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Hello there, music lovers!I cannot recall if I ever recorded this Venezuelan Merengue as a Venezuelan Cuatro Solo. And I'm far too lazy to go over the 300 and something videos to check it out. If I did it, I can tell it might not have been as good as it is now. Lately, I have been practicing this mash-up of Venezuelan Merengues. The mash-up starts with this piece by composer Luis Fraganchán.

In a time when staying in the north seems to be something of a whiff, this song is still relevant. El Norte es una Quimera is a reference to the idea of the American Dream and how some people would move to the United States to try their luck and fail. Some of those would come back to their motherland and brag about their good times. The song is a play on the ideas of exaggerating one's luck while being away. That is a far too common topic. And it is something that happens very often for people who travel to other countries. Not even talking about going up north.

It is written in the very complex time signature of 5/8. The tempo that is a nightmare to some musicians, but funny enough it is something that is used to teach people how to play their first songs in many of the instruments that are used in our traditional music.

That being said, this is also the kind of solo one would learn while threading the path of Soloist Venezuelan Cuatro. I still cannot recall ever playing it. However, this is my time to make amends with myself and upload a cover of the song. It is a short cover in the format AABB. I even went ahead and made an intro out of the final part of the chorus. And it works fine as an outro as well.

When the mash-up is ready, I will upload it too. For now, enjoy this short cover!

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Hello there, music lovers!It's been a really long time since I recorded my last cover video. This does not mean that I will be publishing each week as I usually did, but it is another take into the whole idea of making this kind of content. Maybe a cover a month will be my thing. There's much to work until the decision is made.

Today, I bring you this Pasaje by Héctor Valero named "Río Caipe". The composer is a member of the musical group Raíces de Venezuela. This aggrupation is responsible for inspiring a whole generation of musicians in the country. They are also an academic reference to traditional Venezuelan music. They are an example of what happens when you get together regardless of geographic constrains. They did not live nearby each other and yet, they became successful musicians as a whole.

The piece makes reference to a riverbed that has run dry. If you look for the River Caipe nowadays, you will find out it does not exist. Pasajes a kind of composition that is quite similar to a waltz. The differences might be related to how the motif moves around the piece and also the tempo. Pasajes are like poems in Venezuelan music. It is a kind of composition that is very common in the plains. There is a plethora of them. The majority of these compositions are accompanied by lyrics. Some are sad and some are cheerful.

The mood of this particular piece is a sort of melancholy and reminiscence. It is said the composer wanted to capture something he recalled from his childhood playing in that river. If it is true, then the piece is a really amazing work of music.

I had play some of his other composition back when I was in college. Some of them are really hard. This is also hard. The harmony was driving me crazy. But it is nothing a lot of practice can solve. I hope you enjoy this cover!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Another cycle starts and we are fixated in Venezuelan Merengue. The traditional kind, not our version of the Dominican one. For this first week, I'm going with a piece by a composer from my hometown. To be more specific, the Siren, Butterfly, Trouble-maker and icon of traditional music, María Rodríguez.

I have already presented a piece by her in a previous cycle and also made one post in homage to her works. Today, the song is one of her most famous ones, Tremenda. This was another of the nickname she got during her lifetime. Why? Well, she was quite a character. Let's just summarize it by saying she was a handful of intensity. However, that is one feature that made her a beloved figure in public life and in art.

The song is just a reminder of that. It also has something that is very common in songs from places near the coast, a fast lyric line that sounds life a tongue twister. That was by far the most challenging part of the cover. Trying to recreate that line playing is quite a thing. Also trying to keep the melody in place with only one instrument and adding some other ornaments to make more interesting is another key component of this attempt to play this solo. Hopefully, the idea is there and is enjoyable.

Adding a reversed form to the end and making the ritardando so it sounds like a sort of ending was a nice choice to give it more depth. These traditional songs are not too complex in harmony. The hard part is to actually sing them. And for me, make my instrument sing them. Anyways, I added the original recording to the end of the post so you can check it out.

I hope you like my cover!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Coming back from my failed attempt of classifying to the finals of La Siembra del Cuatro. It is a bump in the road, but that just means I need to keep working on my playing. One of the judges was nice enough to share his evaluation with me. So, I have the key points to work on during this year until the next contest.

In another order of ideas, this is my last cover for this cycle. It is Merengue called "El Tramao". It was composed by Luis Laguna. This composer is known for some really interesting compositions and elevating this subgenre of music to another level of beauty.

This piece is a really nice one to practice how the movement of the right go. Since the melody isn't too hard and the chords repeat on some bars, there's enough time to try to learn how to make flourishes and other rhythmic ornaments. There are a few of these in my cover.

Learning this piece came also as part of a list of new songs to keep getting better at the instrument. However, this might change in favor of practicing some other things for my right hand so the covers get even better in the future and I can unlock the potential of the instrument. we shall see. If you don't see me participating in the forthcoming cycles, you can rest assured, I'm studying.

There's not more else to add. Even when it took a while to record for several reasons, I hope you like my cover!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!You might be wondering if you have listened to me playing this before. And you'd be absolutely right. This song was part of my entries for the first cycle of December. It isn't weird for me to revisit covers and try to make better versions. The reason for this particular one is simple, it is my entry video for the Festival La Siembra del Cuatro. This is the National Musical Festival that is all about playing the Venezuelan Cuatro.

The theme of this year's festival is Joropo. This is the genre that defines a lot of what Traditional Venezuelan Music is all about. However, they left out the common type of Joropo which is the one from the Plains. I guess this is just to see how do all the musicians that want to partake resolve this problem.

Also, I wanted to pick a piece by my teacher for this time. Since this is only one I actually know, I did my best to add the things that make the Joropo of my region its own thing. Easy enough, it is all about improvisations at the end of the main theme and another one to top it off. You have listened to some of this before if you are a regular in my videos.

Anyways, getting to this version took me 176 tries. You can guess why I didn't record something different for the Hive Music Festival. After so many attempts, one cannot play properly. And the only thing going through my mind is this piece. Besides, you get to see my performance for the festival before anyone else. That is a neat thing!

I hope you like my cover!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Another cycle, another opportunity to make some other recordings. I want to start this post by addressing a mistake on my last recording, There are some missing bars in the first portion of the piece. Listening to it again, I found out I forgot an entire section. The worst part is that I didn't even remember how it went. Now, I do, but that ship has sailed. These are common mistakes that happen when you have to rely on memory for so many things.

On this first performance for the cycle, I will start by this piece by Otilio Galindez named Caramba. I can't exactly name the genre of the piece, but I think it is in 5/8 which will put it in the Merengue Venezolano box.

It is a composition that has a simple beauty. The most interesting part are generally the lyrics, but I don't sing, so will have to look for those in the interpretation of the song I dropped in the lower part of the post.

Songs like this are a nice way to get some rest from the general tough things I force myself to play for this recordings. It is also a nice time to keep on the theme of easy covers since I'm preparing for a festival. The hours of practice for a single theme need to be addressed and no effort can be wasted; or actually, there's no extra effort to put into more and more practice.

I hope you enjoy this cover. It was an interesting one without a doubt.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To finish with my covers for this cycle of performances, I wanted to change the rhythm and go to another tango I learned recently. It is a composition by some different musician. Its lyrics were written by Enrique Santos Discépolo; its music, composed by Mariano Mores. It is a tango named "Uno".

When I started to venture into the idea of playing tangos on the Venezuelan Cuatro, this was one of the examples given by my teacher. Of course, my reaction to listening to it was of complete and utter awe. And also, as if I was listening to a Chinese native speaker telling my the instruction on how to disarm a bomb. However, all the time learning and practicing has paid off and today, I can play this song.

It also comes as a nice closure to another cycle of the Hive Music Festival. This might be one where I take some rest and go get ready for a new opening of the festival La Siembra del Cuatro. We shall see how it goes.

In the midst of practice and some other things, this week I heard the best joke one could told a student. After we were done with something for the class, my teacher turns to me and tells me about my progress and some other things. However, he added something that made me laugh a lot. He said this (I'm translating his words) "you're a good player. Otherwise, I wouldn't be teaching you". And I found this hilarious. He also asked me not to go around mentioning this, but it is too good a joke not to do it.

Anyway, this has been a lot of babbler from me. I hope you enjoy this cover!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!There are some songs that make you proud of being from a specific region. That may be the case in some other countries as well. The song for my cover of this week is all about that. I'm talking about the piece Oriente Es Otro Color by Venezuelan Composer, Henry Martínez. I chose this song for my entry of this week since I think I haven't played a piece by this composer for as long as I have been publishing covers in Hive. That sound crazy!

Anyways, this is my entry for this first round of a new cycle of the Hive Music Festival. This song is all about some of the most beautiful things the east of the country has to offer to all who live there and people who come to visit. It talks about the northeast to be exact. There are mentions of the beach and sea and the beautiful skies in the coast.

There's a subtlety in the composition that is always present regardless of the version. And the piece is just that subtle beauty. It is also a Merengue Venezolana a genre of our traditional music that used to be seen as something of low quality until some composer like Henry Martínez, Luis Laguna, among others created a plethora of beautiful pieces to make it truly beautiful. Now, the genre has both the rhythm and the amazing songs to be its own thing.

The arrangement for this piece is in the key of B minor. It is isn't the most flashy version. For that you ought to go to a key like E minor to add more strumming to it. However, I think such a song deserves being treated like the piece of silk it is and have some arpeggios thrown here and there to keep its subtle beauty present.

I have added another version I like a lot. It reunites some titans of Venezuelan Music in an amazing cover of this beautiful song. With no more to say, I hope you enjoy this cover!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Time close these rounds of the Hive Music Festival. For my entry of this week, I have this waltz by Venezuelan composer, Otilio Galindez. He has some really nice compositions. Most of what I have listened to is on the sad side. This one is also kind of sad, but it a beautiful piece.

It follows some common standards of music having a very clear motif being disclosed at the beginning of the piece. Then, it uses the final bit of the first part as a bridge to reconnect to the beginning.

In my arrangement, there are no more repetition than having the verse once time and using the same ending twice to go to the end of the piece. The intro is also a new part based on the melody but in a higher octave and descending. I think it gives it a nice touch.

This song is also one of those weird instances of music that mentions the seasons in an area where there are no seasons at all. However, I have heard that some people talk about the rain season as a sort of winter. It makes no actual sense. But to each their own.

I'll leave a link to one of the versions I like the most. It is a cover by the singer Fabiola Jose. Her voice captures the essence of solemn beauty present in Otilio's composition. It is also a recording with a really good sound quality.

I hope you like my cover and maybe the wind in the recording doesn't bother you too much. It's been a windy afternoon.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Our run to rescue Donovan gets us to the Cathedral of Ilden. We are so close to the Tear, that it looks like it's just around the corner. However, we will be chasing after Armina. She's the flying monster that took the Shadeless after our fight. We also have a timer to beat. And of course, the run won't be easy. Debris falls from everywhere and some of the sections have monsters we need to defeat to keep moving. The rest of the way is shown by some glowing points where Briar uses her acrobatics to move forward to the next platform.

Once we are near Armina, we'll try to reach for Donovan, but she will kick us and prevent our rescue. We finish that section of platforming by going up a flight of stairs into the entrance of the Cathedral. We know what's up next.

No more running and teasing. We are fighting this transcended form of Armina now known as Nemesis. This boss has a variety of attacks. First, we can summon some spheres that can hurt us if we don't use our blue field. She slashes with her talons and claws. She can also summon waves of energy from the grow. The other attacks is a swooping strike while going towards us.

But that's just one phase. She can also take to the sky and we'll have to jump some platforms and avoid debris to get to her. Attacking while she's on the sky makes her go down. Then, she has a shield phase. The shield breaks with the read field. While she's protected, her attacks are the blue spheres and energy surges. Tough battle indeed.

When she's around half her health bar, she'll pass out. Now, her shadow takes control of her body. The shadow uses mirror images that we'll have to attack until we discover the real one. And this process repeats several times until we attack the body enough for Armina to take back control.

The final stage is an enraged state in which all attacks become more fierce and random. She overwhelmed us so much that two of the revives were necessary to finally put an end to this enemy. In the end, it is her shadow who ends up delivering the final blow. A fitting end for two personalities that despised each other so much!

