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Post by creamburmese on Jan 1, 2017 0:54:23 GMT
Porthcawl. You local?
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 31, 2016 15:38:57 GMT
Thanks Chris - I know that's what the CITES legislation says for personal exemptions - but per the fretboard podcast not all CITES signatory countries have agreed to implement the personal exemption. I understand that the US and Canada have - as for the UK - no information... I'm going to try to find out on Tuesday, when hopefully some government offices will be open... I have applied for a guitar passport for my Brazilian guitar - who knows if it will be granted or if so, when, but I had assumed (until recently) that I could bring the Indian rosewood one without paperwork. Unfortunately I have 3 guitars, and they are all rosewood!
Julie
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 30, 2016 22:00:08 GMT
Also thank you Robbie for the field trip suggestions! Julie
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 30, 2016 21:58:04 GMT
Thanks for the info everyone - I believe Brians post describes the "personal effects" exemption- which I know does apply in the US. However the fretboard podcast clearly indicated that not all countries have signed onto the personal effects exemption, which is why I asked if anyone knew whether the UK had signed on. I will see if I can get an answer from the link (thanks!) on Monday. Otherwise current plan is to bring the old dauphin (which is aged plywood coated with rosewood and wouldnt be a total disaster if they felt the need to use it for firewood. However it's a bear to play because of the chunky neck so I'm not looking forward to it!
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 30, 2016 2:41:18 GMT
Hi all I need some advice - I usually visit the UK with my 2009 classical guitar that has Indian rosewood back and sides - however I only just found out that new CITES regulations requiring permits or passports for ALL rosewoods crossing international borders will go into effect January 2 2017. I'm behind the curve on this, and way too late to get a passport for a perfectly legal guitar for my trip next week. Does anyone know if the UK recognizes the personal effects exemption for guitars in CITES II that would allow me to carry it without paperwork? The US does, but I can't figure out the info on the CITES website at all. Otherwise I risk losing it, or could be stuck without a guitar for 2 whole weeks, which is tragic , particularly as I was planning on getting some good guitar time in while on vacation! Incidentally I will be in South Wales if anyone knows of any good guitar - related places to visit... Cheers Julie
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 13, 2016 15:08:38 GMT
I'm trying to come up with medium term goals.... this is next on my list
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 13, 2016 14:31:41 GMT
Of course some folk are happy just to be doing the Sunday footie thing, but it never feels enough for me, and yet it's all I have. So somehow I have to find a way to deal with that. This is exactly what I'm trying to deal with. I read somewhere that this is one of the biggest differences between adult learners and kids - the kids don't compare themselves with the teacher or the pros - they just get on with learning and don't assume they have to be as good as the teacher. Adults on the other hand, see /hear the excellence around them and may make depressing comparisons ... I'm trying to deal with this by working towards different goals ... playing in places that would appreciate this "lower" level of accomplishment, and wouldn't be able to pay, or have access to the experts. Of course i have to learn to better deal with performance anxiety first - but it does feel like an 'achievable" goal for me... Maybe I should write a blog post on this ... this whole conflict has been worrying me almost since I started learning guitar, and writing about it often helps me organize my thoughts... nb Type A personality - driven to succeed...
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 9, 2016 21:02:00 GMT
I've always been a type A personality - gotta be the best (or at least the best I can be). This isn't working out so well as I get older so I have been trying to rejigger my thinking so I don't feel constantly frustrated by unattainable goals. The way I'm approaching this is to make new goals that are process-oriented rather than goal oriented - (roughly speaking, participating in activities rather achieving success). This fits well with my intention to use music to contribute in some way as I move towards retirement and another life phase (which I don't intend to spend sitting around watching TV and lying on a beach!!!) I'm thinking to expand the "playing in a nursing home" to "playing for other people who may not have access to music" Still working on it though....
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 9, 2016 18:49:35 GMT
I SO relate to this. "I take the holistic approach that it's not just the playing that counts it's the whole scenario of being immersed in guitar. This includes too much time watching youtube videos of things I can't play, going to concerts by performers whose standards I can't even hope to get anywhere near" Makes us goal-oriented types want to scrap the guitar for(expensive) firewood. However I console myself that the whole "immersed in guitar" thing has brought a new dimension to my life that I didn't know existed, and I'm enjoying every minute of it (except those minutes when I'm being given the evil eye by the orchestra conductor for losing my place, or maybe those minutes when I discover I've given myself tennis elbow from practicing the wrong way). Jokes aside though - does anyone else struggle with knowing you will never be anywhere near as good as a kid just out of music school? Count yourself out if you were one of those kids...
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 8, 2016 15:54:42 GMT
I will reinvigorate this thread cos I like it. So here's another tip that works for me (when I remember anyway) - make sure each time you practice you have a goal in mind (however small). I attempted to put down lots of useful tips I wish I remembered when I'm playing in my still-active blog
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 5, 2016 22:13:31 GMT
LOL! (good job they don't have intercontinental drones capable of throwing socks!!!) My story about this is I asked my guitar teacher to recommend a beginner music theory book (if you're interested he suggested a book called "harmonic materials in tonal music") - long story short - it took me about 3 days to decipher the first 3 pages. His idea of a beginner book and mine were obviously not on the same planet. I subsequently worked my way slowly through the introductory book PRIOR to that and then took a year taking weekly theory classes. This got me up to the stage where I could just about begin this "beginner" book - though admittedly I haven't actually had another go at it yet...
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 5, 2016 22:04:22 GMT
I think the central question here is whether you really really want to play the piece - I never get bored with them - each new bit that emerges as music is its own reward. On the other hand for pieces that I don't really care about but I have to do because they are 'good for me' (that currently includes the Bach cello Bourree in Em and some boring Sor stuff) I get through that by allocating a certain amount of time to work on specific bits each day. When the timer goes off, I'm done for the day and can move on to something else. The secret to my mind is having a good balance between what I would call 'technical' pieces that might possibly just advance my playing ability, and 'fun' pieces that I want to add to my repertoire. , I have been pondering on this recently because my guitar playing was getting to be less fun - so I wrote about it (where else?) on my blog adultguitarjourney.blogspot.com
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 5, 2016 21:49:40 GMT
You can all throw things at me here (or you may be far beyond this - I'm a relative beginner), but I think you might consider delving more into music theory ( composition, tonal harmonization) and follow that with the typical chordal patterns used in eg. jazz, bossa nova, modal music etc. I'm always blown away by the way the pro classical guitarists can just take a simple melody and harmonize it 3 different ways for 3 entirely different sounds...all based on their knowledge of theory...
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Post by creamburmese on Dec 5, 2016 21:32:31 GMT
Great resource - and I note that if you put in 'guitar' it pulls up a list of music for guitars Also a lot of free public domain classical music on www.delcamp.netjulie
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Post by creamburmese on Nov 23, 2016 3:25:06 GMT
I agree with Andy. Even before I got old (!) I managed to do in both wrists with a computer mouse. Why both? Because I switched hands when the first one got carpal tunnel and then got it in the other one ;( For the last 15 years or so I've used the trackpad (or before I had a laptop I had a plug-in trackpad), It's always set to tap not click so no pressure is required, and I've not had a problem since. I seem to remember It took surprisingly little time to adjust . If only the so-called keyboard on my phone was as easy to work ;-o
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