Still Workin' "vivaldi", And a new camera, Cosmin!! |
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Mar 11 2012, 11:35 PM
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After my last minute rush to get a (somewhat failed) video into Cosmin's last collab, I went and got a new camera yesterday. Works great, so no more video/file issues!
Today at work, I took a moment to put together a quick take of my progress on Cosmin's "Vivaldi: Winter Arpeggios" lesson. I'm not quite at the lever/full speed to submit a REC vid yet. Pretty "close", but sometimes that small improvement from 80% to 100% (speed, accuracy and technique) is the most difficult to achieve! But to be honest, I think it will just come down to putting in the time and repetition on this piece. To be my own critic, I think most of my problems at this point are.... -picking hand is too wild. Minimize strokes, to improve efficiency -playing it more. Though I'm "familiar" with the piece, I need to run it more until it's "second nature" as opposed to this vid...you can see me watching and "thinking" my way through the riffs a bit too much. -I know the last note is staccato. I let it ring too much. -Cleaner on the epic, end riff run! -More precise timing -Not letting notes ring out, as I change positions down the neck from part to part Again, I think it will come with some solid repetition. I hope I can get along enough to submit a REC soon, otherwise I'll be busy with gigs and I may ultimately fall BACKWARDS if I go too long without putting time into this piece. --------------------   Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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Mar 13 2012, 06:35 PM
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Very, very awesome to see it in action with "Mozart Rocks"!! I had watched a few other vids of this piece after starting on this lesson (thanks...I had never explored Vivaldi. Great stuff!) and found some great performances. So, it was especially awesome to see you tackle some of the earlier portion of the piece, that I had seen performed on violin only.
Maybe someday I'll attempt to tackle the whole piece....for now, I'm gonna have to stick with the arpeggios lesson!! That's a brutal piece to learn!! Though you played amazingly in the old take, you can tell that you've "sharpened up" that arpeggios section especially. Did you end up devoting some extra time/effort into that, thus giving inspiration for the lesson? Though it's hard to hear you in the mix on the Mozart Rocks performance, I think you played well. But, I can relate a bit from EMULATOR.... sometimes, no matter how tight I have something down, it's so different on stage with the mix, lights, lasers, crowd, band energy and more. Basically, it isn't uncommon for one of us to have a quick "slip" on something we otherwise have down tight. Usually not to the point the crown notices, but enough to frustrate us!! I can't imagine how different it is performing that piece at home, vs. live. The dynamics must be difficult. QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 13 2012, 03:50 AM)  Gabe, here are two of my versions - one recorded last year when I was rehearsing for playing it first time with the orchestra and the second is the actual live recording from one of the concerts: You will notice some level of suckyness here and there (especially at the tapping part which for some reason came out pretty dirty)  but hey, I'm only human  -------------------- Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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Mar 13 2012, 10:41 PM
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This is the first video I watched, after getting into the lesson
So, I certainly feel your pain on trying to express the dynamics of the violin line near the beginning!! WOW!! Either way, you are rocking it! And what a challenge to overcome. It must feel great to see pieces like this, once they're brought to the stage. And I thought the preparation for EMULATOR was difficult!! -------------------- Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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Vivaldi's music has incredible feel and dynamics to it, plus, a very fresh sound which has nothing to do with the shreddy neo-classic stuff which I grew bored of - too many Yngwie copies out there, if you ask me 
but eventually, I remind myself that rocking out is what I came to do there Posts in this topic
derper Still Workin' "vivaldi" Mar 11 2012, 11:35 PM
Cosmin Lupu Hey Gab! nice take man and what's nicer, ... Mar 12 2012, 10:23 AM
derper Thanks for the support Cosmin. Also, since you ha... Mar 12 2012, 06:23 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (derper @ Mar 12 2012, 05:23 PM) Th... Mar 13 2012, 09:44 AM
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Todd Simpson Nice playing! And camera looks great! I n... Mar 12 2012, 11:21 PM derper Thanks Todd! I absolutely LOVE my Parker... Mar 13 2012, 12:16 AM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (derper @ Mar 13 2012, 05:35 PM) Ve... Mar 13 2012, 09:55 PM
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