Her crystal is left behind and we absorb it unlocking some extra memories from the rebirth of Briar and Lute as Chimeras.

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| Part | Name | | --- | --- | | 1 | The Beginning | | 2 | Enter the Wraiths | | 3 | Into the City | | 4 | The Shadeless | | 5 | Near Death Experience | | 6 | One Ugly Monster after Another | | 7 | Going Berserk | | 8 | Save the Girl | | 9 | Briar vs Donovan | | 10 | The Angry Cool-Aid Man | | 11 | Enter the Furies | | 12 | It Came from the Tear | | 13 | Unbound | | 14 | No More Lies | | 15 | Revelations |

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To follow up with the romantic theme of my performances, I brought this bolero I didn't know until recently. It is a song named La Barca. It was composed by Roberto Cantoral, a Mexican composer. The first to record this piece was the group Los Tres Caballeros.

It is a sad song. The lyrics refer to the departure of a loved one and the hope they might come back. The boat referenced in the title is the main image of the whole composition.

This bolero has an interesting melody that makes these tough jumps from some of the same chords but in a different inversion. It was a bit tricky to learn at the beginning. However, once I got the gist of the jumps, it became easier. The intro is one of my favorite parts as it combines all the elements of the whole composition into one good riff.

The idea behind the song come because my teacher got me to learn it and he didn't remember the actual name of it. I had to do some research in order to dig the truth. Of course, we went over the usual thing about not knowing the composer. People would say this is a song by Luis Miguel or even Jose Jose. And I totally get it. They are two famous singers who have recorded this piece. That made the whole idea of finding the truth a bit more difficult but not impossible.

Here's my cover! I hope you enjoy it!

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Our trip up on the elevator won't be a smooth ride. This one counts for the cursed elevator ride. Through the ascension we will face different hordes of enemies. Each time we defeat one of them, some debris will fall on the platform making it smaller. Once there's no way for the thing to go up it will inevitably fall down and we'll have to make a jump for our lives.

We're in the search for Donovan. He might be the key to all of this problem. And fortunately, we will find him soon. However, it won't be a pleasant reunion. You see we are not meeting with the Shadeless in complete control of his body. This time we will meet his Shade, Maria. She is controlling Donovan and making him face us.

It will be a more difficult fight than last time. Maria can throw projectiles and cast a shield to protect Donovan. It makes the whole fight more challenging. In the midst of it, we will find out the truth about them. Donovan and Maria are father and daughter. Something that feels weird even by the game standards. She holds a grudge towards her father and the Order for doing this to her. And she wants revenge!

The can also tap into the Transcendent powers. And that makes them even more powerful. Nonetheless, the most important thing Lute figures out is that they are the monster we have been chasing all this time. Somehow, they can return to their Chimera form and hold their power. It seems Maria doesn't like that though and wants to wreck Havoc all around.

When we defeat them and Donovan subdues Maria again, we can learn the truth about this whole incident. It turns out Dugal sent Donovan in the carriage carrying the relic to the Ilden Cathedral. They reacted with the other relic in the place causing them to Transcend and create the tear. This whole thing has been a machination of the Order of the Ashen Blade, but why? We won't get far with our answers as the other Chimera comes flying and takes Donovan with her. She taunts us to follow and find out more about what's going on.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Starting off this new cycle of performances, I recalled I never recorded the over famous tango sung by Carlos Gardel. I'm talking about the lovely piece known as El Día Que Me Quieras. The first time I listened to this amazing song was on the voice of Simón Díaz in his record Tangos y Boleros. I gotta say that Gardel's voice wasn't helped by the technology of his times. A recording with modern technology might have made his amazing register shine out.

The version I'm familiar with is amazing. Unfortunately, it isn't around in the internet. Maybe it is on some of the streaming services. I don't know.

This song was another of the missing recordings for last year. I learned it during my 6-weeks vacation from the Hive Music Festival. It was an interesting decision from my teacher when he went over this song in a class. It made me remember it was in the list of solos I wanted to learn. And so we did. It is easier than the other tangos I have already recorded. And the difference shows. However, it is actually even more beautiful. The others are melancholic and that their charm. This tango has the added benefit of being about something lovely. It isn't a surprise since you can translate its tile to on the day you fall in love with me. It is a list of the things that would happen on such a day. All of them are quite interesting.

I have been playing it for quite some time for myself and once for my girlfriend, @octocel. Speaking of which, this cover is dedicated to her. Because this is the kind of song you would dedicate to someone you really like. Besides, I also hope she likes this recording a lot.

And you my listener, have a great day and enjoy the music. You can show this version to someone you like as well. Maybe, you'll get some brownie points. It is worth a try.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!After escaping our demise by the claws of a possessed, we are still inside of the crumbling monastery. However, we are not being followed by the monster. We need to press on to find Layton and learn what are his motives to collaborate with the Order of the Ashen Blade.

The path ahead is full of enemies. Previous bosses have become regular enemies. Eidolons and else are on our path. More possessed from the small size to the extra large are in our way. The traps that block our powers are more common. Just what we need, another spike on difficulty!

Pressing on, we find Layton and he reveals that he's been working as a spy in the Order, monitoring the doings of Dugal (the chief of the organization). It seems Dugal's intentions are what created this tear in Ilden. His motif seems to be related on bringing forth the Soulstice of Souls. This event would let Chaos itself come back from the Veil. We can't have that. It is imperative we close this thing and bring everything to normal.

In our path, the enemy that's been stalking us will make an entrance. Now, it will be time to face it and its heads. Each one of those things give it a different ability. What's more, we need to defeat each head as if it were its own possessed being by staggering the body and then defeating the wraiths that come out of it. It is a lot of work, but finishing off the enemy grants us its entry in the Bestiary. This is a Chorus. That's a fitting name for an enemy with many heads.

More enemies are in our path. However, we end our entry by arriving and unlocking something that looks like a big elevator. Will our ride of this thing be safe or will it be full of enemies?

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To end this cycle of performances, I have a story for you. When I was still at college, I spent a lot of time with a friend called José. He is an amazing musician who now lives in Switzerland and also teaches over there. Once when we were talking about doing something towards the end of the career, we mentioned taking part into the the singing festival. This one is called La Voz Universitara. People take part in this festival and there are rounds for each college. Then, there are regional finals. Then, a national one.

Unfortunately, when we were finishing our studies at UDO, the festival stopped for some years. Those were some really tough times. And we never got to participate in the festival. I wouldn't have done it. My singing voice needs a lot of work. However, my friend is also a good singer. He has a very nice bass voice. Long story short, this was the song he said he was going to sing if he had the chance of getting into the festival.

The name of the song is Mi Tierra. It refers to our hometown, Cumaná. It has some beautiful images about the city and also some other lovely verses. The version we have always known is the one sung by the legendary Simón Díaz with the group La Rondalla Venezolana. It is quite a treat. I'm leaving the link below so you can listen to that version.

By the end of last year, my teacher told me we were learning this song. I had fond memories of my friend and those years of college. We had a sort of competition going on. He wanted to be the Valedictorian for our graduation. However, I was the one to ace this title by a high difference of scores. But that's another story.

This cover is dedicated to my friend José, the musician from Cumaná living in Switzerland.

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Hello there, 3speakers!To start assembling the instrument, we need to get the neck and sound board together. This method of work is known as the Spanish method. It was popularized by Antonio de Torres. So, we'll make use of the anchor technique to have a better result joining these pieces together. First, we remove a piece from the sound board to make it flat at the top. Then, we fixed it in place and drill holes through it to the neck. We make anchors with a toothpick and then proceed to glue it up!

Done! First step in assembly!

| Step | Name | | --- | --- | | 1 | Some Assembly Required | | 2 | Sound Board in Progress | | 3 | Half-baked Sound board | | 4 | Shape of a Sound Board | | 5 | A Neck Begins | | 6 | Head Stock Glue Up | | 7 | Base of the Heel | | 8 | Shape of the Heel | | 9 | Ears on the headstock | | 10 | Veneer and Holes | | 11 | Back in 3 parts | | 12 | Joint Reinforcement | | 13 | Bars of Back |

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Welcome back to the new gameplay on the blog. Today, we start the series on Soulstice. It is a dark fantasy game with lot of references to anime and other pop culture IPs. In this game, we take control of Briar, a Chimera that works alongside her sister Lute as a soul that is bound to her.

We are sent to the city of Ilden to investigate a Tear in the Veil. As we'll learn, things in this world work thanks to the existence of Chaos. The Arbiters molded the world and souls of humans, but then the war against the Chaos ensued.

They created warriors to keep humanity protected. Thus, Chimeras were born. We are part of an Order and need to investigate what happened in this city.

As we arrive things seem dire. Lots of corpses, fires and monsters. On this first entry, our job is to find a Monitor that will inform us about the overall situation of the city.

The game also takes our hand to explain the basic mechanics of the game. This is a Hack and Slash title mixed with elements of Dark Fantasy. In that regard the can keep in mind puzzles and other things go to a second plane and the combat is the main part of the experience.

There are astonishing views and some dialogue to follow through. Besides, as we progress, we'll learn more about the world and the protagonists

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The combat in the game is interesting in the sense that, Lute, the ghost that is with us at all times works as a support character. We are the sword and she's the shield. As we fight, she will give us prompts to hold enemies in place and even counter their attacks. By performing these actions correctly, we gain resonance. This resonance helps us launch special attacks and finisher combos. Also it is a nice touch that the idea works as a sort of connection between souls.

Layton, the monitor from the order is our source of information. He can teleport around and has a crow named Corvo. He will tell us about dangers that are ahead and also give us new weapons. He also has a store. Through him, we can upgrade Lute's abilities and unlock new combos for our weapons.

The Tear has corrupted the citizens of Ilden. The monsters we encounter are the bodies that remained from the first onslaught of Chaos. As we progress, we'll find tougher enemies and other things that came out of that beacon in the clouds.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To end this cycle of performances in the Hive Music Festival, I came around with this song by Simón Díaz. As far as I'm concerned, it is regarded as his best composition. It is hard to argue with that.

It is a song that doesn't seem to have a specific genre. I think it is a Tonada, then it sounds like a Waltz. The only thing for sure is that it is a Poem. The song's name is Todo Este Campo Es Mío. And it is a series of descriptions of things that one might get to see in the plains. Everything that goes from sounds, to solitude to animals enshrined in the vision of someone who is in love with the land.

That's the whole idea of the song!

The original version has an amazing guitar playing alongside the lyrics. And it is one of the best things I have heard. My version plays on having something similar making the melody. It isn't as good as that version, but it is my version of the song. I can't tell how much I enjoyed playing it. Learning it was kind of tough. It was a song I hadn't heard before. So I had to spend some time listening to it to understand the movement of the whole song to finally give shape to my version.

And of course, I couldn't have played it with another instrument that isn't my default concert Venezuelan Cuatro. That was you don't have to miss a bit of the harmony and all the other things included in the playing of such a beautiful piece.

I'll add a link to the original version so you can enjoy it as well!

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the joint reinforcement nicely placed onto the back of the instrument, now comes the time to work it and add the bars. This is a task with many steps. We start by working on the joint reinforcement. Then, moving on the cutting a piece of it to make room for the bar. Follow up by sanding the bars and placing them. After the glue up, it is time to give them shape. The last step is to remove the excess material from the back to give it the look it needs. And now we are ready to assemble.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!I was saving this performance for any week I didn't have anything prepared. The best part is that it is something you can make on the fly if you've got to play something. For this second round, here we have an instrumental improvisation of Golpe de Arpa and Estribillo.

These fixed patterns in music are usually what comes at the end of Joropos in the eastern side of Venezuela. The interesting part is how to keep the stamina while going from one to another. As you can see it requires some endurance. My right arm will be dead for a few hours after playing this. You might understand that this didn't get to be a one-take video, but alas, it was possible.

Keep practicing this is important, not only to avoid forgetting how the melody moves. But it is also an improvisation exercise. Some things might change in the future some phrases could be taken out of the rotation and others might join in. The important part is being in sync with the key and the rhythm. And the toughest part is not missing the window of changing from 3/4 to 6/8. That's the wild thing about linking these things together.

