Classical guitar duet. This is the 2nd practice recording.

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Left: Joe

• Guitar: ROMERIGO 罗美里哥 S 11
• Strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT (new strings, less than 24 hours)

Right: Angelo

• Guitar: Esteve

Sound recording device: ZOOM H1 Handy Recorder. Input level: 60; WAV: 44KHz/16bit.
Video recording device: Samsung TL350/WB2000 digital camera. 1920 x 1080 @ 30p HQ.

Classical guitar duet. This is our 1st practice recording.

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Left: Joe

• Guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版）
• Strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT (more than 6-month old strings)

Right: Angelo

• Guitar: Esteve

Sound recording device: Sony ECM-MS907 microphone + Sony MD, MZ-RH910
Video recording device: Samsung TL350/WB2000 digital camera

Video is recorded in 1920 x 1080 @ 30p HQ.

guitar 1: Joe (left 1), more than 6-month old strings, LaBella 2001 Classical MHT
guitar 2: Angelo (left 3)
guitar 3: Willis (left 2)
guitar 4: Jimmy (right 1)

This is the 3rd practice recording of this Canon in D.

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This is the 1st practice recording of the 2nd Movement of D Major Concerto.

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barbeque, beer, chat, play the guitar, solo & quartet..

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There are multi-layers of packing:

The outer layer is a thick cardboard box.

The 2nd layer is a big plastic bag.

The 3rd layer is a bubble wrap.

The 4th layer is the guitar case.

Finally, the guitar, Samllman 2010.

the guitar, Smallman 2010

In case of examination by the U.S. customs, the last defense on this guitar is a piece of paper.

the last defense for the guitar

Surprisingly, all strings on this guitar are in regular tension when we open the case. They are not loosed before the guitar is shipped.

1-2-3 strings:  Hannabach Carbon Trebles (red)

4-5-6 strings:  D’Addario Pro-Arte EJ46

Part 1:

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to be continued…

Left 1: Dr. Chia
Left 2: Joe ( Guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版） Strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT )
Left 3: Angelo
Left 4: Jimmy

The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)

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“It is never right to play ‘rag time’ fast.” – Scott Joplin

http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/20th/ragtime.html

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, from BWV 147 (J. S. Bach)

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见国内在线视频网站：

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Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

February 20, 2010

Guitarist: Gabriel Bianco (2008 GFA Winner)

Microphone: Sony ECM-MS907 + Sony MD, MZ-RH910

• The microphone is placed at the back of this lecture hall. I put it on the floor at the right side of the hall.
• No sound effects is added to this video.
• Sony ECM-MS907 is power by one AA battery.
• Sony MD, MZ-RH910 is power by one AA battery.

I’ll upload all videos I’ve got to my YouTube channel one by one. Stay tuned!

Julia Florida (Agustín Barrios Mangoré)

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La Catedral (Agustín Barrios Mangoré)

• I. Preludio saudade
• II. Andante religioso
• III. Allegro solemne

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Lob der Tranen (Praise of Tears) D.711z (Franz Schubert)

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Guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版）

Strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT (very old strings, the winding metal of the 4th string is broken at the 4th fred)

Microphone: Sony ECM-MS907

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This is one of Heitor Villa-Lobos’ famous classical guitar study. It says a arpeggio study in the subtitle of the manuscript. It sounds like a study for right hand. This confuses me for quite a long time. I find out that the notes in each measure landed at terrible places. It makes me very hard to execute right hand arpeggio and I even doubt it this is a arpeggio study. There is almost no fingering on the score. It makes the left hand fingering awfully hard to figure out. There are lots of possibilities to play one single measure.

I keep changing both my left hand and right hand fingering through out my learning process. The previous 5 videos are the prove. Fingerings on each one of them are different. I can’t say my fingering is finalized in the video, but it’s workable so far. It depends on what I want to practice & improve. I may still keep changing it over time.

My current focus is a-m-i-p and p-i-m-a coordination on different “string-groups”. That means, sometimes, more than 1 stock on the same string, but the right hand still keeps the arpeggio fingering. There are some unusual string-crossings when I keep doing this way. There should be ways to improve it. But I’m keeping this fingering for my current practicing purpose.

At the last note of the 4th measure, I play a D the 1st time(I think it should be a D, the same as the 2nd note of this measure), then an E the 2nd time(It says on VL’s manuscript), because I’m not sure if there is a human mistake on Heitor Villa-Lobos’ manuscript. As a practice, my fingering ensures that it can be easily performed in both ways. I hope someone can prove what note it suppose to be.

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I’m so happy to receive my Christmas gift, SAMSUNG T260HD. This is an amazing computer monitor first. Then, it is a TV as a bonus.

• Screen Size: 25.5″
• Pixel Pitch:  0.287mm
• Resolution:  1920 x 1200 (This is a HD plus, better than regular 1080p)
• Brightness:  300 cd/m2
• Contrast Ratio:  DC 10000:1(1000:1)
• Response Time:  5ms (Fast enough to avoid any ghost shadow)
• Connectors:    D-Sub, DVI, HDMI (There are 2 HDMI input ports)
• Built-in Analog & Digital TV Tuner (ATSC/QAM) with remote control

But soon, I start to panic right after I replace my Acer 22″ LCD monitor. My table is too small:)

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I receive a surprise gift on 2010 new year’s day. It’s “Maracaípe“, two young Chinese guitarists Meng Su & Yameng Wang’s most recent CD. It’s produced by Tonar Music, guitarist Manuel Barrueco’s studio.

The performance in this CD is simply amazing. I personally like their solos more than their duets. Don’t need to say anything. Just get one listen by your won ears. Please read more introduction from GFA’s website.

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Guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版）

Strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT

Microphone: Sony ECM-MS907

This video was recorded in Joe’s living room in Alhambra, California on December 30, 2009.

(my 5th try)

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