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Post by creamburmese on Sept 8, 2014 19:55:57 GMT
Just thought a picture might be of interest - I think it's a very pretty shape, and the finish obligingly shows every fingerprint so I have to keep it clean www.dropbox.com/s/dy0q6s1v8ytpb1z/photo.JPG?dl=0Anybody else have problems with the Elixir strings? I know they are great for a manufacturer to put on because they last forever, but I can't get over how slippy they are...
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Post by creamburmese on Sept 8, 2014 15:13:35 GMT
That guitar does sound nice! ( I play that Catalayud piece- got it out of a book on Spanish music for guitar that my mum found for me in a car boot sale - do you have it too? - there are some really pretty pieces in that book - I'm currently working on one that translates roughly as "Gypsy's lament"). Anyway I don't have any problem with the fingerboard width but I'm with you on the dots to fretboard translation issue ) I have an old Japanese Dauphin classical guitar that is probably 25 years or so old that sounds surprisingly good...it sat in the closet being alternately heated in our wet humid baltimore summers then frozen in our sub zero winters for about 20 years - maybe that's what is required for good tone
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Post by creamburmese on Sept 6, 2014 14:35:28 GMT
Hi all! Thank you for the interesting ccmments and observations. No prizes for guessing right but I'm impressed!! I would never have put it down for a Taylor. So yes the j45TV will be on it's way out the door. However try before you buy might be problematic as I live in the US! (And am currently in Oregon for a wedding having spent all day trekking by plane across the states from Maryland yesterday and will be doing the same back tomorrow. There are definitely disadvantages on living in such a spread out place! So on my list to do when I get back is to try to take some photos to post - probably try AGF first as I've bought and sold a number of guitars on there in my quest for the ideal acoustic. Don't know what I'm going to do in my spare time now I have one I'm currently satisfied with;)
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Post by creamburmese on Sept 5, 2014 12:59:44 GMT
Hi all! Many apologies for the recording - fingers keep slipping off the $&** elixir strings. And thanks to those plucky enough to have a guess. In case you really were wondering- It is a big box store- so pretty inevitably with a whole wall of acoustics it's one of the big 3 US makers. So I own a very nice Gibson (and obviously like them) and that leaves Martin or Taylor. I like martins but am usually put off by the pronounced base compared with the trebles and the necks are usually too big for my hands. Don't usually even bother with Taylors because to my ears they sound really jangly (if that's a word) and confusing. So appearances to the contrary this is actually a brand new Taylor 712e 12 fret Sitka/rosewood ..it's about the same size as a classical guitar complete with slot head and butterbean tuners - I'll post a picture later if I can't figure out how to on the phone. It has a shallow neck - more like a classical even than regular Taylor's. I was way more than shocked at the fat trebles, great sustain, solid base and relative lack of overtones. Did I mention sustain and the fat trebles? totally different sound to the Gibson and the Brook - both of which tend towards that twangy bluegrass sound. I'm in love! I've decided the Gibson TV will be sacrificed cos I just put the newtone heritage strings on the Brook and I'm enjoying the transformation.
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Post by creamburmese on Sept 5, 2014 0:15:02 GMT
So I decided to treat myself to a browse in our local "big box" guitar store yesterday - it was my day off so I got to go in the middle of the day when there was no-one else in the acoustic room. So after playing all my favorite guitars, I try a few from the "dark wall" (gutars I don't usually like). And I was blown away by this one guitar.... spent several HOURS playing it yesterday and skipped off work early today to go check to see if it was really as nice as I thought it was. It ended up following me home... So I shocked myself (after all, I thought I didn't like these guitars) but after playing with it some more on home turf it's definitely staying. Only question now is which guitar I get to sell - sob - the Brook Taw or the Gibson J45 TV. My guises is neither will get much play time now so one has to go.
Anybody want to take a guess the make or size or model if you recognize it? (here's a very clumsy sound sample....)