It so happened that while I was trying to record, the jump from ternary to binary bars was a mess. And it is not that I don't know how to do it, but when you're inspired and in the zone about something, it is usually hard to make the other jump. That's why practicing these patterns is important. And it is also a nice exercise to be able to play for more minutes. You see, people tend to extend these improvisations to 5 or 6 minutes. It doesn't sound like a lot. However, it's a completely different thing to be in the public than playing the actual thing.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy my little improvisation!

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Hello there, 3speakers!One important part before adding the bars to the back is reinforcing the joint we made for the ornament that adorns the back. For this we first need to address the thickness of the whole piece. Then, go ahead and cut the reinforcement. Work on its dimensions to finally place it where it belongs.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Happy 100th week of the Hive Music Festival. We're so close to the second year anniversary! To start this week, I've come with an odd choice of song. Is there any song you know but haven't actually heard? It is weird, but that's exactly what happened with my choice. It wasn't mine actually. As it so happens it became the topic for the class of this week.

Besos en mis Sueños is a waltz by Venzuelan composer Augusto Brandt. This musician had a quite interesting life. During his childhood he was so good at playing the violin that the Brazilian Ambassador of the time, Luis Lorena Ferreira, took him in to sponsor his talents. Talk about an event to bolster the artistic life of a person. Most of us would like to have a sponsor to keep on our path in art.

His compositions follow a classic pattern. And his works are a really nice approach for newer musician to understand the general patterns of music reading. No doubt this waltz is beautiful like most love songs. I'll make sure to add more version of it down below so you can check different performances. Even when the melody is quite simple, the jumps it makes for octaves and other notes are somewhat challenging to play in the Venezuelan Cuatro. But, what's life without some difficult problems to tackle? It is a nice thing to finally know this song. As far as I was concerned, it was the kind of piece I always heard about but never listened to the actual song.

I hope you enjoy my cover and have fun with the start of this new cycle of the festival.

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the structure of the head stock ready, we have completed the neck and can start assembling the parts. Before that, we need to make the other lid of the instrument, the back. Here's a quick summary of a part of that job. It is about making an ornament and creating the joint for the the two pieces that compose this part.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!I'm topping off my performances for this cycle with a classic in bars and karaoke. It is the Bolero El Cigarrillo. This song was popularized by famous Mexican singer and songwriter Ana Gabriel. Her recording of the song is usually what must people think about when you mention this song.

However, it isn't her composition. The author of the lyrics is the Chilean Tito Fernández. And the first recording of said song came in 1975. It also wasn't hers.

I can talk about listening to this particular song many times. My mom is a fan of Mexican singer such as Juan Gabriel, Vicente Fernández and more. She had an Ana Gabriel record and this song was included there. It is a really sad song about being alone and just having a cigarette to confide. Tough luck for people and else.

Why did I come about this performance? Sometimes, the teacher will get a song in his mind and that will be the lesson of that day. So he was singing this and it became the next cover. It's not a hard song to play but it is quite long. As you can listen, there's only a repetition of the first part as the usual singing goes. But the rest are variations on themes. That makes it kind of tricky to remember what comes next. But after a few attempts, here is my cover.

I should count the number of Boleros I know now. Maybe I could have a recital of boleros and include the ones recorded over the course of my time in the music festival.

We are done for this cycle. Thanks for listening and see you next week!

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the structure of the head stock ready, it's time to finish it adding the veneer and making the holes for the tuners. We take another approach using anchors to fix the veneer in place so it doesn't move during the glue up. Once it is glued in place, another cutting, carving and sanding process begins. The last step is opening the holes for the tuners and placing them to see if they fit the build.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!This week's cover throws me back to the cycle of performances dedicated to the Bolero genre. I actually cannot believe this wasn't a song included in those performances. However, there are many great songs in the genre that it would be tough to record my favorites.

Motivos is a song by Italo-Venezuelan composer Italo Pizzolante. This is his most famous compositon that dates back to December 1st 1965. It has been performed by Venezuelan groups and also abroad. Around here, I think it is a common song to listen to during Mother's Day. It is a beautiful bolero talking about reason to love. That's the general idea of the word motivos.

As a bolero, it has the usual 4/4 structure and the general slow cadence. This kind of music tends to have rich melodies but are usually slow because the general idea is to sing the lyrics. In an instrumental version, there are some changes to make and the addition of extra ornaments to fill in the empty spaces that are supposed to be in the song for breathing.

As usual, it is a lot of fun to get to explore different genres with the versatility of this instrument. But I've got to say that it is challenging to get a sense of how to adorn the music while playing boleros. Trying to imitate a Requinto make the melodic slurs is tricky when you have to get back to the general strumming pattern. But what's life without having to struggle a bit to get a good video?

Hopefully, you'll enjoy this cover!

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Hello there, 3speakers!Time to get back to the head stock. This time we're getting the extensions at the sides of it to make it wider so we can finish its shape. Alongside with this, we need to cut those pieces. Give the neck its conic shape. Then, glue the pieces to the head stock. We finish the process by making both faces of this part flush. And for that we need to use a chisel, a plane and some sanding.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Myra keeps moving away from us, but we'll chase her until we find Lily. There's a new kind of monsters. These ones are made of ash or something like that. We can use stealth to eliminate them and save bullets. We'll need them for the final boss.

There's a big monster that gets in our way just before reaching Myra. It is similar to the white goo we are looking at everything. And this one uses a power line as a club. We need to doge and shoot its glowing eyes to finish it. It's a good thing the bolts of the crossbow provide utility for this situation.

Once we reach Myra, she'll mention she's just trying to keep Lily safe. And again, we are thrown from the heights to another place. But this time, we reach the core of the S.T.E.M system.

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We are in a Limbo state. From the distance, there's a replica of our house. It must be where Lily is kept so the system can run smoothly. As we progress, more and more memories pop out. They retell the story of the plan to get Lily out and the betrayal of Theodore. Here we learn Myra has taken the powers of the core. That's why she looks a lot like Rudvik from the previous game.

Before getting to our house, we get one last chance to build and upgrade. Then, it's just moving onwards towards the house and confronting our Myra.

And this wouldn't be a survival horror game without a big monster to fight at the end. This time, it is our own wife. And it won't be easy. From big limbs, to throwing enemies at us, to several layers of attacks. She's a tough one to beat!

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Once we reach Lily, we'll go back to Kidman's perspective. She will make her move once the evil guy tries to kill Sebastian while his still sleep. Now, we'll have to control her and reach the room where we started this game. And while she's in there, she will try to help Myra do her biding.

Myra won't be coming with us. She'll stay in this system and use her powers to eliminate other Mobius operatives that are connected to this system. Her noble sacrifice. Meanwhile, Kidman will pull us out of that simulation.

The end of the game is all about Lily and Sebastian moving away while Kidman stays at a Gas Station. But as you can see, this story had more to tell. Unfortunately, there won't be a sequel to this game since the studio that produced it was closed. A franchise that ended all too soon!

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| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 |

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We come back after having gotten a new star for the thumbnail. But there's no time to rest or stop learning. To kick off things in this new cycle of performances, I'm glad to start with another Joropo. This one is from the cousin of my grandfather, Francisco Cortesía. This cousin has some interesting compositions. I played one of my favorites song by him a few entries ago and now have the chance of performing another one.

The title of this Joropo is Arenas. You could look for the translation and learn it how to say sands in Spanish. It is a reference to a town on a neighboring Municipality that has the name Arenas. Maybe it was a place where people could gather sand from the banks of the rivers that cross around that place. But that's just speculation.

I love the themes on this piece. The second part is just amazing with those jumps between chords and feels amazing to play. And of course, we cannot play one of these joropos and not add the improvisation at the end. I wanted to play both Golpe de Arpa and then go to the Estribillo, but that would've been too long tiresome. So, I went with the former. Anyways, since this is my cover, I'm allowed to do what I want to have a feeling with the piece.

I'll drop some links of the versions of this Joropo since they are quite good.

Hopefully, you'll mind my cover interesting!

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Hello there, 3speakers!Once the pieces of the heel are on place, it is time to cut the slot for the sides with a saw. Then, it's all about shaping that heel. We start by cutting the parts we have marked previously and from there start the whole shaping process. This requires several tools. Each one of them performs a specific task on the job.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!We're packed up and ready to enter Theodore's fortress alongside Hoffman. This part of the game is an escort mission. We have to protect Yukiko since she's holding a portable Stable Field Emitter to cross through the flames. She walks clearing the path. We keep her safe from the monsters.

Of course, since the device is a prototype, it won't hold all the time. She'll have to stop and calibrate the machine twice. That's when we'll need more of our aim to keep her and ourselves save.

Getting towards the tower, there will be another malfunction and this time there will be no other choice but running from the monsters. However, in true horror film fashion, Yukiko is caught and we can't help her. Her last words are encouragement to put and end to this madness!

No members of the rescue team remain.

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This last part is a tower in which we need to ascend to get to Theodore. The whole theme of torture and fire is present in every nook and cranny of the place. There's a lot of fire enemies around, plus the regular ones. Added to this, some puzzles of moving levers to open routes and get to the place we need to be.

We'll recognize we are progressing as Theodore keeps sending some messages to our mind trying to turn us to his side. However, he'll find out this isn't happening and will try to use the same old trick with us. This time, sending a clone of our daughter does nothing as we have outgrown our guilt for her lost.

But he will pull another card up his sleeve. This time we'll have a gauntlet of some enemies from our previous nightmare at Beacon Mental Hospital: the first chainsaw enemy just outside the elevator, The Keeper, and Rudvik' sister. We have to face these fears to overcome Theodore.

It's actually a really cool boss fight!

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Unfortunately, the killing blow to Theodore will be delivered by our wife, Myra. She will end this smooth talker and also make everything else crumble with her powers. She keeps repeating she needs to keep Lily safe, but she's actually bringing the end of this world.

We come out of the tower to find ourselves in an apocalyptic version of Union and having to search for Myra. Once we get to her, she'll try to end us. However, something pulls her back from her trance. This is wrong and we have to find out what's happening.

And this time, it will be the conclusion of this journey!

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| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | | Part 9 | Part 10 |

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!For the last entry on this cycle of performances of the Hive Music Festival, I had a challenge upon myself. There are some great guitarist that have been born in Venezuela and some of their works have become quote famous. I can name Antonio Lauro, Alirio Díaz and Rodrigo Riera. However, I didn't know the works of his teacher, Raúl Borges. It turns out his are quite interesting as well.

My teacher talked about this Venezuelan Waltz that allegedly was very famous, but I haven't heard before. It is no surprise as it is titled Vals Venezolano (Venezuelan Waltz). But after listening to it several times, there was the challenge of learning the version for Venezuelan Cuatro.

Many players have performed a version of this piece adapted to 4 strings. Here's mine. It is a complex thing to do. As you can see there is no actual strumming. It is played as if it were a guitar. That makes it hard as a guitar has more strings and limits some of the arpeggios and bass lines, but it is possible.

And so come the two weeks of intense practice and learning the piece. I gotta say this is the kind of composition that you can only master with time. This isn't the best cover, but the best one I could record with the time I gave myself to do it. I'll add the waltz to the repertoire for a season and see how much I can improve playing it.

I should also issue a challenge to @guitarmcy so you can listen to a guitar version of this waltz played by another hiver.

That's it for me. Have a great day and enjoy the music!

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the first part of the neck completed, we can tackle the base structure of the heel. This goes on the opposite side to the head stock and it is where the sides close the body of the instrument. Everything, from the placing of the blocks to make the heel to the line that will guide the the sides requires some precision. The glue up is the most important part since it's where things can go bad.

| Step | Name | | --- | --- | | 1 | Some Assembly Required | | 2 | Sound Board in Progress | | 3 | Half-baked Sound board | | 4 | Shape of a Sound Board | | 5 | A Neck Begins | | 6 | Head Stock Glue Up |

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Ready to take the confrontation to Theodore. It all starts by blowing up this machine made by O'Neal. Now, we get back to the turf of the smooth talker. We'll find out that this dungeon uses pieces of hour old house but twisted. There are lots of enemies everywhere.

We are also taunted by the use of the voice of our daughter as we progress, but it is also this what gives resonance points to keep moving forward.

