Week 1: A Continent Full of Music! 🌴
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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.
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Hello everyone: For this challenge I started practicing Preludio in Do menor by Barrios. It is an intermediate level piece that I think is a good introduction to playing music from Barrios. The most difficult part so far is getting used to the accents along the piece.
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After posting the previous video I had a break for my evening meal and then recorded a piece by Sagreras and Villa Lobos Prelude 4 but when I came to post them I realised I hadn't switched the mic preamp on so there was no sound - honestly I played them quite well and did the Sagreras in two takes and the Villa Lobos in one! After that I couldn't get either of them right and had about 15 attempts at the Villa Lobos, kept making mistakes in the second section!. I was going to give up but had another couple of goes and recorded this attempt. Left hand got a bit stuck towards the end of the second section but here it is anyway. Hope to improve on this (and El Negrito) before the end of the challenge
PS I'm wearing the reading glasses because although I can see well enough to read I'm finding the fretboard is a bit blurry these days - thought they may help!
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For my final post of the week, I will finish off with a beautiful and rarely played piece, by Antonio Lauro, entitled "Crepuscular" and in Spanish can be translated many ways, but I like "twilight" the best. The photo that I used for the background is of Maestro Lauro in his home.
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Brouwer Pieza sin Titulo #2
Now that my concert performance is over I will devote more time to this challenge.
This (technically) simple piece by Brouwer has its challenge in creating a coherent atmosphere within its very sparse structure. I feel I am still not there. There are a few bobbles and hesitations which are more noticeable in a piece like this.