This Is The Same Excerpt From The Same Piece I Posted For Yesterday’s Video. It’s Legnani Caprice

I tried to post this same video earlier and it immediately/automatically got flagged for having adult content. I appealled the classification and was told that Tumblr determined it did not contain anything inappropriate, but the post seems to be forever in “appeal mode.” Trying it again here.

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Back to work on Milan’s Pavan No. 2.

Trying to do my dynamic contrasts as opposed to the contrast with tone color that I was working on in last night’s video.

*Not related to the piece*

I am staying in a hotel and got my first ever noise complaint! Thankfully, there is a nice lady who works at the reception desk was very helpful. She allowed me to move to a different room so that I could practice. How great!

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In this video I am addressing a left hand problem I have been having. I have to play a three note slur, followed by three plucked notes, all while holding down a note a in the lower voice in the fourth position (c#). This passage is impossible without applying a barre. The problem was: when do I put the barre down?

In order to prevent ringing while playing the slurred notes, I decided that I should wait until the slurred notes have been played, then put the barre down when I play the three plucked notes.

Now, I am playing the slurred notes too fast, but I was focusing on when to put the barre down in this mini practice session. I will play them all evenly now that I know where I should place the barre.

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After posting a video, and mentioning how frustrated and displeased I was with the recording, I decided to make another recording of the same Pavan. I’m slightly more pleased here.

Back to other pieces now.

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Memory practice/challenge. Video 1

Just trying pay through the piece without stopping, without fixing buzz notes and other things. As long as it sounds halfway decent. Only focusing on the order and sections of the piece. If it’s all pretty much in order, that is the goal.

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My second week of learning the Carnaval de Venicia. This is how the 5th variation is coming along. I had been playing all of the portamentos, but decided to take a couple out just before this recording. Still undecided about adding back some in, or talking more out.

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The pizzicato variation that comes after this one gave me a lot of trouble today. Gotta fix that.

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My nails and strings aren’t in great shape. Might even post a picture of the cracks in my nails. Cracks cause you to play with a very scratchy tone.

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This the beginning of Tarrega’s ¡Sueño! tremolo. It’s very hard to play up to tempo, and make sure the first chords are clean. These things I wish to V improve upon. I’m not Halen with tempo or clarity of chords here.

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This lefthand slur warm-up really helps me navigate the fretboard. My slurs get a little too trill-y sometimes.