Week 3: Melodic Meanderings!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of "Etude Extravaganza" practice challenge!
- Choose an etude from a composer that captures your interest. It could be a soothing Sor etude, a technical Giuliani masterpiece, a Carcassi finger exercise, a harmonically rich Brouwer composition, or a rhythmically challenging Villa-Lobos piece. You're encouraged to experiment with pieces from composers you're not accustomed to or push your boundaries with a technically demanding work.
- Commit to regular practice and share your journey with the community. Aim to practice daily and upload at least two videos per week to showcase your progress. This will not only aid in keeping you dedicated and motivated but also enables you to share your musical journey with our tonebase family.
- Share your favorite etude or recording that epitomizes the concept of "Etude Extravaganza." Your submission will serve as inspiration for others and construct a vibrant repertoire of potential pieces for fellow members to explore.
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Now that I started recording, I might as well try some of my favorite Sor études. This one is some kind of an angstgegner. The continuous barres in F, B-flat and E-flat chords are bringing me to the limit of my left hand stamina. But the chord progressions and the melodic lines they create are so fascinating… worth working on the coming weeks.
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joosje Very Nice Joosje. They all are beautiful pieces of music. My preference would go with the first one (Op29,15) but this is a tough choice
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joosje good sound, this studio have a very nice arpeggios and progressiona .....I´m also working on this studio and the abundance of bars is finger killing :-) well done¡¡¡¡¡
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joosje It's nice to dust off these Sor favorites, and you do it superbly (as usual). Thanks!!
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Barney JUAN ALONSO Andre Bernier Dale Needles thank you!
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joosje Lovely job on all these Josie! Wonderful to listen to! I see you played a B7 chord at the end of the last Sor etude. I just learned that was Sor’s original intention. Great work!
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Here is another one of Carlevaro's exercise studies. This one if from Cuaderno No. 4. Ej 64. It is entitled "Ligado Dobles Ascendentes En forma de Estudio." Eric Phillips This study reminds a little of the Ernesto Garcia de Leon estudio, El Rio.
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Dale Needles Outstanding, Dale! It does remind me of the Garcia de Leon piece. You execute those slurs very nicely.
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Dale Needles great to remind me this exercise... I should add it to my my routine!
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Dale Needles so good. Great study. I have quite a few slur studies. Must add this one.
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joosje Blaise Laflamme Eric Phillips Thanks. Yes, this is a great ligado study and well worth adding to a practice regime. I love these gems that are found in Carlevaro's Cuadernos.
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Dale Needles Wow, your technique is impeccable, Dale! The whole piece sounds so smooth and clean, really impressive!
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Wai Thanks, Wai. It is a fun study and a great workout.
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Dale Needles Great work Dale. This is a good example for me on how to practice and perform slurs.
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Andre Bernier Thanks, Andre. You might like to check out Carlevaro's Cuaderno No. 4, the first half of the workbook is on practicing legados. Of course, the key for Carlevaro in playing legados is the use of the left arm in assisting the hand/fingers. Also, if you are interested in learning more about Carlevaro's School of Guitar, check out the Carlevaro Discussion Forum on Tonebase.
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Dale Needles Thanks Dale for the hint. This is now on my backlog work list. I will likely check the Carlevaro's discussion forum after my vacation in July.
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Dale Needles very cool Dale! What a fun study! Nice job!
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Here is a study by Antonio Lauro entitled, "La Catira," The study is in three sections: I. Accordes, II. Arpegios, III. Tremelo. The following is the second section, Arpegios. La Catira was published in 1985 by Guitar Solo Publications in San Francisco.
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Dale Needles Nice, and totally new to me. It’s a beautiful harmonic progression.
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Dale Needles thanks for sharing this Dale, I'm always amazed by Lauro's originality and creativity!
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Dale Needles that’s a nice piece. New to me too. Great to hear this, you make it flow so nicely and steady.
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joosje Blaise Laflamme Eric Phillips Thanks and glad you all like the Lauro piece. As a little anecdote, this is the second piece of Lauro's that I arranged to be published with Guitar Solo Publication and GSP's second work that it published back in 1985. I also helped Dean Kamei (the owner of Guitar Solo) launch GSP by arranging for the first three works in their publishing catalogue. The first was "Maria Carolina" by Lauro, the second was "La Catira" and the third was "Adios Nonino" by Piazzolla arranged for guitar by Agustin Carlevaro. Just a little something that I am very proud of.
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Dale Wow... you can for sure be proud of that!! I remember how often I was ordering from GSP in the '90! That's awesome knowing you were part of this!
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Dale Needles Great piece Dale. So delicate with the two voices moving so smoothly.
Thanks for sharing
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Andre Bernier Thanks. It is nice piece and has two other parts, the first part that plays the same melody with block chords and the third section uses tremelo.
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Dale Needles It's always great to see and hear your masterful performances of the Carlevaro studies and pieces, as well as other composers, like this one by Lauro. Thanks for sharing!
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