WEEK 3: Mastering Carcassi's Etudes

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Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Carcassi Etudes op.60 challenge!

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- joosje
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Here is my nr 12. I love the harmonies and the arpeggio chord lines going up and down.

ii found it difficult to balance the bass and upper voice. I wanted to do more planting in this one, but I somehow forgot (recording stress?)

https://youtu.be/CKIWY5UqT6k
- Eric
  
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  joosje Well done, Joosje! It is a surprisingly beautiful harmonic progression. I've been using it as a bit of a warm up this past week.
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  martin.3
  
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  joosje Again, this is beautiful! I especially love the chromatic bass accents that you did! I personally would try to avoid sliding with the small barree as some ghost notes tend to creep in!
- Dale_Needles
  
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  joosje Very musical!
- joosje
  
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  Martin thank you Martin. I see what you mean. I’ll work on that….
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- martin.3
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This is me presenting one of the cuter etudes from the cycle, the beautiful slur/trill exercise that Etude No.10 is! It's so simple in its harmonic progression and so focused in its technical approach that its just a lot of fun read an play!
- Eric
  
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  Martin Thank you Martin! It was great to see you playing with such joy!
- joosje
  
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  Martin thank you for the inspiring introduction and for bringing our attention to all the details in this charming but tricky etude.
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  Brett_Gilbert
  
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  Martin This looks somewhat "easier" (relative to others) I could eventually play but I'm running out of time... Always great to hear your insight on these and your playing.
  
  Funny, I just came across your livestream about recording on the piano side. Great to see you playing Bach on the piano!
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  martin.3
  
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  Brett Gilbert Oh, you still can play around that, the challenge will never end 💃
  
  Yeah, that piano recording was a fun one! We are actually thinking of doing some cross-over streams on both platforms, could be fun to have both guitarists and pianists in the same chatroom!
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  martin.3
  
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  joosje charming, that's the word I was looking for! Yes, it is charmingly cute! 👸
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  martin.3
  
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  Eric Phillips 🕹 (I was looking for a "Joy" emoji, the first one that popped up was the joystick, haha).
- Eric
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Study 24 update.

Here is #24 after a couple more days practice, and some help with Martin regarding fingering in the coda.

Note to Martin - the big glissando in measure 35 (almost at the end) is especially for you! 😁
- joosje
  
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  Eric Phillips I love this. Really beautiful. It’s so inspiring (I’m working on this one now). Thank you for taking us along your voyage with this etude.
- Eric
  
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  joosje Thank you for going along with me. I have really appreciated your encouragement and suggestions along the way. My plan is to keep working on it and post a final video this Friday, but we'll see. I'd love to hear you play it as well! 🙂
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  Brett_Gilbert
  
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  Eric Phillips Just amazing. I think this is my favorite etude and love the way you play it. Looks like you memorized it as well.
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  martin.3
  
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  Eric Phillips Wow, I love the contrast to the animato !
  
  And then I listened to all of it and I loved all of it! Bravo, that was surely a lot of work and it payed off, this is a beautiful repertoire piece!
  
  And man, that glissando ❤💃🎻
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  martin.3
  
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  joosje I'd love to hear your version, too!!! 👑
- Eric
  
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  Brett Gilbert Thank you, Brett, it’s my favorite too. It’s basically memorized, though I did glance at the score for a bit of the coda just for a bit of security.
- Eric
  
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  Martin Thank you, Martin! This piece is like putting a bow on the wonderful gift of this summer. I have LOVED sharing and learning about the incredible music of Tarrega, Assad, and Carcassi with you and all of the TB community.
- Barney
  
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  Eric Phillips Nice job on this and the many other Etudes you've submitted. I've had limited time (Life stuff...)lately to respond, but I'm so happy to see and enjoy your performances. Your playing continues to get better and better. Bravo!!
- Eric
  
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  Barney Thank you so much, Barney!
- Dale_Needles
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Hi All, here is my take on Etude #13, a very simple and beautiful Etude. Check out what how Carlevaro's edits have done to the bass line.
- joosje
  
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  Dale Needles nice, Dale. I like the bass line. Also the way you play that tremolo motif. very clean and sweet. It’s a challenge to keep that open e string quiet.
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  martin.3
  
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  Dale Needles That's such a sweet tone you have, especially in the upper texture!