Are you ready?
After my promise at the beginning of the year:
– I am going to work on my classical guitar this year. I really hope to practice 3 times a week and keep at it. I tend to go in cycles with this. In fact, to do this, I will commit to putting a video of myself on the blog playing something at the end of the year.
It may be Mary Had a Little Lamb, but I will do it… gulp…
I did practice – and about 6 days a week, too. If you missed my post on what I learned from my guitar, check it out here.
Recording these videos has been an adventure. First was finding a good spot to do it in with the best acoustics in the house I could find. Hence my upstairs hallway shot LOL!
I also made mistakes a lot from some nerves and just general goofs. (I should do an outtake video, although this is a family blog.). I had to decide which of the mistakes I made annoyed me the least to decide which take to use.
I will post a few videos over the next couple weeks for your enjoyment. I thought I would share a little short piece to start. This is a Carulli prelude in G major
: Curtsey :
Very nice Lori! It sounded great!
MAGNIFIQUE!
Worth the wait! Great job!
Beautiful!! Only you know where the mistakes are. Thanks for a nice Christmas present.
Very lovely, Lori!
Played like a true musician…so lovely!!
It sounds beautiful, Lori! You’re inspiring me to sit at the piano right now!!
That was really good, Lori! You didn’t talk in the video though. I was curious if you’d say something. 🙂 Great job on achieving one of your goals.
That was well worth the wait! Thank you, Lori!
Video is a tough nut to crack. So far all I’ve managed to do is create the outtake reel. 🙂
Brava! And encore!!! This sounded really lovely, Lori! Thanks for sharing this one with us; looking forward to more! (And it beat the heck out of my kazoo solo video a couple of Christmases ago, that’s for sure.)
Lori! That was so lovely! What a beautiful tone on your new guitar. I was so impressed watching you. your hands seem small and yet you were able to reach all the cords. (that was why I thought I couldn’t play guitar at my one attempt at it.
I so enjoyed listening to you and I loved your big smile at the end. Thank you so much for being willing to share this with us!
That was lovely! (and your guitar has a beautiful sound!)
Lovely! I really enjoyed seeing and hearing you play! Good job!
Have a very merry Christmas weekend!
Beautiful! 🙂
**leaps to feet and shouts BRAVO!!!**
That was fantastic!! I can’t imagine anyone would be able to pick out a single mistake–I certainly couldn’t. I thought you did a great job 🙂
:clapping: :clapping: :clapping: BRAVO! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping
Lori, you always amaze me… with all you do and now this! It was really beautiful sounding & actually calmed me down as I took deep breaths! 🙂 Congrats on this & you really are good!!!
Lori you are so BRAVE!!! And you played beautifully!!! Thanks so much for sharing! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Hugs! deb
That sounded SO good! What a pretty song too. What a great early present for your blog peeps!
Thank you for sharing, you are braver than I would be.
Lori! that was so awesome, I am totally inspired by you. I can’t wait for the end of 2012’s video!! you will be rockin’…Brava!
Fantastic!
I love it!! You amaze me
LOVE IT!!!!!! That was wonderful Lori! I love that you keep time with your head too. 😀 So proud of you and happy that you had the courage to share it with us!!
Beautiful! You’re playing so well. Can we make a request? How about your favorite Christmas song? 🙂
Lori,
You are a testament, in more ways than one, to what happens when a person sets their mind and heart to meeting a goal. Well done:) and thank you.
Lori, it’s fantastic. I usually don’t watch video’s but I watched this completely and I love, love the big smile at the end.
Wishing you and John a merry Christmas.
Bravo!!!!
Oh Lori, I’m standing and clapping!!! LOVE this!!!!! Thank you for sharing this with us, it is a lovely holiday treat.
That sounded very good to me! 🙂
Very nice! *clapping*
Beautiful – I’ve been pondering doing a speaking post…haven’t had the gumption yet.
Thanks for sharing!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Dawn
Girl, you are way too hard on yourself. That was simply lovely!
So beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing that with us!
Your guitar solo was a treat — thank you so much! I loved your dynamics, too — can’t imagine that’s very easy to do when you’re picking. Again, thanks — looking forward to the next one!
Thank you, Lori! That was wonderful!
Beautiful. I stumbled across your blog while searching for a one minute muffin recipe. I really enjoy hearing guitar and think you did an excellant job! I am learning to play the piano, a lifelong dream coming true. I recently bought a used guitar and hope to teach myself how to paly it too! Keep up the good work!
Somehow I missed this! I am so impressed by your playing. You can definitely tell you were a music major in college. 🙂