Here from time to time I’ll be posting updates to give a little more insight on my work, random thoughts on other subjects as well as information on new projects and similar things.
Even though epidemic did “mix my cards” a bit, I kept practicing guitar, making dozens of arrangements and stayed even more focused! During next week I’ll will try to bring one of the arrangements – in a so called “fingerstyle guitar”, – to a decent level, record and respectively publish it đ So if you […]
read moreYesterday was a concert at the Estonia concert hall. The hall was full and Estonian Radio was broadcasting the event. Brett Dean’s “Fire Music” really impressed the public! Programme Note Fire Music was written in response to the disastrous âBlack Saturdayâ bushfires of 2009. Brett Dean: “As part of my background reading while writing the piece, […]
read moreBrett Dean’s âFire Musicâ is rhythmically a pretty difficult piece . I used to play quite a lot of contemporary music: Electric Counterpoint by S. Reich, Domino Figures by W. Siegel and many others. All those were challenging pieces, but there always were clear places to refer your part to. In the current composition – […]
read moreIn the beginning of the summer 2020 Merry Mind Duo (Anu-Mari UuspÔld and Dmitri Timoshenko) will perform at the Italian Music Festival in Haapsalu, Estonia.More information coming soon.
read moreCouple of days ago (to be more precise – on the day of my birthday. What a coincidence!) received an offer to play a guitar with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. I accepted the offer, received the score and now sitting and practicing. Because the concert is already next week! đ By the way, it was […]
read more1 tune – 3 difficulty levels. From Zero to Hero đ
read moreToday weâll talked about another portion of WARM-UP exercises! I use them myself and suggest you try. âHammer-onâ âPull-offâ Walkingâ âHammer-onâ and âpull-offâ techniques have been used in all the guitar music for a very long time. These exercises train fingers and both handsâ coordination.
read moreHey guys, Hope you are doing fine. These days I’ve been preparing a lot of teaching material (exercises and pieces) for students of different levels and organizing concerts for them, reading about / and studying fingerstyle technique, arranging and practicing traditional Latin-America songs and dances for one guitar (will have a gig with it in […]
read moreNow its December and itâs the most wonderful time of the year! Today we will learn a Christmas tune called âSilent Nightâ, originally âStille Nachtâ, by notes and tabs. I hope you enjoy it đ
read moreToday we will learn how to play a song called âShallowâ performed by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper. I spent some time preparing the ORIGINAL VERSION, because there are many of those on YouTube who play and teach it close to the original, but not really the same. So, here you have THE REAL ONE! […]
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