Excellent extension of the Estudios Sencillos by Brouwer
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This is set 3 of Brouwer's Estudios Sencillos series, the first 20 were originally sets of 10 by publication. This series is a little easier than the previous 10 or so, but are still excellent etudes at an Intermediate difficult level, and most are good pieces of music too. All of them are written by Brouwer as an homage to a particular composer; Sor, Tarrega, Stravinsky, Barrios, Symanowski, etc. The last one, an homage to Stravinsky called Toccata, is probably the hardest of the set at a fast tempo and is probably at the high end of the Intermediate level physically. Each etude has a short description/purpose written by Brouwer.
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Elise Carr Sumner has accomplished something wonderful here. She has produced an album of songs that are instructive as well as enjoyable.
My 7-year-old daughter and I have been receiving Spanish instruction for most of the past year. We've learned the numbers, colors, body parts, nouns, verbs, some conversation -- the usual, I'm sure. And it's been lots of fun.
And then a few weeks ago we received this marvelous CD, and we've had it in the player ever since.
My daughter started picking up the songs almost immediately. She follows the lyrics in the book -- it is very readable, with much bigger type than most lyric sheets have, and the English translations stand opposite the Spanish lyrics. Now my little girl is filling in the blanks for me when I falter in my renditions. (She learns faster than I do.)
What's nice is that we're picking up the cadences of the language, in addition to vocabulary and grammar.
The songs are arranged simply, with Ms. Carr Sumner singing and (I assume) playing solo guitar. But the simplicity helps you hear the words -- which you can, quite clearly.
And the songs are quick and interesting enough to hold your attention. For us, they don't bog down. On the contrary, they seem to get better the longer you listen.
Ms. Carr Sumner is a Spanish teacher, and her classes must be lots of fun. Because her CD definitely is.
One more point -- the packaging and graphics are also light and engaging, very much in keeping with the performance.
The disk is a little pricey, in comparison with most CD's, but there are nearly 30 songs included, and the book is quite substantial so I felt the price was reasonable.
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This is an excellent resource, with crisp and colorful photos with fabulous vocabulary which is current and useful -- whether you are a native English speaker or native Spanish speaker.
This book is written with idioms from Latin and South American Spanish.
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Sin duda alguna, pocos libros (y menos aun en espaol)
transmiten el conocimiento de la Dinmica Clsica de una manera
generalizada y coherente, independientemente de los programas de
estudio. Excelente libro.
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I also have Bobby's tapes, Techniques for 1 & 2 Congas, and Techniques for 2 & 3 Congas.  Bobby loves what he does, and possesses natural teaching skills.  He communicates beautifully in both English & Spanish.  He is as scholarly about Afro-Cuban music as he is passionate about it.  In his videos, he doesn't just teach you to beat your hands on a drum.  He teaches you the history of these wonderful instruments and the beautiful culture and heritage from which the emerge.  He also teaches you about the concept of "clave", which is essential to understanding afro-cuban rhythms.  Not only that, he does it all well.
Bobby was born with a remarkable brain.  He can speak to you while playing three congas and tapping out a clave with a foot block. As if that were not enough, toss in that he flows back and forth from Spanish to English as if there were no difference at all.
What does bother me is his choice to make one bilingual tape rather than two separate tapes, one for English speakers, and one for Spanish speakers.  My reason for this is simple:  Bobby moves slowly on these tapes, especially the first two.  He explains the history, the rhythms, the claves for those rhythms, and so forth.  It goes slowly enough.  That I have to listen to every word twice becomes frustrating.  I would enjoy the tapes in either language, but the bilingual version is frustrating to me because it becomes so time consuming to listen to.  When you go back to listen again for practice, or to catch points which you may have forgotten, it just gets more frustrating.
But other than that, they are well worth the money for beginning conga players.
3813924
Excelente introduccin a la ficcin, de fcil lectura pero enormemente esclarecedora para aquellos interesados en ahondar en la comprensin de la literatura.
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I bought this book a few weeks ago and have really enjoyed working through exercises and beautiful pieces of music. The step-by-step development of the rhythms and variations is excellent and does give you a good understanding of how the bass works in these styles of music. I was a little disappointed that it covers some of the more obscure Argentinian styles of music but not tango which, after all, is one of the most well known of the South American styles of music, but I do know that tango requires more than just a few pages of explanation.
Overall though an excellent book, worth every penny.
1967361
Las variaciones Goldberg sin duda han sido de las obras de Bach que ms inters han despertado en mltiples msicos; al grado que hasta la fecha he encontrado 4 versiones distintas (vindolas desde el punto de vista de los  instrumetnos empleados). Existe la versin original para clavicordio, la  transcripcin para piano, una interesante para orquessta de cuerdas y  finalmente esta fabulosa pieza de Rodarmer, que utilizando varias guitarras  de diversos tonos en grabacin simultnea, logra un efecto extraordinario,  dando a esta obra un nuevo punto de vista. Para quien apenas empieza,  resulta una excelente introduccin a las variaciones Goldberg, mientras que  para el conocedor resulta un punto de comparacin obligado.
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Lenguaje claro y sencillo recomendado para que cualquier persona, sin muchos conocimientos financieros, pueda crearse un panorama ms claro cerca de las finanzas alternativas que han surgido y estan surgiendo actualmente. Excelente trabajo, como todas las excelente publicaciones de BBVA Innovation Center!
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Facil de leer y encuentro datos historicos relevantes
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Definitvamente el estilo de contar historias de Vorgan no te permite despegarte de la lectura. Las dimensiones dentro de sta son muy variadas, e impresiona la cantidad y diversidad de conceptos discutidos sobre comportamiento y filosofa, etc. Te mantiene siempre en suspenso y a la espectativa. Muy bueno!
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I'm using Bueno Entonces in conjunction with Fluenz Spanish and busuu.com (for more interactive opportunities to record myself and practice with native speakers). However, BE is my favorite and the most fun.  It's refreshing to hear Buenos Aires Spanish lessons spoken casually, conversationally and flirtatiously.  Responsible segues into more formal Spanish are not overlooked, along with clear explanations on formal idioms as required -- thoughtful inclusions for the beginning speaker like myself.  The Pizarra Magica unravels grammatical cats' cradles briefly and humorously, cranking out its material at a cracking pace.  As another reviewer noted, it would be useful to be able to turn off the English subtitles.

