Week 1: Exploring New Territories
Welcome to the "Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge"! This month, we'll embark on a global musical journey, exploring classical guitar compositions from various countries. The only rule: Don’t play a composer from your home country. Let’s make this a truly international experience!
🗓️ CHALLENGE TIMELINE
- Challenge Start: Kick-Off on May 15th
- Duration: May 15th - June 6th
- Watch Party: June 24th
🎼 ACTIVITIES
- Choose Your Piece: Select a new piece of music to work on. Share your choice in the thread below and inspire your fellow musicians!
- Video Submission: Submit a video of your practice this week. Highlight your favorite passage from the piece that showcases the origin of this piece!
🎸 GET INVOLVED
Let’s kick things off with enthusiasm! Share your progress, encourage others, and explore new musical horizons together. Can’t wait to see what everyone chooses!
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This is less than a month!!! How can I possibly get something worked up in that amount of time?! I'm still working on last month's challenge! and the month before... and the month before... and the....🙂
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Jack Stewart
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Jack Stewart Better start shaping those nails!
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Jack Stewart I think you had better change your strings first.
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martin Jack Stewart Not sure if Jack is going "nailess" using Brandon Acker's approach ... but I like kitties, so thanks for posting it...haha
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martin Eric Phillips a cat video challenge?
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martin Eric Phillips joosje Barney
Only 3 weeks to learn a new piece?!!!!
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Jack Stewart martin joosje Eric Phillips Hey Jack, I agree we need at least an additional week. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Barney Jack Stewart or just select an easier work that can be playable with 3 weeks... 🤔
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Blaise Laflamme That only exists in the metaverse.
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Jack Stewart Blaise Laflamme Barney joosje Eric Phillips
Okay, 2 options! We can push it to June 12th or June 24th. What do you prefer??
Adding a cat for attention
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Martin After carefully analyzing this cat's use of keyboard I have transcribed it's typing as:
meow meow meow meow meow meow meow......
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Martin As to your question
I think either are good, though I would probably lean towards the 24th. ( This assumes -perhaps faulty - that more time will produce better results).
That being said, if this complicates your schedule I would heavily defer to your preference, Martin.
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Jack Stewart Maestro Segovia joins the Metaverse.
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martin Personally, I'd lean towards the earlier date. A shorter time means we can have more challenges. Like Blaise said, we can choose something a little easier.
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martin Jack Stewart Blaise Laflamme joosje Eric Phillips I would prefer June 24th, if that works for you guys.
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For me any date is good as I can't play any Canadian music! 😭 and I'll also be without my guitar for two weeks as it gets a check up and a re-varnishing 😵
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martin My preference would be for June 12th but both dates are good for me 😺
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@martin As requested by my fellow members, a little bit more time would be great. Since the last challenge, I'm taking a bit easy on my practice time, trying to focus on the basics of techniques. So, I might not be submitting this time, but let's see.
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Barney Blaise Laflamme Jack Stewart Eric Phillips Steve Price Andre Bernier Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary
Let's roll with June 24th! We'll have a few exciting productions next month and a TWI with Arturo in between, so there will be plenty to do and organize!
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martin perfect!
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Martin Thanks Martin. Of course, this means I just lost my excuse to not have a completed piece (or 2).
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Jack Stewart
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Jack Stewart lol me too Jack
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martin Great! Please update the duration period on the challenge timeline. Thanks!
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