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(@alien)
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I'm not too big on classical music but I learn classical etudes once in awhile to work on right hand technique. The written tempo of this piece is 69, which I thought was painfully slow and boring. I wondered if maybe it was a typo so I tried it at 96. I liked it so much better that way I decided to record it. Not a perfect take but it's my level best.

Andante by Sor

 
Posted : 09/08/2008 6:20 pm
 KR2
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That link doesn't work for me.
(or it worked and sent me to Antarctica . . . with no music)

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Posted : 09/08/2008 9:51 pm
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Yes, it doesn't want to be too slow and I think you've pitched it about right.

Nicely done

A :-)

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Posted : 09/08/2008 9:52 pm
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Nice - and I agree it's better at that tempo.

As you may know "andante" is a tempo marking meaning "at a walking pace". Old metronomes from the 19th century show andante as 69 bpm but modern ones have andante at around 80 - 100 bpm. I wonder if it means that people walk faster these days :D

 
Posted : 09/08/2008 10:44 pm
 KR2
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I logged back on using FireFox and the Quicktime player worked.
I agree. Very nice and well played.
I didn't use to care for classical but more and more I like it.
Nice - and I agree it's better at that tempo.

As you may know "andante" is a tempo marking meaning "at a walking pace". Old metronomes from the 19th century show andante as 69 bpm but modern ones have andante at around 80 - 100 bpm. I wonder if it means that people walk faster these days :D
You think it could be our lifestyles now are more "fast paced"?

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Posted : 09/08/2008 11:53 pm
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I had no problem with the link.

hey, nice job. isn't it amazing? six strings and a bunch of frets.
such music. 8)

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Posted : 10/08/2008 12:35 am
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Very nicely done. 8)

Dan

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Posted : 10/08/2008 6:40 pm
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As you may know "andante" is a tempo marking meaning "at a walking pace".

Not precisely. Andante means 'going' or the act of being in movement in Italian. 'at a walking pace' is a good description of it musically and it's linguistically in the right direction but the word doesn't mean it.

 
Posted : 10/08/2008 9:19 pm
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in L' italiano lingua...'andiamo'...let's go!.

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Posted : 11/08/2008 10:39 am
 Nuno
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Boring? :shock: Va bene così! :D

Fernando Sor has very nice pieces for guitar and this is one of them. Very nice and very well played. I'd prefer a nylon string guitar but it does not sound so strange, it sound to me as a harpsychord.

Thanks for sharing.

 
Posted : 11/08/2008 12:07 pm
 vgo
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That's some very nice playing there! :)

I tried to find a tab for this one, but there's at least 10 differen Andantes by Fernando Sor, which one is this?

 
Posted : 11/08/2008 2:10 pm
(@alien)
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As you may know "andante" is a tempo marking meaning "at a walking pace". Old metronomes from the 19th century show andante as 69 bpm but modern ones have andante at around 80 - 100 bpm. I wonder if it means that people walk faster these days :D

That's a pretty important to know when you're looking at older music. I guess even time suffers from inflation...
I'd prefer a nylon string guitar but it does not sound so strange, it sound to me as a harpsychord.

That's a tele direct to the recorder + reverb (maybe a little too much).
I tried to find a tab for this one, but there's at least 10 differen Andantes by Fernando Sor, which one is this?

I don't know where it came from originally, it's reprinted in Shearer vol. 2. I looked around for awhile in the Sor method ( http://www.fernandosor.fr.st/ ) but couldn't find it. :|

Since I got positive feedback I''ll probably try this again sometime...

 
Posted : 12/08/2008 2:02 pm
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Very nice! Classical guitar on a Tele. Sounds kind of funny when you think about it in simple terms. You've proven that it's all about the fingers. Keep on rockin......er, I mean grooving. (or classing?) Whatever. Very nice.

Roy
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Posted : 12/08/2008 5:08 pm
 Nuno
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The Teles are amazing guitars!

I agree, I think you should try it again!

Congrats! :D

 
Posted : 12/08/2008 8:40 pm