Week 1: A Continent Full of Music! 🌴
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Antonio Lauro loved Venezuelan children's songs. Here are five short little arrangements he made of the following Canciónes Infantiles Venezolanas: Palomita Blanca, La Barca, El Trompo, El Cocherito, and Palomita. The first photo is of Lauro as a child. He is the one on the far left. The second photo is Lauro with his son Leonardo and daughter Natalia, who he dedicated his most famous Valse.
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Barrios – Oración (Apr 9 Update)
I was able to practice this some more today, so I'm posting an update. One thing that I noticed in my first video of this piece is how there was not a clear distinction between the melody and accompaniment (and, yes, I heard Emmanuel's voice telling me 🙂). I tried to improve that here. Let me know if you think it is better.
Here are some of the things causing me trouble in this piece:
- I am having a good deal of left hand pain, in the muscles at the base of my thumb and between my thumb and first finger. There are quite a few barres and stretches in this piece, and it is rather long. By the end of it, my hand really hurts.
- Measures 25-26 (see picture below): I mess up these measures almost every time I play them, despite practicing them a lot. The fingerings are just so difficult, but I see no other solution.
- Measures 37-43 (see picture below): I know this is a lot measures, but each one is very challenging for me.
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Sounding really musical Eric. I have not heard this piece so far and you are bringing it to life for me. It is good to see you working through the technical challenges and to my ears, meeting them as the movements become more familiar. Keep up the great work on this!
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First attempt for this challenge. El Negrito by Lauro. It's a fairly simple piece but fun to play. The start of the second section is a bit tricky to get the chord shape (there is a slight pause - too long to pass off as rubato! - in the first time through). Needs a bity more work I think - the pull offs at the start of the first section are a bit weak.