Fernando Sor Op. 60 No'23 - Etude

[Wrighty]

Hi all

I am loving these Etudes and have stopped working on all my other pieces while I try to improve technique using both Sor and Carcassi to help. They all have so much to offer and are a lot of fun to work on.

This is the second Sor Study for me and has a few challenging bits in that need work - there is also a bit more string noise than I would like.

Thanks for listening;

[FrankHS]

Nice! Your recordings become more musical each time. I think that piece does allow for you to lift up off the D string for each of squeaky shifts, which then wont squeak much, if any. (But treble holds contact as guide strings.)

[chuckv97]

Nice work,, I enjoyed that.

[UKPhil]

Lovely job Peter!!

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by FrankHS

Nice! Your recordings become more musical each time. I think that piece does allow for you to lift up off the D string for each of squeaky shifts, which then wont squeak much, if any. (But treble holds contact as guide strings.)

Thanks Frank, indeed it does - and I was consciously doing so but clearly not enough!

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by UKPhil

Lovely job Peter!!

Thanks Phil - you found me over here in the classical forum!

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by chuckv97

Nice work,, I enjoyed that.

Thanks Chuck!

[Gitfiddlemann]

Nicely done Peter. I think your tone is getting better, more classical sounding. Your practice is paying off!

I am loving these Etudes and have stopped working on all my other pieces while I try to improve technique using both Sor and Carcassi to help.

You can't go wrong there. Even the simplest of Sor studies is worthy of our practice time. He was a master at blending technical challenges with beautiful melodies. Carcassi is more direct in this regard, like going to the gym , but very helpful too.
That's one of the problems with classical. There's too much quality to choose from!
(Dionisio Aguado may be another composer you might want to check out for technical studies that are both helpful and musical).

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by AndreF

Nicely done Peter. I think your tone is getting better, more classical sounding. Your practice is paying off!



You can't go wrong there. Even the simplest of Sor studies is worthy of our practice time. He was a master at blending technical challenges with beautiful melodies. Carcassi is more direct in this regard, like going to the gym , but very helpful too.

That's one of the problems with classical. There's too much quality to choose from!

(Dionisio Aguado may be another composer you might want to check out for technical studies that are both helpful and musical).

Thanks, as always, Andre for the support and encouragement. Sounding more classical is good!

I love Carcassi Op 60 no’3 - that’s the only one I have worked on so far.

I’ll definitely check Aguado out - thanks.

[Su_H.]

Very nicely done. I can't wait to hear Capricho Arabe.

[Carey]

Nicely played! I think you're definitely getting the spirit of this poignant little
piece- one of my three favorite Sor studies, and maybe the one with the
most bang for the buck, IMO.

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by Su_H.

Very nicely done. I can't wait to hear Capricho Arabe.

Thanks Su, I have put it on hold a for a little while as I need to focus on technique a bit more :-)

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by Carey

Nicely played! I think you're definitely getting the spirit of this poignant little

piece- one of my three favorite Sor studies, and maybe the one with the

most bang for the buck, IMO.

Thanks Carey, what are your other two favourites?

[Carey]

My other two favorites are both from Opus 6: #8 (aka Segovia #1), and
#12 (Segovia #14). The latter one is too difficult for me really, but it's beautiful and I enjoy working on bits of it.

[Wrighty]

Originally Posted by Carey

My other two favorites are both from Opus 6: #8 (aka Segovia #1), and

#12 (Segovia #14). The latter one is too difficult for me really, but it's beautiful and I enjoy working on bits of it.

Thanks, I’ll look them up!