WEEK 3: Mastering Carcassi's Etudes
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Carcassi Etudes op.60 challenge!
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Here is me working on no 24. lovely piece!
it’s very fragile and a lot of practice needed on the details.
i was finally ready to record a first draft then some heavy traffic came by… so
this is only part 1, I’ll give it another try later (there’s a lot of noise around the house these days)-
joosje Spectacular, Joosje! Beautifully phrased with a wonderful, singing melody line, and clear dynamic shaping.
Have you always had a seven-string guitar?
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joosje Enjoyed that. I hadn't noticed this was a 7 string guitar until Eric mentioned. I had to search to learn about this type of guitar, very interesting.
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joosje love it!!! I want to play this one too!!!!!
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joosje Wow, bravo! So elegant! I love how you try to emply a vibrato at almost every possibility, something that a violin player always does and Marco Tamayo emphasizes a lot! When correctly executed, it loosens up the left hand in complicated passages!
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joosje wonderfully beautiful Joosje! :)
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Btw I recorded a second version of No 11 , it’s not getting any easier. This time no staccato. It’s complicated to decide on damping…. It needs better study and notes in the score. (And sorry for the poor sound quality, I have work on that, too…)
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joosje Loved it! You are very good at controlling articulation and damping with your right hand.
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joosje beautiful maestra!!!!
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Eric Phillips joosje and what an agile thumb! I notice that your right hand is somewhat flatter lately, do you actually prefer to play with the flesh rather than the nail?
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Martin I have some problems with my nails, lately. I can’t get them right somehow. It’s frustrating, I have ‘lost’ my own familiar tone, and can’t seem to find it anywhere. First thing I’ll do is change my strings. The last set was knobloch nylon and I think they don’t go well on my guitar. I’ll change back to Savarez/d’Addario.
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Study 6.
I thought I'd give a play to #6 today. I love the way this one takes the same material, but reverses the voices.
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Eric Phillips thank you, Eric, for bringing this one. It’s a great piece: practicing scales is so much more pleasant with a beautiful melody on top or in the bass. You did it really well (again), the sound is beautiful and the timing and phrasing are so good….
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joosje Thank you, Joosje.
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Eric Phillips Eric Phillips Beautifully done. I like the contrast between the bass and treble lines.
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Dale Needles Thanks, Dale.
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Eric Phillips ohhh this is beautiful! I remember playing this one a while ago!!!
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Emma Thank you, Emma!
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Eric Phillips Bravo! You just couldn't help yourself and tackle another one before the challenge officially ends, right?
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Martin Thanks, Martin. I remember watching it when it came out, but not recently.
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Eric Phillips Been reading about the flooding in NY, hope you are safe up in Rochester.
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Dale Needles Thanks, Dale. Rochester is about a seven hour drive away from NYC. We didn't even get rain here in the last few days, let alone flooding or tornadoes. I do have some family down there, but I guess they are all okay. Thanks for asking.
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I worked on etude 17. I’m not a very diligent student when it comes to octave and 6th scales. That’s why this one was a real challenge for me. I like the dramatic character though, so it was fun to practice.
it’s not too difficult to find the notes, it’s basically 2 voices and some easy chords, but it needed quite a bit of practice...
https://youtu.be/5Y7QvYhDY8M-
joosje Very well done, Joosje! I’ve never played that one but might have to give it a try. It looks like it is very active in the left hand.
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joosje Looks a like great etude, perhaps one of the more difficult ones. Sounds wonderful.
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