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These strings are too old to be making a video. I struggle more with this variation than any other. I know my right hand moves way too much. That’s something I’m working on.
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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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Working on memory here. Pavan no 3 by Milan. I have all the notes in my head, but I sometimes skip a section or do a wonky repeat at times. Memory has been a challenge this past year. I suspect it has to do with the extremely slow recovery post hurricane Michael.
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The h armonic variation.
If your nails are too long, you are bound to be clicky with this technique. Notwithstanding, if you’re playing too strongly with ‘m’ the harmonic voice will be over shadowed. There is also the risk of tapping the feet board with ‘m’.
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Playing entire passages with pizzicato can be challenging. Tarrega also has minuet in E major that’s supposed to be played primarily with pizzicato.
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Quite under tempo, this is an excerpt from the ending of Innocent Meandering by Harold Blanchard.
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This is an excerpt from Pavan No 1 by Luis Milan. In this video I stop at a scale that I am debating on whether to play with or without slurs. I think I like it with the slurs.
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I need to put slurs to this. However, I also want to keep practicing it without slurs because it is a great exercise for the right hand.
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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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This lefthand slur warm-up really helps me navigate the fretboard. My slurs get a little too trill-y sometimes.
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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.
