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Cactus Wren

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Feb 9, 2012, 2:14:08 AM2/9/12
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--although using Sor's fingerings and Segovia's not at all. Now
soliciting comments and advice.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Wt9u3uU8U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Douglas Seth

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Feb 9, 2012, 9:28:59 AM2/9/12
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Very good, thanks! I sent my thoughts to you privately.

Doug

Stanley Yates

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Feb 9, 2012, 9:41:16 AM2/9/12
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Cactus,

It's very nice, you have a good feel for the expressive movement of the
line.

One small thing - very common in pieces in d-mi and a-mi - the fifth string
is vibrating sympathetically thtoughout much of the piece. We have to do a
lot of damping in the 'open' keys...

sy


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Fadosolrélamisi

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Feb 9, 2012, 10:01:02 AM2/9/12
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You make those stretches look so easy!
In the Gilardino Sor/Segovia comparative edition, there are two doted - sixteen notes rhythm (mm 2 and 18)that gives the piece a little push worth exploring ...
Very expressive rendition, bravo!

Alain

David Raleigh Arnold

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Feb 9, 2012, 12:37:00 PM2/9/12
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The melody is on top. The rest is obbligato. Your playing
reflects that in part, but mostly it does not. This piece
has an orchestral character, IMO. Try staccato in the
bass, an honest 16+16 for 8, and a tiny bit /piu mosso/.
Sor was not the only one to sometimes reverse the roles of melody
and accompaniment, so to speak.

A decent metronome was probably not widely available when
this piece was written, so the unifying effect of a
steady tempo, and the ability to keep it, was better
appreciated than it was to be
during the latter half of the century.

Regards, daveA

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John Nguyen

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Feb 10, 2012, 12:15:09 AM2/10/12
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On Feb 9, 2:14 am, Cactus Wren <elegantspanishgui...@gmail.com> wrote:
Nice! I'm a little lost around mm 13, 14, 15, but overall very
enjoyable. Thanks for keeping up with the project.
Cheers,

John

Cactus Wren

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Feb 10, 2012, 6:51:38 PM2/10/12
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Thank you, everyone, I am going to continue working on this piece and
will try it out with these ideas.

I learned this piece fairly obsessively damping everything with p.
When I tried to speed it up, to around 100 bpm or so, I found that
didn't work at all. Then I began to learn it again, this time mostly
dampimg with extra LH fingers. For this vid, I hardly damped at all,
however.
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