Once we get to Theodore, things get ugly. To start, we face a version of Lily that turns into a monsters and set us ablaze! After that, we are taunted once again and demoralized by him.

But the worst part of all is that we end up shooting Esmeralda by mistake. Not only that, she ends up dead after protecting us and carrying us to safety. She's a true Queen!

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Before waking up, we have a sort of vision and memory of our old house. Here we'll find our wife, Myra. And in a very tender moment, she'll remind us that we are facing problems in S.T.E.M because we haven't forgiven ourselves for Lily's disappearance.

Good times do not last as we wake up to find our dead team mate, but there's no time to mourn. We have the goal of stopping Theodore. This will lead us back to the commercial district.

Here we'll receive two calls. One is from Kidman. It appears S.T.E.M is sending lots of crazy signals because of what's happening. The other is from Sykes, who is ready to enact his plan for escape.

We have to do some exploring in the new makeup of the district before heading to help him.

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Helping Sykes is a matter of going into an experimental wing of The Marrow and starting the generator of the area. This will return power to the facility. But before he can enact his plan, we need to eliminate all enemies. Fortunately, there are no big threats around this part.

After cleaning up the place, he'll teach us how we can use this other option for getting out of this place. However, as we can read in a file after he goes away, this method only has a 25% chance of success. So it isn't actually a safe bet for escaping!

By completing this side quest, we finish gathering the slides and can find some disturbing truths about a missing person from previous game!

Also, take a look at the flamethrower enemy! As usual it became an enemy that can be found outside of a boss fight. Eliminating both of them gives us the chance to repair our own flamethrower! That's a cool thing for the game!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!It's always interesting to revisit some of my previous cover. The ones I made when I was still making videos with multiple parts. For this second round, I have an interesting piece that I played 3 years ago. It's Luisa from the genre Danza Zuliana.

I have said stuff about the genre before. But the technical stuff is easy. It's a genre in 6/8. It is very similar to other ones from the same region. And some of these pieces are quite simple, but the rhythm is what makes them hard! I still remember trying to get everything right for that video with 3 instruments. My editing wasn't very good at the time, but I like to think both my music and editing skills have gone through several improvements since then.

My 6th Grade teacher was named Luisa. The song brought me back memories of those days when life wasn't so hard and the future was promising. That was years ago, but I remember that teacher as she was by far the one with a lot of cool stuff to say. She was quite a character. Beloved by her students. She must have taught a lot of people in Cumaná. She was well-known in town.

I doubt she'll ever watch this, but this cover is dedicated to that teacher. The one with the big metal ruler to make kids afraid and also to have every one fall in line. She was quite a singer as well. And she taught with sunglasses. How cool is that? Those were the days.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this cover. I basically learned to play this in soloist still the same day of recording. And by that I mean yesterday! How cool is that?

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Hello there, 3speakers!Once the cut for the base structure of the head stock is made, the next step is preparing to glue it back with an angle. This is to have more resistance to the tension of the strings. We need to prepare the piece so it can be flush to the other side of the neck. That's done through sanding for the back side and using a plane on the front side once it is glued. We use the trick of the anchors to make sure the glue up process goes well.

| Step | Name | | --- | --- | | 1 | Some Assembly Required | | 2 | Sound Board in Progress | | 3 | Half-baked Sound board | | 4 | Shape of a Sound Board | | 5 | A Neck Begins |

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Before heading to find Liam, we'll go on our reglementary upgrading after a chapter. Once this has been taken out of the way, we'll have some information on this Theodore guy in our room. It seems this guy is a smooth talker and basically a cultist leader. No wonder this place is so screwed!

Time to backtrack. We'll stumble upon more of these altars and weird looking things. It seems Yukiko got a call from Liam and moved to the restricted laboratory area of The Marrow. That's where we are headed then. Just need to take care of some enemies on the way.

After reaching the lab, we'll discover people have been transforming into these monsters, referred as "The Lost", for quite some time. This lab is a research facility to uncover what causes this change in people connected to S.T.E.M.

We'll need to find a brain chip inside a corpse's head to get to the next area.

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Exploring more of the lab, we'll find us targeted by The Anima once more. This time we'll have to avoid being seen lest we want to we squashed by some furniture. In this new trip back to memory lane, we'll find some parts of the psychological reports made for Sebastian after his first nightmare at Beacon.

And at the end of this section, we'll find the reason why this things has been lurking around the shadows and trying to get us. There was a part of our mind stuck at Beacon.

There's nothing else to do, but put it to rest. This should stop The Anima from chasing us out of nowhere!

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Going back to the door that needed the chip, we'll ourselves in a room with liquid nitrogen tanks and sprinklers. Getting near a door to a safe room, we'll listen to Yukiko speak to someone. Opening the door, she'll be arguing with the enemy with the flamethrower. This is when we find out this is no other than O'Neal. He's been brainwashed by Theodore and transformed into this monster.

This is by far the toughest boss battle in the came. He has long range with his flamethrower and it also leaves terrain damage whenever he attacks. We can use the sprinklers to quench the flames and the nitrogen tanks to freeze him and do some critical damage.

I know there's also the option of shooting the gas tank for the flamethrower to actually cut his range attacks. Overall, it is an enemy that requires lots of bullets to defeat. By the way, he's also the smartest enemy. If he sees a trap, he will destroy instead of triggering it.

Defeating him gives us a hint to find Theodore, we have to destroy a machine O'Neal made for him. By doing this, we can get back to his realm and face him. But for now, this is s sour victory. Only one member of the original rescue team is still alive.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Getting back into the performances for this new cycle, I bring another homage for another musician from my hometown. This time is for María Rodríguez. I have talked about María before. This homage comes as part of her 100th birthday, celebrated last week.

Her extensive repertoire includes many original compositions. Even when she wasn't the kind of singer that got into the improvisation patterns of our music she did something interesting. All her Joropos are in 6/8 measure. This is an odd phenomenon. It seems it was her preferred measure to compose her songs. And it marks the structure of her compositions on verses and chorus that repeat one after the other until the song reaches its end. There are rarely changes in the time measures of her compositions.

This one La Mariposa is about transformation. It is no wonder why another of her nicknames during her lifetime was that Mariposa (butterfly). As a young singer and dancer back in the day she had a fluttering grace on the stage. As she grew up and became the boss of the dancing ladies for the regional music her style became the norm for dancing. This tradition is still carried on by her niece.

Having the chance to explore her music now as a soloist is a delight. I love her songs. In my grandparents house, they use to play them from time to time. It's no mystery. Once of the only moments when my grandparents left their house in their last years of life was when they made the big funeral for María. How could they not assist? They were neighbors during their childhood years.

And I hope you enjoy it as well!

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the sound board ready, we can move to the next piece. This one takes quite some time since there are a lot of parts required to make a complete neck for a plucked-strings instruments. Let's start by the basic works, thicknessing, squaring off the material and making the cut for the head stock.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!We found ourselves with more questions now that Stefano was defeated. What's Myra's role in this mess? And now, we have this weird altar in our room. Getting near it will be transported into some catacombs to face a new kind of enemy plus solving some puzzles.

While we do that, we'll get some sort of telepathic messages from some weird voice. Moving forward until we reach the person behind this, we'll find out a character that names himself Father Theodore. This is a smooth talker that is also behind the clues of Lily. But it looks too sinister to be a good person trying to help out.

Our reunion with him won't last long since a flood of blood washes us away and send us elsewhere.

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We'll wake up in a shack while a lady is fending off some monster with an assault rifle. Time to spring back to action and help her clean wave after wave of enemies. After finishing them up, she'll introduce herself as Esmeralda Torres. She's part of a secret plan Myra had concocted to rescue Lily. Kidman and Theodore were also part of this idea.

For now, we need to get back to her safe house to plan our next move trying to stop Theodore and rescuing Lily. It won't be so easy. We'll find another enemy that looks like an upcoming Boss Fight. This enemy has a Flamethrower. It seems the theme for the next fights is fire. There will also be lots of these new fire enemies.

They are pesky. If we want to kill them with stealth, we'll have to wait until their flames are off or we won't be able to strike. And they also take up a lot of bullets.

Once in the safe house, the plan will be calling Yukiko and O'Neal to form a course of action. The first answers, but the latter is MIA. And we will need to find out what has happened!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To finish my performances for this cycles, I wanted to do something that's been long due. One of my grandfather's cousins was a musician. And he was one of those popular composer in town. He wrote many interesting pieces. I had the chance of meeting him around 2019. Unfortunately, he passed away a year ago and I had the pending task of learning one of his songs to play as a kind of homage.

I remember we used to play one of his at the college's orchestra. The name of the song is Azucena. This is a kind of flower better know as the Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum). I don't know exactly if the song has anything to do with the flower since it's an instrumental composition. However, the delicate melody is similar to a flower. Maybe that's the connection.

In this performance, I also had the chance to show another of the improvisations that follow the Joropo Oriental. In previous attempts, I have shown the change of measurement from 3/4 to 6/8. The 6/8 parts is usually called Estribillo and it is an improvisation of a fixed number of chords going from a VI - I - V7 - I. This pattern repeats until the piece is over. Golpe de Arpa is another form of improvisation that is added to the end of the songs. The difference from Estribillo is twofold. First, it remains on a 3/4 measure. Second, the harmony goes on VI - V7 -V7 - I pattern. And it is an imitation of the forms of Joropo that come from the Venezuelan Plains.

It was quite a challenge to learn this piece and add my own improvisation. I hope that the cousin listens to this wherever he might be and like this little homage from a distant relative.

And I hope you enjoy it as well!

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Hello there, 3speakers!Time to finish with the sound board. Last time, we had the reinforcements in place and then cut the bars for the top. Now, we glue, shape and sand them to finish the inside of this piece. The last step is to cut the ends to give its final shape.

And this, we have a new sound board ready!

Tapa armónica completa¡Buen día, 3speakers!Hora de terminar con la tapa armónica. La última vez, colocamos un refuerzo para la junta y cortamos las barras armónicas. Ahora, es momento de pegar, cortar y darles forma para terminar con el reverso de la tapa armónica. El último paso es cortar los bordes de la misma para darle su forma final.

Así, tenemos una tapa armónica completa.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Before addressing the upcoming fight, we'll take some time to finish the side quest given by Sykes. This consists in rebooting the server inside The Marrow. This guy is planning an alternative route to escape S.T.E.M. Helping him gives us access to the locked containers we have seen around. However, the quest isn't that easy.

At first, we'll find no resistance moving towards the Server Room. However, once it is activated, some enemies will start popping out of the blue. We just need to eliminate them to get back. The best part is that we don't need to get back to him to open the containers. We just need to get back to the commercial district to find some of the keys we missed on the first run, talk to Sykes and them we can move to the theater.

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We have been chasing Stefano for too long. It is time for a confrontation. However, it won't come as easy as we think. After his monologue and presentation of his art, he'll use his powers to send us into another running quest to get back to him. We'll face some minor puzzles and run from the Eye Monster until we reach him in a room designated for the boss fight.

It is finally time to get some payback for our daughter. Hopefully, this will give us more clues or even free Lily once and for all.

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The fight is tough. Stefano can teleport at will and will try to close the gap between us or throw a knife from a distance. His short range attacks are his worse. They take a chunk out from our health bar and if we miss dodging his animation, we'll be at the end of his knife.

Once we have made some damage, we'll enter the second phase. Here, he'll use his camera to prepared some delayed explosions that can get us if we step too close. Also, the Eye Monster will aid him from time to time attack a complete row of the arena. We need to move fast or we'll be knocked back.

The final shot at Stefano is a great cutscene. But this is far from over.

We have found our daughter but she thinks we are not real. Her screams will call an entity to the theater. And this person is our wife, Myra. He's been transformed into a weird creature. We also learn she commands the white-goo monster. There will be no time to act as the floor will crumble and we will fall into a pit going back to our room.

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Última foto¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Antes de seguir con la misión principal, tomaremos un desvío para completar la misión secundaria que nos dejó Sykes. Nos dirigimos otra vez a The Marrow para activar un servidor. Este miembro del equipo de rescate está planeado una ruta para salir de S.T.E.M. Ayudarlo nos dará acceso a los contenedores bloqueados que hemos visto antes.

