Week 4: Tango Tempest 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the fourth week of "Song and Dance" practice challenge!
Choose a piece that is inspired or transcribed from a song or a dance. It could be a lively south-american danza, a passionate tango, a serene romantic lied, or a poignant aria transcribed for the guitar. You're welcome to explore pieces from unfamiliar composers or challenge yourself with a complex work.
Commit to daily practice and share your journey with the community. Aim to practice every day and upload at least two videos each week to illustrate your progress. This will not only help you stay committed and encouraged but will also allow you to share your musical voyage with our tonebase family.
Share your favorite piece or recording that embodies the theme of "Song and Dance." Your submission will serve as an inspiration to others and create a vibrant pool of potential pieces for other members to delve into.
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Pietro Paulo Borrono – Pescatore che va cantando
This is a piece of early Italian Renaissance music, published in 1536. Borrono (c. 1490-1563), was a contemporary of Francesco da Milano. The title means “Fisherman who goes singing” and so I offer it in this challenge as part of the “song” category (why not?). I really like the way it plays around with what we would now call major and minor tonality.
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Eric Phillips He's probably singing, "Here little fishies, here little fishies!" It's hard to tell, but it looks like the person doing the rowing - what looks like a gondola operator - could be a woman. Maybe she's the fisherman's wife - or maybe even the fisherman's daughter, and she wants to be a professional opera singer!
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The very first song I committed to doing for this challenge was Gaspar Sanz's Canarios.
So, I thought I'd better be a man of my word and post a recording of it.
I don't know why, but I have found this song to be extremely challenging. I don't know if it's because I'm getting old and my mind just doesn't work like it did or just what, but in any case, here's where I'm at with it.
It's a bit slow, but that's the only way I can get through it for now. I clammed pretty good during the best part of the song, so I repeated it and I think did it justice the second time around.
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Steve Pederson Well done Steve
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Steve Pederson Nice job on this, Steve. That looks tough but you make it sound smooth.
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Steve Pederson Nice job. Think once you memorized the piece it will come much easier.
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Steve Pederson Great job, Steve! You played it very well. It's such a challenging piece, and I've always wanted to learn it myself, but I haven't mustered up the courage to try yet.
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Wai Thanks Wai. I think you should go for it. You'll do great, and it really is fun when you get it down.
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don Steve Price Andre Bernier Thanks guys!
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Steve Pederson Good job with this, Steve! If you're finding it a challenge, I would say this has nothing to do with age, and everything to do with the fact that it is not an easy piece! I think you are pretty close to the right tempo already - I see no need to race through it the way many guitarists do.
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David Krupka Thank you David!
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Borrono - Pescatore che va cantando (June 6 update)
This just a touch faster now, and I hope more fluid.
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Eric Phillips wow! This sounds really great!
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Eric Phillips That's beautiful, Eric! I am also practicing 2 little lute pieces on guitar right now, but I am afraid I won't have time to record them before the end of the challenge. Your playing inspired me to explore the world of lute music!
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Posting my latest recording of the Cuban Dance , by Anatoly Beldinsky. Still work in progress, playing at speed with clarity and right tempo is a challenge. I kept the apoyando only on the rhythmic part, and ended up doing i-m on the scale down .
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Calin Lupa wow this is really great! Got me shaking to the music and tapping my feet too!
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Calin Lupa That is excellent, Calin! Loved the driving rhythm, then the big slow down around 0:57, then right back up to speed again. Great technique and musicality. That's a real show piece. I think it would make a good encore.
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I started out on this challenge with good intentions, but early in the first week I developed an injury on my left index finger tip joint preventing me from performing any barre's. Hope to join in on the new Etude challenge.
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Michael Shirk get well soon!
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