Julie https%3A//soundcloud.com/creamburmese/new-guitar-day-2
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 27, 2014 23:09:32 GMT
I like the idea of landmarks for getting back on board when lost - I'm playing a bass part so as yet not sure quite how it fits into the melody lines - all classical pieces of course, so not necessarily stuff that I'm familiar with. Will see if there's anything on youtube. - still I suppose this is one way to get better There are at least 2 other players playing the same part, so I'm currently hoping earnestly that they know what they are doing.... one of the pieces cracks along at about 180 and it's highly unlikely I will ever be able to play it at that speed.... perhaps there are tricks, like only playing half the notes Anyway thanks for the encouragement and support --- and you can expect a full report of the roadkill at a future date
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 27, 2014 22:59:10 GMT
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 26, 2014 21:56:30 GMT
I got this from Wikipedia.... the earliest use of the word recorder was in the household of the Earl of Derby (later to become King Henry IV) in 1388: fistula nomine Recordour.[6] The name originates from the use of the word ricordare especiale, which means "remember" in Italian.
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 26, 2014 21:18:28 GMT
In a fit of enthusiasm I signed up to join a guitar orchestra run by our local classical guitar society. What was I thinking? (Actually I know what it was thinking - I suck at translating those little black dots on the page into noises coming from the guitar and I thought it might be a good way of forcing myself to get better at it while having some fun playing with other people). I was very careful to describe my skills (or lack thereof) and they still said OK.... Having been sent the music I realize that I'm actually expected to be able to play it in 2 weeks when the rehearsals start.... so now I'm having kittens and serious second thoughts. it's not hard, but hard enough that I'm unlikely to have learned to play the first 8 or so pages by the first rehearsal, not to mention more for the following weeks. Really, I'd rather give a talk to a few hundred people than do this... apart from practicing hard in the meantime, anyone got any suggestions?
Julie
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 26, 2014 17:08:30 GMT
I used to play the descant recorder in concerts at school in the previous century when I was young (even though my kids don't believe I could ever have been actually, you know, less than a century old). I recently picked up an all wood tenor recorder in a used bookstore ...thought after soaking the mouthpiece in peroxide a bit I would take it to a folk workshop I have coming up for when my guitar skills aren't up to it. However discovered my fingers don't reach the end so I can't play the lowest notes.... drat - I was never wonderful but could play a fair few tunes.... will have to soldier on with the guitar I guess.
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 18, 2014 17:20:29 GMT
I'm actually wondering about getting a different version of this support - I have the A-frame right now, but as I tilt the guitar to see where I"m putting my fingers (I know, BAD - but my guitar teacher hasn't seen fit to correct that, though he isn't shy about correcting all sorts of other stuff ) , the A-frame kind of gradually slides off my knee or the suction cups gradually peel off the guitar, with predictable results. And I like to be able to see what my hands are doing. Hence I use the footstool. However if I could find one that you could rotate the guitar a bit while it stayed flat on my knee I might use it.... anyone got any ideas?
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 14, 2014 2:40:49 GMT
I wondered about his because I play in classical position. At guitar camp I noticed Muriel Anderson was playing a classical on her right leg with the neck still up. She achieved this using a guitar support - a " neck up" I think she used.
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 12, 2014 17:16:31 GMT
I am currently fighting with string squeak in a fast transition - 16th note down one fret on the low E (classical guitar - mine LOVES to squeak on the 3 base strings) Anyway, the way I was told to handle it was to take that finger off but keep the hand position by sliding one of the fingers on the treble strings instead (which don't squeak because they are all nylon), then put it back down again. Unfortunately this requires coordination..... I'm going to try pressure and angle variations as suggested Julie
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 12, 2014 17:00:27 GMT
Yeah but classical guitarists have this strange idea that they have to play EXACTLY what is on the sheet music. If I have to change something (either because of incompetence or because I prefer the sound) and my teacher finds out (i.e. listens), he actually annotates the score - even though by that time I probably haven't actually looked at the score in weeks because learning the notes for me only takes a fraction of the time it takes for me to learn to actually play it :-o BTW this week I've been making a determined effort to "finish" some of the pieces I've been working on. I like Alison's idea of actually recording them as a means of giving yourself permission to move on.... hence Bossa Nova is not moving forward as it should. Julie
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 11, 2014 13:15:49 GMT
I didn't think they impeded my enjoyment at all - there were a great many more quiet shifts than squeaky ones....
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