La misión es secilla. No hay resitencia por los pasillos. Cuando activemos el servidor, los enemigos empezarán a aparecer por varios lugares. No quedará de otra que eliminarlos y regresar al distrito comercial. Lo bueno es que no tenemos que esperar a hablar con Sykes otra vez para abrir los contenedores. Al regresar al distrito comercial, solo iremos por el contenedor que está en esa Safe Room y por una llaves que no habíamos encontrado.

Ahora podemos seguir hacia el teatro.

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Después del monólogo incial de Stefano y la presentación de su obra. Nos lanzará a otra habitación. Aquí nos moveremos por un pasillo muy surrealista donde habrá que esquivar la mirada del ojo azul. De lo contrario, nos atacán sus tentáculos. Luego volveremos al edificio donde comenzamos el juego. Solo que ahora nos dirigiremos hacia Stefano.

No hay marcha atrás. Esta confrontación nos dejará más cerca de rescatar a Lily.

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Este jefe es difícil, Se puede teletransportar a voluntad. Usará este poder para evadirnos o acercárse. Tiene dos tipos de ataques. Uno donde lanza un cuchillo; el otro es un ataque de cerca con su cuchillo. Este último es más peligroso y a veces, difícil de esquivar. Baja una buena parte de nuestra barra de vida.

Después de hacer algo de daño, comenzará las segunda fase. Aquí, Stefano usará su cámara para crear explosiones contenidas en el tiempo. Funcionan como minas de proximidad. Además, el monstruo del ojo lo apoyará atacando ciertas partes de la habitación y destruyendo las paredes que podemos usar de escudo. Si nos alcanzan sus tentáculos, nos derribará.

La última escena de esta batalla es digna del cine.

Apareceremos frente a Lily. Esta se asustará y no nos creerá que somos su padre. Entre sus gritos, aparecerá una figura misteriosa. Esta calmará a Lily asegurándole que es Myra, nuestra ex esposa. Aquí podemos ver que algo ha cambiado ella. Ahora controla al monstruo blanco que vimos antes. Aunque no tendremos tiempo para una reunión ya que se destruirá el suelo bajo nosotros y caeremos. Despertaremos de regreso en nuestra habitación desorientados.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Kicking off this week for round two of the festival, I'm proud to come here saying this is one of the songs I listened to for a week and got to figure out how to play it. It isn't anything fancy, but it feels like a big step to the right direction.

There's this whole genre of music that's tied with work. In this side the country they are called Puntos. And there are many kind of Puntos according to the geography of the terrain and the references they make. The one I'm playing here is Punto de Navegante. It is one of the songs that are sung by fishers and fishers wives during their wait and work.

It is generally a sad type of music that talks about the longing for those who depart to the sea and asking when they shall come back. Puntos are an interesting subject matter. They are always the same musically. Their melodies and harmonies do not change. Lyrics do since each Punto tends to be a personal composition very similar to Tonadas in the plains. They are usually on a 3/4 compass. In this regard, they are quite similar to Malagueñas. Their lyrics make references to lots of topics such as love, death, departures, life, work, and others.

I think there is nothing more to tell about.

Enjoy!

Punto del Navegante¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Comenzamos esta segunda semana del festival con una canción que orgullosamente puedo decir que escuché por una semana y encontré la manera de tocarla. No es nada muy rebuscado, pero se siente como un paso grande hacia la dirección correcta.

Existe un género musical bastante interesante de canciones que están relacionadas con el trabajo. En estos lados del país, se les conoce como Puntos. Hay muchos tipos de Puntos. Su nombre sus cambiar de acuerdo a la geografía del lugar en donde se presentan. El que interpreto en el video es un Punto de Navegante. Es uno de los cantos de faena de los pescadores y sus esposas.

Suele ser una composición bastante triste que habla sobre la añoranza hacia aquellos que salen al mar para trabajar y busca la respuesta sobre cuándo regresarán. Siempre tienen el mismo patrón musical. Su melodía y armonía son fijas. Lo que cambia de un Punto a otro es la letra. Esto ocurre porque los puntos son canciones personales. Es algo muy parecido a los cantos de ordeño de los llanos, esos llamados Tonadas. Comparten con algunas Tonadas el compás a 3/4. Aunque, el ritmo es una cosa bastante diferente a los otros compases a 3 de la música tradicional. Guardan una relación estrecha con las Malagueñas en este sentido. Y en ellos se suelen tratar muchos tipos de temas. Vivencias, la vida y sus penurias, el amor, la muerte, la partida, entre otros.

Creo que no me queda más que agregar sobre el tema.

Espero que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, 3speakers!Moving on with the works on this new sound board after working on its thickness. Now, it's time to make a hole in it. Yes, the sound hole! We'll use an old tool, cutting compass, that's been in the workshop for a while but I had never put to use in this step. Finishing the works with a cut for the bars and the joint reinforcement.

Tapa Armónica a medio hacer¡Buen día, 3speakers!Avanzamos con el proceso de esta tapa armónica después de trabajar en su grosor. Ahora nos toca abrir un agujero en ella. Sí, la boca del instrumento. Aquí usaremos una herramienta que tiene tiempo en el taller, pero no que no había usado hasta entonces, un compás de corte. Para terminar, recortaremos las barras de refuerzo.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Getting into the commercial district of Union surprises us with even more enemies. Even the tougher ones become more regular, the screaming ladies, the ladies with the circular saw and the ones that shriek and spit acid. And sometimes there's no other way around but engaging.

Our main goal here is to open the path to the theater. This one is blocked by two pieces of art made by Stefano (camera guy). And we can find them thanks to their frequencies. Nevertheless, there are lots of resources and other things to find around this place so we need to explore and keep in mind there are enemies everywhere.

Some of these enemies appear when you trigger something be it by a memory resonance or just by moving to some place.

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Our exploration gets us to a Dinner where we find the Anima once more. And again, we're back in Beacon. This time the game is a hide and seek with mirrors involved. The clever design of the puzzle is to get close to the mirror to know which door to cross. If we don't cross the right one, we have to start over. This is easy enough the first time. The second time, there are obstacles in the way and the Anime is always moving as a mirror to us. That makes it more challenging.

After escaping this puzzle, we'll receive another slide.

Moving further into the district, we'll listen some gunshots and screams. The last member of the rescue team, Sykes, is in trouble. He's surrounded by monsters and we'll have to rescue him by eliminating all the things. Fortunately, we can use the crossbow and its electric bolts with the hydrant nearby to save some ammo.

Once we rescue him, we can talk in the safe room and get his side quests to unlock the boxes we can't open.

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Onto the main quest now, we need to find the art. Once we are in front of the paintings, we'll get pulled into it and will have to find a key to open the door that prevents us from reaching a sculpture.

This part is very straightforward. Find the key. Open the door. Destroy the sculpture. The puzzle before is the tricky part. In the first one, we need to run from an Obscura that will try to end us. If we use the smoke bombs, we can cheese this one.

After destroying the first painting, we can move to the next one. But there's a place to check beforehand. Here, we'll find a key to a storage room that's nearby the entrance of the district. We can pick it up before moving on with the main quest.

Once we get into the second painting and destroy the sculpture, the entrance of the theater will be open and we can find and confront Stefano!

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Vandalismo¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Nuestra llegada al distrito comercial es fácil, pero aquí nos encontraremos con varios enemigos difícil que ahora son más comunes. Las doñas que gritan, las mujeres de la sierra circular y los que gritan y escupen ácido. A veces, no hay otra manera que enfrentarlos.

El objetivo principal será abrir el paso al teatro. Este se encuentra bloqueado por dos piezas de arte hechas por Stefano (el tipo de la cámara). Y podemos encontrar ambas gracias a sus frecuencias. Sin embargo, hay muchas cosas que recolectar en este lugar antes de hacer eso. Claro, hay que estar atentos a los enemigos que aparecerán.

Algunos de estos solo se presentan al cumplir alguna condición como ver una memoria o mover a un lugar específico.

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La exploración nos llevará a un restaurante donde nos encontraremos con el Ánima una vez más. Y volveremos a Beacon. Esta vez el juego de esconderse y correr tiene que ver con espejos. Tendremos que acercarnos a uno para ver cuál puerta debemos cruzar. Si no lo hacemos bien, tendremos que volver al incio del laberinto. La primera vez es muy fácil. La segunda, tendremos que evitar al Ánima que copiará nuestros movimientos como un espejo.

Al escapar, recibiremos una diapositiva.

Avanzando un poco más, escucharemos disparos y gritos. El último miembro del equipo de rescate, Sykes, está en aprietos. Se encuentra rodeado de enemigos y nos tocará salvarlo. Por suerte, podemos utilizar el hidrante que está cerca y una flecha eléctrica para ahorrarnos municiones.

Después de rescatarlo, podremos hablar con él para cumplir una misión secundaria que nos permitirá desbloquear algunas cajas que no podíamos abrir antes.

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De regreso a la misión principal, tenemos que encontrar el arte. Una vez lo hagamos, la primera nos halará a la pintura. Aquí tendremos que encontrar una llave para abrir una puerta que protege una escultura.

Esa parte es simple. Encuentra la llave. Abre la puerta. Destruye la escultura. Lo interesante es el puzzle para llegar. En la primera pintura, tendremos que escapar una Obscura que tratará de detenernos. Si utilizamos una flecha de humo, podremos evitar un combate.

Al destruir la primera pintura, podremos movernos a la siguiente. Antes de hacerlo, investigamos un punto de resonancia extra para encontrar una llave de un depósito ubicado cerca de la entrada al distrito.

Luego, podremos ir a la siguiente pintura y repetir el proceso de buscar la llave y destruir la escultura. Con esto, se abrirá el camino al teatro y podremos ir a confrontar a Stefano.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!There are songs that are the definition of beauty. This is one of those cases. It doesn't matter if years have gone by since I've listened to this one, it will always caress my sensibilities in a way only music can do. To start off this new cycle of the Hive Music Festival, I'm performing a song I have recorded before. That time, I used two instruments. However, I wasn't happy with the sound quality of that video. Now, I know a bit more about editing. And I also came to play it as a soloist.

The song is Viajera del Río. The first time I played, I dedicated the cover to my childhood love, Cristina. Now the cover goes to @lqch who asked me a while ago if I knew the song. By then, I didn't know how to play it properly on the Venezulan Cuatro. As you will see in the cover, there are lots and lots of ornaments. Must of these are part of the original song. However, I also wanted to break away from the waltz version and create my own. You see, the lyrics of the song are an homage to Bolívar State and its two rivers: Orinoco and Caroní.

There are expression of love that could be interpreted as you'd like, but the beauty of the music is undeniable. Thanks to my Hiver friend for giving me the goal of learning this song. It will be be part of my repertoire for a long time. That is for sure!

And as usual, there are some interesting ideas on how to make a song your own. In my case, playing it as if it were mine was the idea.

Enjoy!

Viajera del Río¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Hay canciones que son la definición de belleza. Esta es una de esas. No importa si pasan años desde que la escuché por última vez, siempre le dará una caricia a mis sensibilidades artísticas de una manera que solo es posible a través de la música. Para comenzar este ciclo nuevo del Hive Music Festival, voy a interpretar una canción que ya he grabado antes. En aquella ocasión, fue con dos instrumentos. Aunque, no quedé satisfecho con el resultado de ese intento. Ahora que sé un poco más de edición, vine con un cover solista.

La canción es Viajera del Río del compositor Manuel Yánez. La primera vez que la grabé, le dediqué el cover a mi amor de la infacia, Cristina. Este cover nuevo va dedicado a @lqch, quien me preguntó hace un buen tiempo si me sabía este tema. En ese entonces, no estaba listo para intentar algo así. Como verán la cación tiene un montón de adornos que son parte de la versión original. Sin embargo, sabiendo un poco más sobre cómo tocar este instrumento, pude hacer el esfuerzo de sacar una versión propia rompiendo con el esquema del vals venezolano. Esta canción es un poema de amor al Estado Bolívar y sus dos ríos: Orinoco y Caroní.

Hay expresiones de amor en su ltera que pueden ser interpretadas de varias maneras, pero la belleza de la pieza es innegable. Gracias a mi amiga Hiver por darme la idea de plantear este desafío con esta canción. Ahora será parte de mi repertorio por un buen rato.

