WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Following the Path to Tárrega
Alright, welcome to WEEK TWO of the Main Thread for this challenge! 💪
Where is the Week 1 thread?
Find the Week 1 thread here!
Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!)
- One thing you found easy:
- One thing you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing it!
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Hello everyone! I haven´t seen your updates from week 2, but I congratulate in advance, you must be doing pretty great 👍
So, last week I was quite busy as well and it's already over, but I publish my update here since my practice work took place these last days, and I was trying to upload my video yesterday but my computer didn't cooperate too much 😞. I worked on Capricho Arabe like I said, I saw Tariq Harb's lesson for tonebase, and I like it very much! However, I still need to work on more aspects like lowering the volume of the accompaniment to stand out the melody, getting the scales a bit faster, not having my right hand to jump around, and more details I need to internalize. I watched as well William Kanengiser livestream about Biomechanics and it really blew my mind 🤯 really recommend it! Well, I hope I can make an update soon on week 3 of this piece with some improvement!
- One thing you found easy: Mostly, I think doing the accents on the melody, I do them with rest stroke.
- One thing you found difficult: Lots of things, but perhaps the most difficult one for me is playing the piece completely and with no errors or with all the details right.
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Here is Danza Mora. I've always loved this piece but never played it till this challenge. I found it difficult, especially certain left hand passages, and LH fatigue. I need to spend more time working on it, and to also find some "micro resting" spots for the left hand.
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Thanks Eric!! That's another great thing about this Challenge --we share the pieces we play, and thereby encourage each other to play new ones. Give it a try--it's a great piece and I'm sure you'll be able to handle it very well.