scherzino" (masterfully performed by Moyes in this challenge) and "Ronda" are very playful, the third, "Campo" is the most approachable with a beautiful melody reminiscent of the pampas of Uruguay, and the fifth,"Tamboriles" brings home that Afro-Latino candombe rhythm of Carnaval. In my opinion, the elements that tie them together are Carlevaro's musical language and use of dissonance, his broad and orchestral tonal pallet, his innovative use of rhythm and finally his subtle and not so subtle infusion of Uruguayan folkloric elements.

Dale Needles Nice, Dale. I haven't listened much to this set, but the more I hear them, the more I like them. 

Steve Pederson It's coming along nicely Steve. The tempo can be picked up a little, but not too much, I would say. A lot of the YouTube performances I've heard seem rushed to me. Interesting to see the room from a different angle - with the kitchen cupboards in the background, there's little doubt of its original function! The 'hidden' treasure I see is in plain sight - the scroll with the funky calligraphy hanging on the cupboard door!

David Krupka Thanks David! The scroll is a painting of my last name that my in-laws had made for me when they were in China! 

Steve Pederson You are doing really well on that piece, especially considering just a few minutes a day on it. I don't know the piece but I agree with David that a modest increase in tempo is all that it needs.

As to the 'hidden treasures' - you don't have a pet hamster that is also a photographer, do you?

Jack Stewart Ha! Not that I'm aware of Jack, but you never know! 😄

Steve Pederson Very nice, the piece is doing really well! Like David and Jack, I think that the speed needs just a bit up, the melody is sweet and expressive and maybe doesn't support a fast tempo.