Y como suele ser costumnbre, siempre hay ideas interesantes para crear una versión propia de un tema. En mi caso, fue tocar esta cación como si yo la hubiera escrito.

Espero que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, 3speakers!Starting with a new sound board. Even when the sound of cedar is usually very similar, not two pieces from the same tree sound the same. Not even from a the same block of wood. Time to start the prep work on a sound board, that means gluing the pieces together, removing some material to get to an acceptable thickness and them marking the form of the sound board.

It's the same process each time, but feels like the first time of each new instrument!

Tapa Armónica en proceso¡Buen día, 3speakers!Comenzamos con una tapa armónica nueva. Incluso cuando el cedro tiene un sonido muy reconocible, ni dos piezas del mismo árbol suenan igual. Ni siquiera dos del mismo tablón. Hora de hacer todo el trabajo fuerte en esta tapa, eso significa pegar las partes, rebajar el grosor y calcar nuestra plantilla.

¡Siempre es lo mismo, pero cada vez se siente como si fuera el primer instrumento!

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Some surprises are waiting for us at City Hall. For starters, there's present from camera guy and for sure a setup for a trap. Well, let's see how it goes! Coming into the yard of the Hall, there will be a cutscene that summons an enemy we saw a while bad, the lady of many heads and circular saw. Now, we'll have no other choice but face this enemy.

Fortunately, there are other traps around and explosive barrels we can use to our advantage to take this foe down. There's even a gas truck that we can ignite to set the monster of fire. We just need to make sure to keep our distance from it since its attacks are quite powerul.

Once we have taken an approach to attack, we can take a win. However, the monster is study, so it will take a lot of damage to defeat it!

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Going inside City Hall, we'll find and injured member of the rescue team about to die. He'll give us a transmitter and instruct us to go activate the Stable Field Emitter so we can stop the villain.

Walking through this place is like going into the mind of a crazy person. There are puzzles and lots of wretched and twist "art" around the place. And we can't actually do much but solve some things are walk through the path we are given. That is until we find the Emitter and get to face the camera guy.

Unfortunately, this won't be the time to put and end to his wicked ways. But he'll drop his Obscura to fight us. This is another twisted creature. It has long legs that end on sharp objects and instead of a head, it has a camera. The shots from this camera can freeze things in time.

The fight is a duel of attrition. We have to stall the monster enough so the Stable Field Emitter can start working. Once it does, the monster will be defeated and we can get to the next place.

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Out in the yard again, we'll call Kidman and have a heartwarming pep talk. Then, O'Neal will give us some directions of how to get to Downtown Union. We've got to jump back into The Marrow.

On our way to the next exit, we'll have a flashback of a discussion with our wife Moira and then encounter a very weird monster made of white goo. This one we have to avoid at all costs.

Moving forward and facing the enemies on our path, we'll get to a save room with surveillance equipment. And then, we'll be ambushed by Yukiko Hoffman, the team psychologist. After convincing her we are on her side, she'll help us plan our next move against camera guy. And so we get ready for our next mission!

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En el Ayuntamiento¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Algunas sorpresas nos esperan en el Ayuntamiento. Para comenzar, tenemos la cálida invitación del sujeto de la cámaro. Esto obviamente es una trampa, pero no hay más camino que hacia adelante. Al entrar al patio del edificio, comenzará una escena donde veremos que partes de los cuerpos que están en el suelo formarán un ememigo. Este ya lo hemos visto. Es la mujer con muchas cabezas y una sierra circular de brazo. No tenemos alternativa más que enfrentarla esta vez.

Por suerte, hay más trampas alrededor que podemos usar en nuestro favor. También hay muchas barriles explosivos y hasta un charco de gasolina que nos ayudará a prender al enemigo. Todo es asunto de encontrar una estrategia que nos permita vencer al enemigo manteniendo nuestra distacia del mismo.

Una vez que hayamos formulado la mejor forma de atacar, solo tenemos que seguir haciéndolo. Sin embargo, hay que tener en cuenta que el enemigo tiene ataques muy fuertes y también resiste bastante.

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Dentro del Ayuntamiento, encontraremos a otro miembro del equipo de rescate. Este está malherido, no le queda mucho tiempo. Aprovechará lo que le queda para darnos un transmisor e pedirnos que activemos el Stable Field Emitter para detener lo que está pasadon en Union.

Adentrándonos más en el edificio, nos encontraremos a merced del sujeto de la cámara. Es como el laberinto dentro de la mente de un loco. Hay puzzles relacionados con el arte y muchas obras de arte muy macabras. El camino nos llevará hacia nuestro destino.

Tendremos de frente al sujeto, pero no podremos enfrentarnos a él. Aunque, nos dejará compañía en forma de un enemigo llamado Obscura. Es un monstruo de extramidades largas que terminan en objetos afilados y que lleva una cámara por cabeza. Esta última parte, le permite congelar cosas justo como en las fotos que hemos visto antes.

Esta batalla es de desgaste. Tenemos que distraer al monstruo hasta que el Emitter haga su trabajo. Claro, este intetará congelar el tiempo para evitar que se active. Una vez que la cuenta llegue a 0, ganaremos el combate y podremos continuar.

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De regreso a las afueras del Ayuntamiento, tendremos una conversación conmovedora con Kidman, quien nos alentará a seguir con la misión. Luego, O'Neal nos dará las direcciones que necesitamos para contunar. Debemos volver a The Marrow para avanzar.

Mientras avanzamos por este lugar, nos toparemos con un recuerdo de una discusión entre Sebastián y su esposa Moira. Luego, encontraremos un monsrtruo muy extraño hecho de un material blanco y viscoso. No tendremos otra opción más que movernos con cuidado para evitarlo.

Al llegar al próximo Safe Room, nos daremos cuenta que hay un equipo de vigilancia en este lugar. Luego, seremos emboscados por Yukiko Hoffman, la psicóloga del grupo. Después de convercerla de que estamos de su lado, nos ayudará a planear nuestro próximo movimiento contra el sujeto de la cámara. Nos toca prepararnos para eso.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To end my entries for this cycle of the Hive Music Festival, I wanted to try something new. The third kind of Joropo in Venezuela comes from the central region, specifically Miranda State. And to be even more specific it comes from the region known as Los Valles del Tuy. That's the reason why when people talk about this genre of Joropo it's referred as Joropo Tuyero.

The main feature of this Joropo is the small number of musicians needed to make music. It usually takes 2 and that's enough. One plays the harp and the second sings and plays the maracas. As you can see, traditionally, this Joropo doesn't use the Venezuelan Cuatro on its array of instruments. This has changed and now there are even soloist records made for Venezuelan Cuatro.

And here comes my attempt at playing this music. It's really hard. For starters, you should always try to imitate what the harp would do. A harp has 36 strings. I'm playing with 4. But adapting the playstyle of different instruments is always an interesting exercise. My song for this round is Desilusión by composer Juan Vicente Torrealba. This famous composer is one whose name echoes through traditional Venezuelan Music, especially that which comes from the plains.

It is an easy enough song to try to play my first solo of Joropo Tuyero, but you'll be the judges of that!

Enjoy!

Desilusión¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Para cerrar mi participación en este ciclo del Hive Music Festival, quise intentar algo nuevo. El tercer tipo de Joropo que existe en Venezuela viene de la región central, para ser más específicos, del Estado Miranda. Y para localizarlo aún más, viene de los Valles del Tuy. Por eso cuando se hace referencia a este género de Joropo se le llama Joropo Tuyero.

La característica principal de este Joropo es la cantidad de músicos que se necesitan para tocarlo. Basta con dos músicos, uno que toque el arpa; otro, las maracas. Como puede ven, tradicionalmente, no se utiliza el cuatro venezolano en la batería de instrumentos de este género. Eso ha cambiado con el tiempo y ahora hay hasta discos de cuatro solista dedicados a este tipo de música.

Aquí viene mi intento de tocar un solo de este tipo de música. Para comenzar, hay que imitar al arpa. Un arpa tiene 36 cuerdas. Aquí tengo solo 4. Aunque adaptar los estilos de un instrumento a otro es un ejercicio muy interesante. Mi canción para esta ronda es Desilusión del compositor Juan Vicente Torrealba. Este fue un compositor muy reconocido es su tiempo cuya obra todavía hace eco en la música tradicional venezolana, especialmente es la música llanera.

Además, es una canción lo suficientemente fácil para comenzar este recorrido por el Joropo Tuyero. Ya me dirán ustedes qué tal lo hice.

Espero que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, 3speakers!I'm excited to announce the beginning of a new DIY project of an instrument that was commissioned this year. It seems crazy to only have one or two of these projects a year, but taking into consideration how long it takes, it isn't crazy anymore. Plus, I have the added benefit of being able to record every step of the process to keep adding to my luthier portfolio.

This is the first stage of every instrument. Of course, I only buy cut pieces since I don't have a table saw to make the cuts myself. That's I don't have it yet!

Some assembly might be required to have a functioning instrument!

Se requiere ensamblado¡Buen día, 3speakers!Es de mi agrado informar que comienza un nuevo proyecto para la serie de cortos DIY. Este es un instrumento que alguien pidió este año. A veces, resulta extraño tener uno o dos tipos de proyectos como este al año; pero teniendo en cuenta el tiempo que toman, no es tan loco. En mi caso, tengo la dicha de poder documentar cada paso del proceso para añadir a mi portafolio de luthier.

Así se ve un instrument en su primera etapa. Claro, compro piezas cortadas porque no tengo una sierra de banco para hacer los cortes yo mismo. ¡No tengo una una, todavía!

Se requiere hacer un poco de ensamblado para que funcione la cosa.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Now, we've got to get to City Hall to activate the Stable Field Emitter. However, on this chapter we unlock something cool that will give us a ton of resources. That is the Shooting Gallery. This game has this added bonus of taking some challenges and earning some brain juice and other goodies.

The Challenges are two. The first one is a shooting gallery of target practice. The targets are enemies from the previous game and some of them move. The gallery gets tougher on each level and the resources given too. The second one is a mix of Candy Crush and shooting. It is quite fun. It's called Chain Reaction. The idea is to chain as many pieces of the same color on screen and them make a big shot to ear lots of points and extra time to keep doing the same.

As you can see, I stayed there shooting for a time until I got all the resources available. This is a really good way to get lots of upgrades for skills and parts for weapons.

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Going back to the quest, we need to get to The Marrow in the northern part of Union. On the way, we'll stumble upon a damsel in distress. After saving her from the enemies, some info will be revealed. A lot of the people that got into this experiment thought this was some Research for Sleep. And they were deceived by MOBIUS. The lady doesn't know what happened and it's just collateral damage of all this situation.

Facing some more enemies will make it into The Marrow and see that not even this place is safe from the disaster. At a door with a music puzzle, we'll have to face lots of enemies. Fortunately, there's a good spot above a ladder that gives us the best location to get some headshots with ease.

But that's not the last of the problems. Now, we'll get to the gas leak that was mentioned by O'Neal.

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The gas leak part has to be one of the terrifying parts of the game. First, like in the previous entry, we can't use firearms. Second, we are in first-person mode. And that's something really weird and make for movement a little bit more rough for the game. It becomes clear this is just a way of making the movement more challenging as we have to avoid one of those enemies that shriek and spit acid.

The enemies is guarding some switches to activate the door to exit this place. It is quite the stressful puzzle. It isn't hard, but the perspective makes it different.

After exiting the gas leak, we'll be in exit B2 right the place to get to City Hall. Alongside this new path, we'll get some goodies that will be useful on our upcoming facedown with some enemies.

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Salida B2: Ayuntamiento¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Tenemos que llegar al Ayuntamento para activar el Stable Field Emitter. Sin embargo, este capítulo nos da la oportunidad de superar algunos retos para conseguir muchos más recursos. Estos se presentan en la forma de una galería de tiro.

Hay dos tipos de retos. El primero es tira al blanco. Los blancos son los enemigos del juego anterior. Algunos son estáticos y otros tiene movimiento. A cada nivel, se hace más difícil atinarle a los mismos. El otro reto es una especie de mezcla entre Candy Crush y disparos. Se llama Chain Reaction. El objetivo es acumular piezas del mismo color en la pantalla y luego hacerlas explotar con disparo. Así se acumulan más puntos y se consigue más tiempo.

