D01 Classical guitar lesson 04

[Judy Verbeeten]

OK classmates, here are my submissions to Lesson-4:

I'm looking forward to your review and any comments.
James

Solid effort James. Take care with tempo consistency in each piece, and try to not lift the fingers of the LH up and away from the fretboard when those fingers are not playing a note.

[James A. Showalter]

Judy,
Thank you for the constructive recommendation. I do try to practice keeping rein on the left hand but come recording time I just don't know what happens. I will do my best to let your recommendation take prominence in my practice and perhaps I'll get a better handle on it.
James

[Ian Howe]

Below are my submissions..more to follow hopefully this evening


CADET ROUSSELLE



LUNDI MATIN




ALOUETTE, GENTILLE ALOUETTE



LA CUCARACHA

[James A. Showalter]

Ian,
Very good. I do have a comment about your body movement in the videos. It seems like you're recording on a moving platform. Are you aboard a ship or just playing on a water bed? Ha! It's just an effect I'm not adjusted to. Also, keep an eye on that left hand thumb. It wants to ride up over the neck.
James

[Ian Howe]

Thanks James, Yeah left thumb is definitely something i need to work on.
No moving platform , must be something with the camera, not sure

[Christopher Langley]

Great submissions Ian.

[Robert Drechsler]

Hey Ian, great submission, quit fast playing i missed your right hand thump at Lundi Matin

[James A. Showalter]

I had missed that.

The most difficult part of Lesson-4 for me was alternating with the right hand thumb in Lundi Matin. Much easier to play with just i and m.

[Mike Cook]

I'm finally getting this lesson posted after having a bad broken fingernail problem which created issues with practice and tone. These recordings are helping me become aware of things I need to work on. For example, keeping the left thumb behind the neck, good tone production (avoiding that scratchy sound the RH makes when the fingernail doesn't attack properly), and the RH pinky sticking out away from I,M, and A.

[Ian Howe]

hey Charles, some audio issues with the submissions you want to take a look at.

[James A. Showalter]

Charles,
This is very good. I think the audio issue Ian is speaking about may be the reverb effect which comes from recording in a cinder block room. Regardless, your execution was perfect and I noted no issues with pinky extension of either hand and it al sounded wonderfully musical.
James

[Mike Cook]

Thank you for the feedback. I have been struggling with good audio after purchasing a new DSLR camera with a RØDE video stereo mic. I think the mic is the issue, but you are are correct about the reverb. I decided it might be cool to record these in a concrete stairwell. The acoustics are nice, but perhaps a little too much.

[Graham Gaya]

OK classmates, here are my submissions to Lesson-4:

Great progress James....it looks like you were focused on hitting the notes at the tempo that fits for you, and it also looks like there were some head sway's indicating you were getting into it.....keep it up.....love the hat by the way!

[Graham Gaya]

Here are my recordings for lesson 04.

Great playing Staffan. On La Cucaracha, you seem to be holding the notes a little long so it makes it sound different on measure 2, 4, and 5. Compare it to the prof and you'll hear the difference.

[Christopher Langley]

Guys,

I got two music stands and a nice padded foot stool ala barrios-mangore.

Moving on up in the world!

Plus, I restrung my Cordoba CP110 with some Daniel Mari 100p strings. Oh so sweet.

Our house is finally empty... Time to practice!