Day 10

Day 6

My schedule has been busy and I’m not able to post as often as I did when I once had more time (before I had to move out of my house due to damages caused by Hurricane Michael). I am still amazed that I’m already at day 6 of what is my goal (100). I hope to keep a moment of posting a video at least four to six days a week. If I can do seven, even better!

Tremolo angle.

Recently at school, I had a discussion about the effect of playing straight on the strings vs playing with a more angled attack. In the first demonstration I am playing with a straight attack. This tends to bring a brighter sound. In the second example I am demonstrating a more angled attack. This sound tends to be a bit less metallic and is preferred for the right hand in general (not just tremolo). As discussed in a previous video, I believe my right hand could be less harsh and quieter in general.

Thumb and tremolo.

At the end of the video I only pluck with the thumb. This is something that will help shape the tremolo. I keep the left hand the same, but only sound the notes given to the thumb.

65. Minuetto by Tarrega

This is my first time recording this minuetto in its entirety. It feels similar to playing the piece in front of someone for the first time.

I think my phrasing of the first theme sounded better in the opening than it did in the recapitulation.

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Gonna try to make better recording of this variation tomorrow.

The Storm After the Storm

My life has completely changed. I used to wonder around the Internet for a few hours a day reblogging funny things, working, and my various hobbies.

Now I feel like I am living in the Capitol Wasteland of the Fallout universe.

Do not think people that our lives have gone on. This is the view from my driveway yesterday.

My place of employment has been destroyed, been working there since 2009. It was a small private dental office. Its gone. I was the primary income provider. I now collect $275 in unemployment. There are no jobs in my field for over 100 miles. It will take years before this area is even remotely economically where it was pre-Hurricane Michael.

We built our home in 2012. We have to sell our house in this wasteland before February because that is when the mortgage temporary hold is up. We got a hold on our utilities but health/car insurance, credit cards, and other non-house bills will not hold any payments. FEMA and D-SNAP is a joke.

My daughter turned 18 on 10/19, but is 2 years behind in school. She was on her way to getting her diploma but now she has to get her GED because its faster - she refuses to relocate with us. Oh yeah, we are relocating. Out of state. The economy in the panhandle of Florida is dead. We are moving to Denver CO because my wife, other adult household members, and I can get better paying jobs out there. It is also somewhere we always wanted to move to but not like this.

I am rebuilding from here but my life is forever changed. And I am one of the lucky ones. My house or cars sustained no damage. Some members of my household is able to return to work to hold us over until we relocate.

Please do not forget about us. The rest of the world is joking about the Trump umbrella thing but we are still in mourning. As I drive around in town there are more downed trees than standing trees. Blue tarps cover the majority of roofs. Many houses still have trees crashes through the living room.

This will take years for my home to recover. I cannot stay. Goodbye Panama City, I hope you can heal from this diaster. There are good people here who want to rebuild. I just cannot be one of them.

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Another challenging variation. Need to be more clear with what voice I’m bringing out. Also clicking. It’s a hard variation.

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Feeling better about this variation tonight. I think one of my problems last night was the strings were old. My nails were in bad shape too. I changed my nails today and feel better about my tone from them as well.

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Working on memory.

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Classical guitar events this weekend

Pondering on which fingers to use with this passage. One idea is to do a slur with the fourth finger. The sections idea is to slur with the first. I think I like slurring with 4 better, but I’m going to listen to this recording to help determine what I like better.

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Trying a technique that I have never used in a performance. Plucking the strings with the back of the nails. It’s a possible solution to playing this variation up to speed with greater ease. If I were to pluck all of the strings normally, my right hand would bounce around a lot more.