📖 What's on your music stand right now?

The single most useful thread for finding repertoire ideas is the one where everyone just says what they're working on. 🎸

💬 Reply with:

  • The piece (or pieces) on your stand this week
  • How long you've been working on it
  • One thing about it that's currently giving you trouble

No need to be polished — works in progress are the point. And feel free to scroll the replies for ideas on what to tackle next.

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    • Steven_Bornfeld
    • 5 days ago
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    HVL Prelude 4, Brouwer Estudios Sencillo VI (yeah, I'm having trouble with stability and speed in my arps).  Also, just because--Lauro Venezuelan Waltz no. 2.

      • BLaflamme
      • 5 days ago
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       Oh, you're for the classics!

      • Steven_Bornfeld
      • 5 days ago
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       Ya gotta crawl before you walk.  I've got more music than I can tackle in 2 lifetimes.  I've been more or less systematically going through the solo guitar works of HVL.  I did the Suite Populaire Bresilienne first (not that I've exactly mastered it--far from it).  And you'd think I'd head to Etude 1 esp. since I've already noted my arpeggio problem.  I'll get there.  My problem with Etude 1 is my left hand cramps up.  So I think I'll be starting on Prelude 5 soon.  But I get distracted by bright shiny things, so no promises.

      • BLaflamme
      • 5 days ago
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       Maybe you should play it fast enough before the cramps come! 😅 Joke aside, the Suite Populaire Brésilienne is a beautiful set of pieces.

    • John_Mardinly
    • 5 days ago
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    An iPad. TONS of stuff in it.

      • BLaflamme
      • 5 days ago
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       Same for me, I'm glad I've moved to the iPad as a score container!

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    • mgshirk
    • 5 days ago
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    Well, I have Cancion y Danza no. 1 by Antonio Ruiz Pipo, working on the Danza right hand fingering only, no left hand, to get the pattern down. Very difficult. 

      • BLaflamme
      • 4 days ago
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       This is a great choice, I never played it but definitely a piece that worth the work!

    • Peter.5
    • 5 days ago
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    Leyenda - the practice track, Contrasts by Stefano Vivaldini and Water Colors A Clear Winter Sky Stefano Vivaldini, Three Dimensions, Home and Haiku by Andrew York, Pujol Etude XIII, Farewell and Remembrance by Sergio Assad. I have been working on A Clear Winter Sky for months, going slow, with Contrasts 2 months o n #1 and 6, working on proper tone and articulation. Leyenda Measure 37.....

      • BLaflamme
      • 4 days ago
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       Lots of music you're working on! I should take a look at the track, do you like it? I don't know Vivaldini, you've piqued my curiosity!

    • Thomas_M_Ryan
    • 5 days ago
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    Lobos Prelude 1 and Choros 1, Pumping Nylon, Segovia Scales, and complete works of Tarrega.

      • BLaflamme
      • 4 days ago
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      Lobos and Tarrega, nothing less, what are you working on from the complete works of Tarrega?

      • Thomas_M_Ryan
      • 4 days ago
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       continuing to refine capricho arabe' and a few of the mazurkas.  Nothing new from that book however (it just happened to be on my stand ;-)

    • HansEffinger
    • 5 days ago
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    Silvius Leopold Weiss, Fantasie, as solo piece and a lot more for our ensemble...

      • BLaflamme
      • 4 days ago
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       Which version of the Fantasia are you working on, and in E or D minor?

    • Palmer
    • 4 days ago
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    I'm working on the 2nd piece in the 3-piece suite Tres Colores Porteños by Claudia Montero. Still actually working on the 1st piece too. A great suite for Argentinian themes and themes portaining to Buenos Aires in particular. I'm listening to old tangos on Youtube, not so much guitar, but singing and orchestra to get a better feeling for the music and interpretation. A great opportunity for expression. 

      • BLaflamme
      • 4 days ago
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       I don't know this work, are you planning to share your progress in the unfinished business challenge?

      • Palmer
      • 4 days ago
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       I will try! Let's see how unfinished it is in a few days! 😉

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