Saying that, you won't get bored and will likely even remember some irregular verbs the following day.  I repeat lessons due to the speed of the dialog which is useful because, well, that's how native speakers speak.  The repartee and awkward sexual tension between Jimena and David are a cute twist and keep me interested and coming back for more.  I for one would welcome Spanish 3/4/5 in the cabina acoustica.

If however David & Jimena are over it, General Linguistics could do well to find new crews in Paris, Shanghai or Prague.
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The music selected for this recording belongs to the great repertory of the late fifteenth century Spanish Renaissance making use of several composers, the most familiar being Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Alonso Lobo (1555-1617), Cristobel de Morales (1500-1553), Juan Esquivel (1563-1613), Francisco de Penalosa (1470-1528) and Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523).

This program is presented according to the fourteen Stations of the Cross that is included in the Catholic Encyclopedia.  These stations are used to signify a series of pictures representing certain scenes in the Passions of Christ each corresponding to a particular incident with each representation.  This form of devotion is carried out by passing from station to station with certain prayers at each meditation with various incidents in turn.

The disc itself is a musical pilgrimage, in which every station is connected to a Motet.  Daria Tabbia (direction) explains in the brief booklet notes IN German & English;  " the texts have been chosen imagining each motet pronounced by a character present at the stations of the cross".  This means that we must hear -apart from Jesus, himself - Pilate, Simon of Cyrene, Mary Magdalena, Peter and Judas, all mentioned in the Gospels , but also Veronica and a wayfarer, mythological figures which don't appear in the Gospels.  The text is set by Julian Romero, a contemporary composer who has also set the text and composed the music for the Introduction and the ending.  Romero's music is modern, but not too far out of step with the rest of the program.

The five excellent singers of Daltrocanto are:  Alena Dantcheva, soprano; Alessandro Carmignani, male alto; Gianluca Ferrarini, tenor; Marco Scavazza, baritone.  The ensemble gives a fine performance of these notable composers' selections; their voices blend well and the individual singers are highly responsive to the varied styles of composition.  Listening to this was an inspirational experience for me, personally and may be for others also.  This group has really not made many recordings; at least I haven't located many others.  Maybe somebody out there can enlighten me!
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En esta verson en espaol de su libro contiene ecelentes ilustraciones y detalles de toda su carrera como pintor, actor, fotgrafo y como artista alternativo.
Contiene comentarios de Ken Wilber y de algunos otros filsofos y sociologos acerca de la obra de este visionario.
Su obra se basa en las experiencias con plantas sagradas y LSD y literalmente te transporta a una nueva dimension de la vida.
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Desde un punto de vista amplio la lectura de este ejemplar me lleva a considerar la importancia de revisar cuales son los m&eacute;todos que muchas veces utilizamos en la cotidianidad para manipular nuestra realidad a nuestra conveniencia y desde nuestra perspectiva de lo que es la EXCELENCIA.
Con este libro y estos pasos recomendados por Henry Cibele, el cual para mi es un gran respetado autor, debido al seguimiento que llevo de algunas de sus obras, las cuales me han demostrado cambios realmente trascendentales a modo muy personal, puedo expresar que terminada esta lectura y habiendo revisado cada uno de estos cambios minuciosos en la manera de actuar como persona natural dentro de un mundo extenso de posibilidades, en un medio donde hay que regirse por normas de convivencia hacia la mejora de un sistema com&uacute;n que esta devengando el buen juicio y la buena manera de actuar puedo definir que el buen uso de cada no de estos cambios develados van a influir positiva-mente en la forma de proceder de mi persona y de todo aquel que, como dice el autor, con cautela decida hacer uso de este tan apreciado regalo. Lo recomiendo al 100%. Gracias Henry Cibele, una vez m&aacute;s!
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Excelente para estudio. Supero mis expectativas, tiene mucho material de apoyo incluyendo tablas y mapas lo que ayuda a tener una mejor perspectiva de los acontecimientos. Recomiendo esta biblia para todos aquellos que desean profundizar en el estudio de la palabra.
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This audio collection is a definite tool if you have had previous exposure to learning spanish. If you are a beginner with no experience in learning the lanuguage, this series probably moves too fast for you and is a little more difficult to comprehend. I had 4 years of spanish in high school but had a 4 year lull where I didn't study the language so I lost a lot. This CD set offered a quick reintroduction to the language on the first CD and then takes off into some of the grammar and a lot of dialogue. This is a very valuable tool in learning to feel comfortable speaking the language. I listen in the car on the way to work and back and have listened to each CD several times so it sticks in my brain. I would reccomend to anyone who has taken at least a year of spanish in the past and feels comfortable with the basics such as pronouns, simple phrases and some verbs.