latecomer to CG: Interesting article

[Paul Hammer]

There was a nice article in today's Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/musi ... estro.html


about a latecomer having a lesson with Milos.

They played Lagrima. I had not known that Tarrega composed Lagrima when he was homesick in rainy London.

[Sean Eric Howard]

That's a very nice read.

[dermusensohn]

There's hope me yet.

[q_at96]

Enjoyable read..
Q

[Linda]

There's hope for me too. Really enjoyed this article. Thanks for the link.

linea

[David]

Paul

Thank you. An interesting article.

David

[Chimensch]

Interesting article, thanks very much for posting it.

[Robin]

Fun article, it made me smile.

Did anyone watch the video at the bottom? Nice.

Robin

[Linda]

Hi Robin,

Just watched that very romantic video at the bottom...I'm going to try that on my husband today

Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

linea

[Kent]

Paul,
Really enjoyed your link to this nice story.
Tarraga's music is so valuable to to the classical guitar world. Easy to pick up on by beginners, but it can take a lifetime to get a great foundation for a few of his works.
Sometimes I forget about the value of every note .

[dermusensohn]

Karadaglic is coming to Chicago this fall. Got my two tickets!

[kkruecke]

Great article. Thanks.

[venguitartist]

Thank you for the article. I found the following observation especially interesting:

“Only play the previous note when in your head you have already moved your left hand to the next chord,” Milos instructed. “Then you’re that half-step ahead, and you will never make mistakes.”

I've been checking and I don't do that all the time. Of course, when I don't I get the impression I am more error prone.

I understand this is also what good sight readers achieve... I'm definitely not there yet in that department.

Happy playing!

Jorge

[FHC]

Good article. I like gleaning little nuggets of wisdom from teachers. One of the suggestions reminded me of a Wayne Gretzky quote. Wayne said something about skating to where the puck would be.