Como se pueden dar cuenta, estuve un rato aquí hasta sacar todos los recursos disponibles como premios. De aquí se obtiene un montón de juego de cerebro y muchas partes para mejorar las armas.

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Regresando a la misión princial, debemos llegar a la terminal de The Marrow en el extremo norte del pueblo. Entre varios enemigos, nos encontraremos con una dama en apuros huyendo de los monstruos. Al salvarla, nos contará que entró a un estudio sobre el sueño y terminó aquí. Otra víctima de los engaños de MOBIUS.

Avanzando más y eliminando más enemigos, llegaremos hasta los cuarteles dentro de The Marrow. Este lugar tampoco se salvó del desastre. Al tratar de completar un rompecabezas musical, nos enfrentaremos a varios enemigos. Por suerte, estar sobre una plataforma nos da el lugar perfecto para eliminarlos sin problemas.

Aunque, este no es el último obstáculo en nuestro camino. Todavía queda la fuga de gas.

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Este tiene que ser una de las partes más extrañas y que juega con el factor de miedo. Primero, al igual que el juego anterior, no se pueden usar armas por el gas flamable. Segundo, se juega en primera persona. Eso es algo que altera un poco la percepción y manera de jugar. Se hace para colocar algunos obstáculos que se deben evitar a toda costa. Nos encontraremos uno de esos enemigos que grita y escupe ácido.

Este monstruo está de guardia de unos switches para activar el circuito de la puerta de salida. Esto hace que el puzzle sea un poco tedioso, pero no le quita méritos de dar una vuelta a la forma de jugar.

Después de pasar por todo esto, estaremos justo en la salida B2. Desde aquí podremos llegar al Ayuntamiento. Al llegar a esta parte, encontraremos más recursos que nos serán útiles al enfrentamiento que nos depara el futuro.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We're keeping up the pace with round number two. This time, we bring back a piece which isn't listened very much, but some of the older folks might recognize as it used to be one of those waltzes played during quinceañeras (or so I think). It's a piece by composer Francisco de Paula Aguirre, Dama Antañona. It is a song that encapsulates the longing for older fashions among women of the first decades of the 20th century in Venezuela. Some of the vibe still clinging to the colonial days during the changes in the country.

I believe this song has something to do with an event that takes places in Cumaná which is called Noches de Antaño. I have never been there, but people tend to enjoy some experiences from the old Venezuela. That in which aristocracy was a big thing and parties in houses included dancing waltzes and other genres of the time. The olden days when there were pianos in many households.

The waltz is a very interesting piece. It must have the hardest to play interlude of any piece in the traditional repertoire. That says a lot about the composer. This was his most famous pieces as it was played in many houses and other places. Definitely a favorite of the aristocracy of the time.

For my cover, I tried to keep to the original melody and movements of the piece. And that's everything I can tell about. That middle section was really hard to memorize!

Enjoy!

Dama Antañona¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Continuamos en el ciclo. Para esta segunda ronda, traemos una pieza que ya no se escucha tanto, pero seguro que la gente con más edad la recordará. Probablemente era uno de esos valses que se bailaban en los quince años de alguien. Es un vals del compositor Francisco de Paula Aguirre llamado Dama Antañona. Es una pieza que habla sobre la añoranza a costumbres tradicionales y sobre la figura de la mujer en la sociedad de principios del siglo XX. Algunas costumbres de tipo colonial todavía estaban en voga durante esos años.

Creo que el título de la pieza guarda una relación estrecha con este evento anual que se da en la ciudad de Cumaná llamado Noches de Antaño. Durante esas noches, las personas pueden disfrutan de algunas tradiciones que han salido de la sociedad. Hay bailes, comidas, vestidos típicos de la Venezuela de principios de siglo XX. Aquellos tiempos en que la aristocracia todavía era algo y existían pianos en los hogares de varias personas.

Este vals es una pieza interesante. Creo que tiene el interludio más difícil de toda la música tradicional. Eso dice mucho sobre su compositor. Esta pieza fue su canción más famosa. Según se dice, se escuchaba en casi todas las casas importantes de la arístocracia y fue galardonado varias veces.

Para mi cover, intenté mantener fiel a la melodía original. Eso es todo lo que puede decir. Ese interludio es muy difícil. Me tomó un buen rato memorizarlo.

Espero que lo disfruten.

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If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.Charles DarwinHello there, my fellow musicians!

I love how getting into the scene of cultural life in the city gives you a glimpse of so many interesting things. I'd like to share with you part of a concert by one of the choir groups in the city. I have shown them before, but the reason behind this concert is far more interesting.

You see around the week that goes from June 9th to the 13th, we celebrate the birth and death of one of the poets of Cumana, Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre. During this week, there are lots of activities held at the house museum he owned in life. This year, we had the chance to receive some interesting guests with an even more interesting idea for a book.

Two books on the poet. One was poetry; the other, essays. And alongside, the author on the former. The idea of her book is a sort of replies to the texts of Ramos Sucre. It is an interesting idea to write replies to poems in a way you make sense of them. It is a portrayal of the thought process that gives sense to the rhythm and music in the words that compose this kind of art.

The guests even brought some gifts in the form of copies of books for the library and a plaque with the face of the poet.

We had a recital and some talk about the process of writing the book. And in the photos you can see there's a sort of field journal with annotations for the writing of such a thing. A journal into the field of poetry it is. Exploration of this kind tends to bear place into the depths of thoughts and the reconstruction of scenes, feelings and more.

And during the event, I was selected to read something to help people understand how the idea of the author works in motion. So, I played the role of Ramos Sucre in one of his poems. Don't worry, you won't see myself reading other person's poetry around here. I wish I could, but I don't know how that would fare with the watchers.

Anyhow, the response was interesting. The back and forth ideas make an interesting contrast regarding times, beliefs and gender. Since the author of the new book is female, she might understand the words of the poet under a different light.

To top off this presentation of the book and poetic afternoon, the closing number of the choir did the perfect kind of break to make people come back to reality. However, before this number they did a selection of songs you could actually call poems with music.

It seems there's never one without the other.

I'm glad it happens this way.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!We can't catch a break with the weird stuff happening in this place. As we jump out of a bad memory, we get into some other terrifying experience inside another house. This time, it's something akin to an evil spirit taken from a LATAM horror story. This one gets us back into what looks like Beacon.

We'll have to use our best stealth abilities to traverse this puzzle and find a keycard to open our exit. On the way out, we'll have another flashback of the things we dealt with during our last adventure.

And back in the house, Sebastian will ask the same question as us "was that real?". Well, it seems so. This event triggers more appearances of this enemy which is called Anima. That is a way to refer to lingering souls in the Spanish language. What could it mean here?

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One of the coolest ideas in this game is the concept of phase shifting. This whole thing is akin to a computer simulation inside the mind of a person. So, it is reasonable to have some kind of backdoors to other places. Enter The Marrow. It is exactly that a way to monitor things happening in Union from a safe distance. Of course, nothing is safe since the Core of the STEM system is gone.

This first visit to this place is to get to the armory and find some more firepower. Here we'll find some resistance and also the first sort of music puzzle of the game. It is a frequency match up thing. It is easy to do, but sometimes it also gets tricky.

More of these puzzles will come up later.

As a reward for venturing into this place, we'll find a shotgun. The perfect gun to mow down groups of enemies and also pack a powerful punch to bosses. Now, we're talking! And we're also ready to get back on track with the main quest.

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Catching back with our missing daughter, we'll have to move around town and find the resonance points which are linked to her activities. We can deduce by the first one that she's been running from someone. Maybe it's the camera guy. Once we get to a point and find her traces, we'll have to keep following the patterns until a new resonance point shows on the map.

All this tracking gets us to a warehouse. In here, we find out Lily was captured by the camera guy. And we're out of clues. However, in true ego fashion, the villain will show up to make a display of his powers. Once we have dealt with his minions, we'll call O'Neal to make up a plan to advance.

Now we have to go to Town Hall to find the Stable Field Emitter to see if can stop the psycho villain. But our path won't be so easy. Once we have completed this part of the main quest, a lot of new enemies will spawn in the streets of Union. And this is the reason why we committed so much time gathering all the resources available in the place before going through with this quest.

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Buscando a Lily¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!No tenemos ni un minuto de descanso con las cosas extrañas que ocurren en este lugar. Salimos de un mal recuerdo para caer en otra cosa más aterradora. Ahora, nos encontramos a un espectro parecido a la Llorona. Y otra vez vamos a Beacon.

Aquí tendremos que usar nuestras habilidades de sigilo para atravesar este laberinto y conseguir una tarjeta. Esta nos abrirá el camino de salida. Antes de irnos, tendremos una serie de flashbacks sobre nuestro pasado.

Al regresar a la casa, Sebastian se preguntará la misma cosa que nosotros "¿eso fue real?". Parece que sí. Este evento hace que este enemigo llamado Anima aparezca más seguido. Sí, como un ánima en pena persiguiéndonos. ¿Qué hará esto aquí?

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Uno de los conceptos más interesantes del juego es esta manera de pasar de un lugar a otro. Union es una simulación creada en la mente de una persona. Así que es lógico que haya mecanismos para monitorear todo el ambiente desde un lugar seguro. Así parece The Marrow. Es exactamente eso, un lugar seguro para monitorear todo el pueblo. Claro desde que el Core está perdido, el sistema STEM no tiene lugares seguros.

Nuestra primera visita a este lugar es para llegar a la armería y conseguir más poder de fuego. Encontraremos algo de resistencia en nuestro camino y el primer puzzle musical del juego. Es algo donde debemos igualar unas frecuencias. No es muy complicado, aunque a veces se pone fastidioso.

Habrá más como estos mientras avanzamos.

Como premio al completar el puzzle, conseguiremos una escopeta. Es el arma perfecta para luchar contra hordas de enemigos y también darles con algo fuerte a los jefes. ¡Ahora sí podemos con todo! Y es tiempo de volver a la misión principal y encontrar a Lily.

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Encontrar a nuestra hija es un juego de gato y ratón. Tendremos que movernos por el pueblo siguiendo unas frecuencias que están relacionadas con sus pasos. Podemos deducir después de la primera que estaba huyendo de alguien. Es probable que sea el sujeto de la cámara. Encontrar sus huellas nos permite encontrar otro punto de frecuencias en el mapa para poder continuar con la misión.

Todo esto nos lleva hasta un almacen, Aquí, veremos a través de sus recuerdos que fue capturada por el sujeto de la cámara. Ahora se nos acabaron las pistas. Sin embargo, el tipo este aparecerá para mostrarnos sus podermos. Una vez derrotemos a sus esbirros, llamaremos a O'Neal para planear el paso siguiente.

Tenemos que dirigirnos al Ayutamiento para activar el Stable Field Emitter y ponerle un alto al psicópata. Pero nuestro camino no será fácil. Una vez hayamos completado esta misión, aparecerán muchos más enemigos por las calles de Union. Así que tendremos que ir con cuidado. Por esta razón, nos dedicamos a encontrar recursos antes de avanzar con la misión principal.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We're starting a new cycle with some fresh ideas about what to play. Of course, I'm staying on the lane of Traditional Music, but I've brought something that I don't usually play to make it more interesting. Danza Zuliana is a tough genre to play. I don't even do it very well as the genre requires keeping a very good sense of rhythm to adorn playing.

The one I'm playing in my performance is called Maracaibo en la Noche by composer Jesus Reyes. I've listened to several versions of this song and you can see that as years go by, people either sing it or play it faster. Something I still remember about the genre is that Danza is serenade music. So playing it faster doesn't actually make it better. Yes, it might be a good way to brag about your playstyle, but then again we can follow the path of interpretation to make performances different.

Anyways, to each their own on their way of playing this song. For me, it's a little bit on the slower tempo since I like the whole sequence it has. It's just a theme and a variation on it. However, it does work. Plus, I love that last part which is a play on the whole theme of the song. It is usually at the beginning. Since I played a different intro, I decided to keep the original intro as my outro.

Enjoy!

