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CLASSICAL GUITAR

…this is a veeeery nice addition to my Repertoire! Not perfect, but perfection is not achievable so I allow myself to be happy for what it is. Learning this piece has been really interesting to me:

  • first I was struck because at the end of the first week of practice I could visualise the whole music sheet already, structure and correct fingerings included :astonished_face::smiling_face: …how to progress and learn to play it properly?
  • second step I noticed in the video demo how very efficiently and accurately the Teacher’s fingers were moving…not like mine :grimacing: …my fretting hand especially made mistakes, while the fingerpicking hand rarely did; working on my C Major Scale was then what had to be done and the number of mistakes decreased…how to progress and play it without mistakes now?
  • third step…yes my best friend the Metronome was the answer…and with the metronome I felt my fingers guided and anything fell into place…well, almost anything…
  • fourth step: my internal time-feeling…and about this I could digress and annoy you to death…I’ll just apologize for my "I just woke up/after breakfast face after a good rest…ooops it was 11pm! That should be a good hint to know what I mean.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
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the piece of my heart! While re-listening I detected quite a few unwanted sounds there…because I was looking for them, but when I just listen I connect to the music and I find it just beautiful! I feel sorry this doesn’t sound humble, I know I still have a lot of work to do on my technique, but it’s my creature, I just love it :woman_shrugging::woman_gesturing_ok:

STRUMMING
Nothing new to report, I’ve been practicing and enjoyed it even if more often than not it meant only a 15 minutes before cooking dinner. I’m making my practice more songs oriented, this is good.

I made a short recording of how my Fingers Muted Hit practice is going: I’ve come to a point where I just do it without thinking how to do it anymore and I wonder…does it look and sound correct or at least acceptable? Thanks in advance if someone will check it. I might post it on the AVOYP section for feedback.

…and that’s all! :lying_face:…:grin::joy::sweat_smile:

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