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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Got a little sidetracked this past week but was able to work on a few Carcassi Etudes. Attached is my audio recording of Etude #3. I love this Etude and worked on bringing out the melody. Hope you enjoy and welcome feedback.
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Dale Needles That was so beautiful, Dale! Thanks for submitting it. Do you play left-handed, or was the picture reversed?
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Eric Phillips Thanks. Photo was reversed. Definitely right-handed.
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Dale Needles Okay. You don’t meet many left-handed classical guitarists.
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Eric Phillips I met one. It’s ok, but quite unpractical in an ensemble
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Dale Needles that sounds really lovely. I enjoyed listening.
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Dale Needles beautiful, loved the bass line in particular! thank you for posting!!!
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Dale Needles This is beautiful, thank you, Dale! What a beautiful duett between the bass and the melody!
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Dale Needles So beautiful. Really enjoyed listening to this.
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Hello everybody, here goes my recording of number 16
the most difficult part is the right hand, and the good practice of the a apoyando throughout the melody, also some jumps and to avoid nail sound ….
Easy because it is short and beautiful, a joy to practice
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Emma Very nice!
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Emma So beautiful! I see you use some very good fingerings there (hehe). Your left hand is impressively stable! Maybe you find something to connect the last two positions even better?
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Emma beautiful. Very well played. It sounds so romantic.
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Emma Gorgeous, Emma! The apoyando sounds so good!
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Emma Nice to see another performance of 16, wonderful! I'm working on this again to try to use Martin's fingering on last few chords which he alluded to above from his video last week.
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Martin thank you! I will check that last connexion tomorrow in your video again! Oops…
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Emma Haha, you play it beautifully, I am just nitpicking (my regular modus operandi when I talk about music
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Emma Beautiful. I like the way you bring out the melody with the "a" finger. Have you watched Sabrina Vlaskalic's lesson on this Etude on Tonebase? She has a great approach to bring out the melody with the "a" finger. It is very similar to what Carlevaro teaches.
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- Dale Needles thank you! yes I did, she makes a beautiful sound. I will keep working in those circles but it is true that it feels less stable with the thumb free. Learning the way…
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It has been quite a busy week, but for Week 3 I intend to do a major push and hope you will follow through with me!
Here I am noodling around with Carcassi's Etude no.2! I am not at all happy with my right hand sound, but I took Brett Gilbert advice and found myself a new string vendor, wich means I will get my personal set of strings delivered quite soon!
Let me know what you think of the fingerings and dynamic decisions (I haven't made too many, only one important one in the melodic climax).
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Martin It's great to see you participate in the challenge, and not just direct it and coach all of us. I like your sound very much, and I suspect you would sound good with any strings at all on your guitar.
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Martin thank you!! I will go back to my no 2 and try your fingerings. Your sound is so good!!
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Martin You've inspired me to work on this one now, which is within my ability. Glad you found a local string vendor. I just changed my strings (right now just d'addario ej45 strings while I wait for your recommended trebles) and it made such a difference in sound as I've been using same strings for 6 months. I guess I need to change more often. Thanks for posting this, I always learn so much for your tips.
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Brett Gilbert I was so excited that I forgot to order the 6th string
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Brett Gilbert In my study and competition days I changed the strings twice a month, cleaned them with alcohol, turned them around, everything to get every last bit of sound and save every penny I could
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