Week 1: A Continent Full of Music! 
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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.
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Jack Stewart An interesting piece Jack and well played, looking forward to the finished product (I never seem to get to that stage!).
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Jack Stewart that’s really good already. I didn’t know this piece. Sounds very nice. Looking forward to more of this….
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Derek Thanks Derek. 'The finished product' is also elusive to me as well.
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joosje Thanks Joosje. It was new to me, I found it in a collection of Brouwer's work I recently acquired and thought it was pretty nice.
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Jack Stewart thanks for playing and sharing this work. I know the 1st as most of us but never read or listen to this one. Good Work!
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Jack Stewart to take a bath in the chords and sounds...guitarlove
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Barrios – Oración (Apr 10 update)
I feel like I have made some progress on this one. It still has the same trouble spots, but I can play them a little more consistently now. The B section in D minor is clearly the biggest struggle, so I need to work on that in isolation. The problem is, by the time I get to that section, my hand is already quite sore from all that precedes it.
In addition, since playing this hurts my hand so much, I really cannot record it with my typical 40-50 takes, as my hand would fall off. As a result, you're hearing it with plenty of mistakes.
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Eric Phillips Eric, that is sounding really good. Barrios certainly had a wide range of styles I his compositions. This so different from what know of his compositions - which is pretty limited. Thanks for playing this - and so well.
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Eric Phillips This is sounding good Eric. I sympathise with the sore hand as they say, an artist suffers for his art!
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Jack Stewart Derek Thank you both!
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Eric Phillips very nice. Keep going, Eric. I know it’s a tough one. But beautiful as we know Barrios
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joosje Thank you, Joosje. I've fallen in love with the melody, so I'd really like to get this one to a performance level.
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Eric Phillips great update on this one Eric. I'm sure it'll sound flawless by the end of the challenge... you said the prelude in Cm was kind of hard...
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Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise. I'd like to be able to get this one sounding pretty good ... flawless might not be attainable, but I'll do my best.
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Barrios - Estilo Uruguayo (Luz Mala)
Here's another piece by Barrios I decided to work on. It's new to me, and I like the idea of playing some lesser-known pieces by Barrios. This one is very dramatic, at least when played well (check out Jeffrey McFadden's performance on YT). It still needs lots of work, but I really like it.
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Eric Phillips Thanks for sharing this piece. Barrios spent a lot of time in Uruguay and it is great to be introduced this piece.
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Dale Needles Thanks. Dale!
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Eric Phillips Great start, Eric. I listened to McFadden's recording. Wow, that is quite challenging (but well within your grasp). I am really glad to see you take this on and I'm excited to see your progress.
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Eric Phillips Wonderful Eric. I've never heard this one before even though I am familiar with a lot of Barrios pieces!
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Jack Stewart Yes, there are parts of it that really need to be played fast to be effective. Obviously not my strength!
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Derek Totally new to me as well. I always enjoy playing lesser-known pieces.
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Eric Phillips I love these melancholic harmonies, that longing sound. You play it very intensely. Enjoyed it a lot. Thank you, Eric.
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joosje Thank you, Joosje. It still needs a lot of work, but I think it will be worth it.
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Eric Phillips indeed a very good idea you have, Barrios is always interesting somehow, thanks for sharing!
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Eric Phillips very touching! I never heard it . Thank you for sharing!
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