Week 1: Setting Sails! 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the "Music YOU Love" practice challenge!
↓ Happy Sharing! ↓
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here's my first attempt at recording G. Sanz Las Hachas
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Vilio Celli Very good, Vilio. You have great start. I don't know this piece but it sounds interesting. I'm excited to hear more.
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Jack Stewart thanks jack I’m working on more gaspar sanz pieces
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Vilio Celli Great start Villio! Look forward to hearing you play more by Sanz
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Vilio Celli Way to Vilio! This is great! I have a long history with this piece. I played it for my senior recital in college back in 1992. It's a very deceptive piece, because it looks and sounds so simple, but it is anything but! I couldn't play it then, and I can't play it now!
If you want a good laugh, I actually have the recording from my senior recital on my website - just to keep me humble.
It's really awful, but it's kinda cool to have a recording from that far back. Here ya go: https://www.stevepederson.com/senior-recital/Keep up the good work!
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Vilio Celli This sounds good, Vilio. (Nice tone!) These little pieces by Sanz are definitely worth exploring. I look forward to hearing more.
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Steve Pederson I enjoyed listening to your recital, Steve! (Thanks for sharing it with us.) A very nice programme, with some very challenging material! The highlights for me were the 'Canarios' by Sanz, the two Brouwer pieces, and the Albeniz transcriptions - especially 'Granada'. And what an appreciative audience - you really brought the house down! (I like your commentary too - the account of your father's reaction is particularly touching.)
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David Krupka Thanks so much David! I wasn't expecting that.
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Sons de Carrilhões
One of the first composers that came to my mind when thinking of music of the world was the Brazillian jazz guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima (no relation to the Barbosa from Pirates of the Caribbean
). I looked up some of his music on YouTube and I found a video where he was playing a bunch of his favorites. He started playing this song, and I thought, man, that sounds really fun - and familiar. Turns out it was the classic song Sons de Carrilhões by another Brazillian composer/guitarist João Pernambuco.
I thought, what the heck? Let's give it a try! What could possibly go wrong?
Anyhow, here's my first recording of just the A section at a slower tempo to make sure I don't screw up too much...
(And, yes, I'm aware that there is a lesson on it here in Tonebase.)
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Steve Pederson Great, Steve.
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Jack Stewart Thanks Jack!
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Hi Everyone! I would love to join the challenge this time and share some folk songs from my country, Indonesia. The arrangements are by Iwan Tanzil, an Indonesian guitarist who lives in Berlin.
I've been playing his arrangements of Indonesian folk songs over the years, and in the process of recording 12 of them into an album.For a start, I thought I will share a YouTube video that I made 2 months ago, but would surely upload new videos of the pieces I am still learning to this challenge.
This song is from my home town, Jakarta and it's titled Kicir-Kicir.
Kicir Kicir is a traditional song of Betawi people from Jakarta. The lyrics of the song actually consists of poems that have rhymes at the end of each sentence (similar to limericks). Each of these poems contains advice or consolation with a sense of humor, a very typical character of Betawi people.
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Stella Kosim This is wonderful, Stella! I particularly like the strong rhythm (the tapping at the end was perfect). It's a great arrangement too. Thanks for sharing!
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Stella Kosim How nice to hear something that truly represents the wider world of guitar music! Thanks for sharing.
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Stella Kosim I really enjoyed that, Stella! You play beautifully, and your jokes at the ends of the stanzas made me smile. What fun!
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Stella Kosim thank you! that is beautiful and interesting, never heard this!
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Stella Kosim toll!!!
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Stella Kosim Very nice. Great to hear something from Southeast Asia. Thanks for sharing.
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Stella Kosim Very nice, Stella. It is very joyous and you employ a range of interesting techniques. It is great hearing your playing.
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Stella Kosim Very cool, and wonderfully played! Great Tremolo as well. Thanks for introducing this to us! I love the interesting chord/harmony at the end of the sections.
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Stella Kosim Thank you all for your kind words!
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Lars Owe Walter – Int å begripe
Here is a piece of music from Sweden that I found in one of my books. The composer (b. 1946) teaches guitar at Musikhögskolan Ingesund in Sweden. The title means, ‘not to understand’ and is inspired by a Swedish poem of the same name. I guess the idea is that you don’t have to understand, just feel.
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Eric Phillips How lovely! I really enjoyed that. Thanks!
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Eric Phillips That's beautiful, Eric! You have a really large collection of classical guitar pieces, and you played so well no matter what the style is.
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Eric Phillips Well done, Eric. This seems an odd 'folk song' to me. It is very static, almost meditative.
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Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I’m not sure it qualifies as folk music. I did it more as an example of music from a country outside of the usual suspects for classical guitar music. I’m pretty sure it’s the only guitar piece I know from Sweden.
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End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
