20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
Derek jokingly indicated to me that it almost seems like I am doing all of Sor's studies. That put the idea in my head - why not try to do all twenty in Segovia's collection? I am a little intimidated by the difficulty of the later ones, but we'll see how far I can get. Who knows, this project might take me several years (decades?) and, by then, maybe my technique will have improved! 😊 (Since I'm not getting any younger, the reverse may be more likely.)
I am mostly using the edition that Tariq Harb has attached to his video lessons on the studies, found here on TB, of course. A copy of it is attached here.
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Study 8 Walkthrough (December 22, 2021)
Here I'm doing another "walk and talk" through the piece. This one is a significant step up in difficulty for me, particularly the B section. I'm still undecided on a few fingerings. I'm looking at Sor's, Segovia's, and David Grimes' fingerings. I'll probably end up mixing and matching, and maybe throwing in a few of my own.
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Study 8 December 23, 2021
Here I am doing a very slow performance, with very little musicality. The purpose is to work on the challenging fingering, especially in the B section.
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Study 8 measures 10-17 slow practice
I'm coming back to this study after a few days break. The middle section is still very hard for me to execute, so I am going to slow it WAY down until I can do it cleanly and consistently. Then I will try creeping up the speed (at least that's the plan 😀👍).