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What a great challenge for a January 1st! I like making ambitious plans on this day of the year!

Application (?)
I’m not sure if I get the application vs execution distinction, but here is the end goal : I’m working on Steven’s arrangements of Blue Moon and Summertime, I want to be able to play them with a good vibe. The first one, I can play, the second one I am still learning. But in both pieces, I am missing something: a groove, a vibe, a fluidity. That’s the musical part I want to improve.

I think a lot of it has to do with varying the strum types, so I’ll work on basic strumming (which I have never focused on since I started playing). And there are also some little technical difficulties in Blue Moon that I want to master (some of the pull off, the one triplet strum in the piece and the one hammer-on). So that’s the technical part that I want to improve to get some musicality out of it.

Execution (?)
And here is the practice session plan : for January, practice session should include
• a hammer-on pull-off routine
• some right hand exercise to develop a better sound (I got my hand on a Giuliani right hand technique book)
• Some strumming alternating between regular strum and triplet strum (to a metronome)
• Some strumming to practice regularity and alternating strum types (to a song)
• Learning the last part of Summertime
• Working on the passages from Blue Moon that still give me pause

(That’s a January 1st type of plan for me… I will probably cut that by half by next week though.)

Evaluation (?)
I’ll post back later, to report on progress … or on reduced expectations 🙂

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Here is my take at the Etude 5. It’s my first submission where I am able to submit at the recommended tempo, that’s some progress 🙂

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I am very impressed by all those Tocatta performances! Bravo!

Here is my take at Blue Moon. The arrangement is beautiful and I really enjoyed learning it, although it was very challenging!

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Here is my entry for the Travis Picking etude #23.

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Hello everyone,
Here is my take on Mad World. I still wish it was more fluid, but overall I am happy with what I was able to do this month. Looking forward to the next challenge!

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Thank you for holding this event! It provides a useful push to continue learning! I am not so glad of the result this month, but I am glad that there is a result!

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