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Looking for duets or ensembles
Hi everyone, I am looking for partner(s) to play duets or ensembles, preferably in Europe. I live between The Netherlands and Spain, next year in Portugal as well.…
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Sor Op 60 No 23
I'm continuing to work my way through Sor's Opus 60, and I'd like to stop at this wonderful piece for a bit. Although I had heard this one before, I don't remember ever playing it.…
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Strings in-depth!
History of how classical guitar strings have changed over the years and what are the benefits and differences of carbon vs nylon, hard vs soft tension, etc.…
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Remedial basics
While I have "played" classical guitar for 40 years, it's basically been the same half dozen songs and I've done it just well enough to impress people who don't know very much.…
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Jack's Personal Practice Dairy - and cow farm (opps)
I am reviving Weiss's Fantasia which feel into disrepair because of Mircea's planting preparations virtuoso challenge, then Ashley'Etude Composition challenge, then Koshkin's etude Challenge,…
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Daniel's Diary - Aire de Merengue
Hello everybody, finally having time to do my personal thread. The first piece I'm going to play is Aire de Merengue by Jorge Benzaquén, a beautiful piece in our common 5/8 metter here in Venezuela,…
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Brooke's Tango en Skai
Roland Dyens - Tango en Skai
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Ear Training
Would it be possible for Ashley to teach us ear training, either in the lesson format or a live stream? I think it's part of good musicianship training,…
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David’s practice diary BWV996 and Cielo Abierto
Hello! For the past several months I was completely addicted to practicing Cielo Abierto and for the past several weeks I’ve been absorbed by BWV996. Lute Suite:…
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Sor Op 60 No 20
For the last couple of months, I've been working my way through Sor's Op 60 as a means of technical and musical improvement. I spent more time on number 16, as I love it so much.…
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Daniel's Diary - Lachrimae Pavan
As second piece I'd like to play Lachrimae Pavan by John Dowland. I want to challenge myself with these one and its counterpoint and virtuosic cadences.…
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Nora's practice diary "Fantasias"
I will probably play this beautiful renaissance music of Mudarra in our first concert. It has challenging passages for me which I will improve in the next weeks. Tomorrow I send the start point.
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Sor Op 60 No 16
October 28, 2021 I love Fernando Sor and his studies are always a part of my practice. I have recently been working through Op 60, and I'd really like to focus for a bit on number 16 as it is…
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More lessons on music by Barrios
Suggested as part of the tonebase Guitar Survey. (Which you should take by clicking here! It helps us know what to program for you.) ↓ Feel free to suggest specific topics in the comments below ↓
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Making the piece your own - transcribe annotate for color, timbre, dynamics, decorations, finger plans, position decisions etc.
If we could have a topic that helps us finesse a written score to bring our musicality to it, that would be great. If this could be at the early intermediate (Level3/4) level,…
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Villa Lobos Prelude No 5
I watched Emmanuel Sowicz' livestream lesson on this piece and fell in love with it. Now I'm finally going to buckle down and learn it! The score is attached, with Emmanuel's fingerings.
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BWV 1007 Menuets I & 2
Over the last few months I have been learning the first cello suite by J.S. Bach and now have the Prelude, Allemande, Courante, and Sarabande pretty well under my fingers.…
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Software, accessories, high quality recording techniques to support your guitar playong and presentations
How do software like Garageband, computers, tablets, good mikes etc. help you expand your guitar repertoire (turning your solo instrument into an ensemble with garageband having other tracks),…
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Carulli Larghetto in G minor Op 192
I came across a performance of this piece on YouTube by Nicola Jappelli that I really love, so I thought I'd try to work on it myself. The score is attached.…
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Eli's Portrait - Sergio Assad
I bought a long time ago the score, and now I decide to work on it. This is a very beautiful piece, with a lot of technical challenge. Now I am fingering the score,…
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El Negrito - Antonio Lauro
This is a piece I learned a long time ago and am picking it up again. Maybe I'll have it brushed up on time for the concert!
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Bouree BMV 996 by J S Bach
I have always wanted to play this piece, but would get halfway and then struggle with the secong half with full barre in higher positions and kind of lose the practice intensity.…
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Derek Alba by Hans Haug
I have played this piece on and off for a long time - it's one of my favourites. I'd like to play it for the concert. The main problem is that I have played it for so long that I am now playing my…
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Jack's Sauguet's Solilique (with assist from Milo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0X1LxkLMBY I have been working on this for quite a while. I have the interpretation fairly well mapped out and can (usually) play it fairly smoothly.…
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Life at the Conservatory
What its like to get your degree in music. Demand, schedule, curriculum. Pros cons, what would you change.. Most of us dont have degrees in music but would be very interested to know about what some…
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