Chris on Twitter (Week of

  • A new post from the Classical Guitar Blog's newest author: http://classicalguitarblog.net/fHwN #
  • I want to put an author box (info, websites, picture, etc.) on the CG blog posts. Top of the post or the bottom? I'm thinking top… #
  • RT @ProducerCody: The truth, finally revealed to all women: http://xkcd.com/642/ #
  • Monday Motivation: Presti/Lagoya Edition http://classicalguitarblog.net/TADQ #
  • Off to school. Have to teach a music theory course this morning. Topics: Modulations and Pivot Chords. mmm theory. #
  • had the knack for a fast (ish, 110bpm) p i alternation tremolo last week. Now it's lost. Going on the hunt for it again. #
  • RT @MichaelSavona: Classical Guitar tip of the day: Practicing staccatto scales on one string will tighten up your movements considerably. #
  • RT @tferriss: Before you design another web page, consider these 10 findings http://su.pr/1MeHMV via @gambrill #
  • Thinking about compiling a guitar sight-reading course. #
  • RT @guitarnoize: Vernon Reid (@Vunrt22) takes top position on the Top Guitarists On Twitter chart http://su.pr/2CCGwM #
  • The Most Important Note http://classicalguitarblog.net/wk1H #
  • RT @stanleyyates: what kind of things would you like me to write about on the blog? #
  • RT @brianbarone: Corbetta: Esteban for the 16th century. #
  • RT @KevinLarrabee: New T-Nation article is up (Inject Some Testosterone into Your Health Club): http://bit.ly/SvaYh #
  • Squatted 270 for 6 reps today. I have a throat is sore… uh oh…. http://doihaveswineflu.org/ #
  • RT @perfdecastro You can now purchase CAPARISON via digital download (individual tracks or full album) on CDBaby page. http://bit.ly/w2A7w #
  • RT @MelBayMusic: Happy Birthday Les Claypool! #
  • my throat hurts like crazy. Should be gone by tomorrow i hope. For now: diet sprite and maybe some tea. #
  • http://su.pr/1SliUH the anti-twitter. #
  • Stumbleupon sent 250 people to the CG Blog in the last two hours. Very strange. To this post: http://classicalguitarblog.net/paDF #
  • I laugh when people say "Elegie" by Mertz has an "inventive use of harmony." #
  • It might have to go a bit more outside the box than dominant for that to be true. #
  • http://su.pr/1dvMz3 on page one for a google search of "classical guitar lessons" #
  • http://su.pr/1t7n7S Some nice playing from my Friend Justin Osborne #
  • Take a sick day. Cancelled all my lessons for tonight. Going to be a pain to make up, but better than spreading my sickness around. #
  • Working on typesetting Guiliani op. 45. I'd like to get all the notes in today. Do the fingering/phrase another day. #
  • It's a real pain to type set 19C music. Way to many voices going on. #
  • Scary Looking Music http://su.pr/2EQbyb #
  • http://su.pr/4K7pFD Here's the same piece as in the colorful picture, but "finished" (some cleaning up left to do). #
  • Some Decrescendo markings in this Giuliani are clearly wrong. But what are they meant to be!? Probably accents. #
  • Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S.) RT @guitarlifestyle: I have a tendency to want whatever guitar I don't have. It's a problem. #
  • Why is finale so difficult sometimes. I just want to move a measure up a system. I don't want to change my entire layout! #
  • Some FREE sheet music. Please take a look at this and let me know if you find any errors http://classicalguitarblog.net/5dkH #
  • Just lined up another gig at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. March 9th. Three recitals counts as "tour" right?! #
  • Almost completely forgot I have an interview with Scott Tennant tonight. That would have been embarrassing. #
  • Great interview with Scott Tennant. Going to edit it down and it should be up next week. #
  • Uh oh! the Audio and Video are not synced up on t he tennant interview. NOT GOOD. Is there a way to fix this? #
  • Xuefei Yang on BBC http://classicalguitarblog.net/P0no #
  • The LAGQ is playing in Sewanee, TN: doing the Don Quixote thing they did last spring with John Cleese. I might have to go. #
  • Guitar playing feels really tense and not good today. Very strange. #
  • Fixed the audio on the Tennant interview. This weekends project: Editing it into youtube sized chunks. (about 35mins total video time) #
  • Listening to Strauss and catching up on some emails and other CG blog business. #
  • practicing sight reading because I suck at it. #
  • I love it when people tweet (via API) me to tell me about guitar lessons. Do they really want me to go look and give them a crap review? #
  • Find stuff to sight read for the next week. Should I write a post with what I'm reading through? #
  • Trouble with finding public domain music for reading is that I've read through a lot of it. And I can't remember what I've read through! #
  • Dear Don Ross, the bass solo in Thin Air is what I call a poor choice. It makes me not listen to that song. #
  • Project for this weekend: learn the final movement of the Berkeley Theme and Variations. Just learned the first section. #
  • RT @UnderTheBar: Please RT – Let's get the word out on How To Spot The Bench Press http://twurl.nl/41e77n #
  • Of to school. Lots of thing to do this afternoon. Practice, study Dowland, etc. #
  • http://su.pr/1jHSUO Not sure how this video has 1,000 views. But that's cool! #
  • http://su.pr/1rCARe Watch me make tons of mistakes in this video from three years ago. (at the Christopher Parkening summer masterclass) #
  • http://su.pr/19T2Lx New Lovezors.com image! Check it out! #
  • sight reading. That's the best way to spend a friday night. Here's what I'm sight reading: http://tinyurl.com/yc4xzn6 #
  • It's amazing how little expression markings are 19C guitar music, and there's so much music there. #
  • http://su.pr/2PJjCO My Fellow grad student at APSU playing some Sor. #
  • I'm feeling good today. Sore throat is on the retreat. #
  • Brought the electric guitar to lessons this morning. Haven't played it in a few months! #
  • I get very excited when I see 300+ subscribers to the CG Blog. THANK YOU for supporting what I'm doing, it means a lot. #
  • I need an office or a music room or something. #
  • The common thread in most of Dowland's Post-cadential ornamentation is a lowered seventh and descending motion. In case you were wondering. #
  • Got a little hate going on with my facebook profile and @michelle_reinke is pissed. #
  • http://classicalguitarblog.net/pBdo examples of the John Dowland free ornamentation I mentioned earlier (the Pavans are from a piano transcr #
  • after I get my masters degree I'm going to use Yoda-style sentences and make all my students call me "Master Chris." For Serious. #
  • Watching/editing recital videos from two years ago. They'll be up on youtube soon enough. I was not terribly good at guitar then. #
  • I stopped and tuned after every piece in my junior recital. (even movements!) That's a bit excessive. #
  • Can't put the Brouwer piece up youtube, it's too badly done. #
  • I just had to turn down a wedding gig. I'll be out of town. Disappointing. I always like to do those. #
  • NONE of the videos I uploaded to youtube have the audio and video synced up. Fantastic. #
  • http://su.pr/1bG7Ix Forgive student loan debt to stimulate the economy. I could get behind that idea. #
  • Searching for college music jobs is depressing. #

Posted on October 4, 2009 in Social Media

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