Week 18 - the week of 2 videos, 2 studies and 2 guitars

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As I could not find the time to do a video last week, I was given one more week to practise study no 10 - and it has been a definite nice-to-have. Especially because the study contains such technical challenges! I wouldn't say, that I nailed it - but at least it is fairly clear, where the music wants to go. I have fallen in love with the contrast offered, by re-inserting the lyrical passage found in the 1928-manuscript, that was edited out in the published edition, therefore, as I hinted at, in last weeks text-only-post, it is now a part of my version of this study. My newly acquired Hans Henrik Hansen-guitar is perfect for the primitive, quasi-barbaric opening and endign - and it's unique singing qualities in the high register are perfect for the lyrical passage

etude no 10 from Thomas Lyng Poulsen on Vimeo.

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Sometimes, your past catchin gup with you, is not such a bad thing. In this case, I was thrilled to find, that study no 11, which I have played on earlier occasions, was already ready from the first playthrough (more or less). A fellow student once said: "My fingers remember" - and this was absolutely the case with this one! So I decided to film it too, and get back on schedule for my Villa-Lobos project. Musically, no comments are necessary - it speaks so clearly for itself. My trusyt old Rozas was the right gutiar for this one, I think; the warmth it holds in the lower register, is a perfect match for the opening theme, to my ears. The 1928 manuscript holds unique material for this one too, that didn't make it to the published edition. In this case, I find the formal structure of the published edition much clearer, which leads me to conclude, that this is the result of conscious editing, and not the haphasard ditto, that I sensed in study no 10. Because of this, i give you study 11, as published by Max Eschig.

etude no 11 from Thomas Lyng Poulsen on Vimeo.

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BTW: The video was shot in my new, currently empty music-room, in the house I spend the majority of my spare time fixing up, theses days.