Maracaibo en la Noche¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estamos de vuelta para otro ciclo del festival con ideas nuevas. En esta ocasión, nos quedamos en la onda de la música tradicional, pero les traigo algo que no es muy común en mi repertorio. La Danza Zuliana es un género difícil de tocar. Creo que me faltan algunos años de práctica para considerar que lo hago bien. Se requiere un muy buen sentido del ritmo.

La que presento para esta ronda es Maracaibo en la Noche del compositor Jesús Reyes. He escuchado varias versiones de este tema. Mientras pasan los años, las personas parecen sentir la necesidad de tocarlo más rápido. Algo que recuerdo del género es que la Danza es la música de las serenatas. Tocar rápido no implica hacerlo mejor. Sí, es una manera de mostrar la habilidad, pero eso solo impresiona a los que no son músicos. Cada interpretacipon ha de tener su propia esencia.

De cualquier manera, a cada quien lo suyo con esta canción. Para mí, es algo más de intentar sacar frases claras y mantener el tiempo en un valor normal. Además, así se aprecia algo interesante de las frases de la canción. Es un tema con una variación. Es así de sencillo y así funciona muy bien. La última parte que toco es la introducción original del tema que es una variación en la melodía. Como toque otra introducción, decidí dejar eso para el final.

Espero que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Catching up with our previous run into O'Neal in the safehouse, we have a clue about where to find Lily. Our communicator can get some signals and we can follow those to try to figure out where's our daughter. However, we have some other things to do around the safehouse.

First, we have the new addition of Work Benches. These help us upgrade the weapons we have, craft ammo, syringes and other things. They provide a discount of the materials needed for these things. We can craft away from them, but everything is way more expensive that way.

Second, we have the same upgrade system than previous game. Yes, we have brain juice back in the equation, but the same nurse helps us on this process. That's kind of weird, but I guess that if it isn't broke, don't fix it.

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Moving along, we are presented with the choice of exploring some signals to find more resources and weapons and also have a bit more of background on the things that are happening. Since we have the time to do it and finding new gear is cool, we're going for this option before proceeding with the main quest.

We find out that stealth is the best option in some scenarios. So, we'll try to get as much of those kills as possible whenever we can. Also, we can experience firsthand how some people get turned into those monsters.

Around our exploring antics, we'll come around a crossbow. This one works the same as the previous game. It has bolts that give some utility and others that are quite powerful to deal with enemies.

Also, we find out that we can find resonance points and watch a sort of residual memory of an event. These are the signals the communicators. And while we are at it, we'll get to learn a lot about what happened in Union.

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Our exploring will lead us to a house with some other resonance point that will get us to a psychological file from the therapy sessions of Sebastian after the Beacon incident. That shouldn't be here! And things will start to get even more weird. We'll see glimpses of Beacon, finding messages and other strange things.

Once we have move enough and found more pieces of files, we'll be transported to a room at Beacon Mental Hospital to find a slide. But that's not all! We even find ourselves on a chair over a pool of blood. This room is the same room where we found Rudvik' sister in the first game. And the surprises don't stop there. It seems we have triggered something in Sebastian's mind by coming into another STEM system.

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Exploración de un Desastre¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Tomando en cuenta la información que nos dio O'Neal, ahora tenemos una pista sobre cómo encontrar a Lily. Nuestro comunicador puede captar señales que nos pueden guiar a puntos de interés en el mapa. Sin embargo, primero tenemos que explorar algunas cosas del refugio.

Primero, tenemos la adición de Bancos de Trabajo. Aquí podemos mejorar nuestras armas y crear municiones, inyecciones y otras cosas. Con estos, tenemos un descuento en los materiales para crear cosas. Si tratamos de hacer lo mismo en el mundo abierto, perderemos más materiales.

Lo segundo es utilizar el jugo cerebral para mejorar nuestras habilidades. Aquí volvemos a tener la ayuda de la enfermera del primer juego. Aunque eso es bastante extraño. Pensaba que era parte del espacio mental de Beacon. Supongo que si está roto, no tienes que repararlo.

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Al salir, tendremos la opción de seguir por la señal principal o explorar otras resonancias. Si hacemos lo segundo, aprenderemos más sobre lo que ha pasado para que Union este en tal estado. Además de encontrar más recursos y armas para hacer más fácil nuestro avance. Así que la misión principal tendrá que esperar por ahora.

Con los primeros enemigos, tenemos por seguro que el sigilo es una de las mejores opciones para eliminarlos. Así que intentaremos explotar este recurso tanto como podamos. Además, podremos ver cómo una persona normal se transforma en uno de esos monstruos.

Mientras exploramos más, nos encontraremos con una ballesta. Al igual que en la entrega anterior, esta arma es muy versátil ya que nos permite utilizar flechas con habilidades diversas y otras muy poderosas.

Encontraremos también puntos de resonancia que nos permiten ver una especie de memoria fijada a un evento que ha ocurrido. Estas son las señales captadas por nuestro comunicacor. Mientras estamos en esto, aprenderemos más sobre lo que ha ocurrido con este lugar.

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Toda la exploración nos llevará a una casa donde hay otro punto de resonancia. Solo que aquí encontraremos un reporte psicológico de Sebastian. Es parte de su análisis luego del incidente de Beacon. Esto no debería estar aquí. Esto activará algo muy extraño porque el lugar cambiará a algo parecido a Beacon y aparecerán mensajes y otras cosas extrañas.

Una vez que tomemos otra parte de estos archivos, seremos transportados a un pasillo del Hospital Mental Beacon. Encontraremos una diapositiva sobre una silla de rueda. Pero eso no será todo. Al avanzar, veremos una figura sentada bajo una luz. Si nos acercamos, nos daremos cuenta de que somos nosotros. Estamos sobre un charco de sangre. Y al intentar tocar a esta copia, nos atraparán unos brazos que ya conocemos. Parece que hemos activado algo en la memoria del detective por entrar a este sistema STEM. Esa habitación donde estuvimos es una copia del lugar donde nos encontramos con la hermana de Rudvik por primera vez.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To top off my last entry for this cycle, I was saving something quite interesting. Week 87 ends on a high note with a Pajarillo Solo. I think many have been wondering when I was going to pull off such a piece. Well, you won't have to wait to much for it.

Pajarillo is a fixed harmonic pattern from Joropo. It's a very popular expression for Venezuelan plains. It is played on a pattern of iv - V7 - V7 - i. The lower case in the Roman numerals indicate minor chords. The whole thing is built on a repetition of those chords except for the revuelta which is a part that tends to be present at the beginning or end of the piece.

This piece is a thermometer of the skills of players. Without a doubt everyone wants to learn a Pajarillo solo when they start playing Soloist Venezuelan Cuatro. However, the changes of rhythm, strumming, flourishes, chord inversions and else make it something difficult to digest unless you have some practice. This is what I would could my first iteration of Pajarillo. Next year, I might be playing this differently. You never know. As more things get added to my technical repertoire, the pieces I know get better and more complex.

My version is played in the key of E minor contrary to the usual G minor that many players use. It is actually an easier key to start learning the progressions and phrasing on such a complex thing.

Nothing more to add around here more than being ecstatic to finally play this piece. My premiere of the solo came about during a concert some weeks ago. It was my closing number. And now it is also my closing number for this cycle!

Enjoy!

Pajarillo¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estaba guardando algo especial para finalizar mi participación ente ciclo del festival. Para esta semana 87, vamos con pie firme con un solo de Pajarillo. Creo que muchos se podrían estar preguntando cuándo iba a hacer esto. Bueno, ya tienen respuesta.

El Pajarillo es uno de los aires o golpes del joropo llanero. Es una expresión popular. Se toca sobre una base armónica de iv - V7 -V7 - i. Esos números romanos en minúsculas denotan que se mueve en tonalidad menor. Toda la pieza va sobre esos acordes dependiendo del tono excepto por la revuelta que es una variación armónica que denota el comienzo o el final de la pieza.

Este tema es un termómetro para las habilidades de un cuatrista. Sin duda, debe ser lo que todo cuatrista solista quiere tocar cuando comienza a aprender este estilo. Sin embargo, todo lo que requiere lo hace un reto difícil de digerir. Hay mucha variación rítmica, floreos e inversiones de acordes.

Esta versión es mi primera iteración del tema. Puede que el año siguiente esté tocando el pajarillo de otra manera. Cada vez que se añaden recursos ténicos y otro detalles al repertorio, los temas se enriquecen.

Hice el solo sobre la tonalidad de Mi menor. Los solistas famosos, lo suelen hacer sobre Sol menor. Mi es una tonalidad más fácil para ir aprendiendo sobre todos los detalles técnicos de la pieza.

Nada más que agregar más que estar saltando en un pie por haber grabado esto. Mi estreno de este solo fue durante un concierto hace unas semanas. Fue mi tema para cerrar mi actuación durante una exposición botánica. ¡Ahora es mi cierre para este ciclo!

Espero que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, 3speakers!It isn't the usual type of woodworking I'm used to do; however, a friend asked me if I could make a break stick. This is a tool used by dog breeders and trainers to pry open the dog's jaws once they are holding something very tight. It can be some object or maybe another dog in a fight. It gives the user some leverage to make the dog release something it's holding with something more than just your hands.

It was an interesting project and I recorded the process. This is a prototype, but soon I'll be making some other kinds.

Break Stick para Pitbulls¡Buen día, 3speakers!No es el tipo de carpintería al que estoy acostumbrado; sin embargo, un amigo me preguntó si podía hacer Break Sticks. Estas son herramientas utilizadas por los criadores y entrenadores de perros para poder abrir las fauces del animal cuando este se encuentra sujetando algo con mucha fuerza. Es algo crucial para tener un mejor apoyo que hacerlo solo con las manos. Puede ser muy útil cuando dos perros se quedan enganchados durante una pelea.

Ha sido un proceso interesante. Este es solo un prototipo. Pronto traeré otros modelos.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Welcome back to another gameplay!

This time we're going into the sequel of The Evil Within 1. It's name The Evil Within 2 and it follows the events of the first game after 3 years. We find a washup ex-cop Sebastian trying to cope with the traumatic experience of being connected to the STEM system under the control of Rudvik.

One of the interesting parts of this beginning of the game is that we get a sort of reconstruction of the death of Sebastian's daughter, Lily. Granted it is a recurring nightmare, it gives us some insight on the psyche of the character. Also, our friend has gotten into a drinking habit.

Our nightmare is interrupted by the arrival of Kidman. And we are told some breaking news about Lily. Our daughter is alive and we have to rescue her! She's been under the care of an organization called Mobius and the built another STEM system. This time, Lily is the core of the system.

And we have no other choice as they agents abduct us.

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The new STEM system had a critical failure and now we're going to be sent into this place to rescue our daughter and maybe the first extraction team sent before us. Kidman tell us that someone will be inside to help us. However, we're going in the dark and reluctantly.

And things turn out to be worse than we thought. After going through the first instance of information and metal construct, we'll end up in a weird building. Here we'll find the first member of the search team, Baker. He's dead. And we can see the instant of this demise in a weird photography display.

Of course, we'll waste no time finding more bad things happening around. A guy with a camera is committing all sorts of heinous acts around this place. And he's also a sort of gore artist. Also, this means we're not even in the place where we should start looking for Lily. Time to find a way out of this building and far from the psycho.

However, he'll find us first and send one of his creations to try to stop us.

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And after escaping the monster, we'll finally get to Union, the town that operates as a layer of this new STEM system. Things don't look very good. Here we'll have another opening scene for the presence of monster that's very reminiscent of a Resident Evil game. And it's a lovely display of cinema.

Moving along, we'll experience the first tremor of the game. As the place is collapsing, these will become more frequent. Now, we've got to hurry and find Lily. But first, a bad scene comes to happen as a member of the search team is chased by monsters and a soldier falls protecting him.

After sneaking past the monsters and getting into this safe house, we'll meet this person named O'Neal. He'll give us some insight about the Union and how to look for the Core with our communication device. Plus, he'll give us the location of certain items to have more firepower and be able to deal with these monsters with ease.

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No Hay Descanso para los Desventurados¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!¡Bienvenidos a otro gameplay!

Ahora vamos con la secuala directa de The Evil Within 1. Lleva por nombre The Evil Within 2 y sigue los eventos de la primera parte tres años después de la conclusión del episodio en el Hospital Mental Beacon. Ahora Sebastian es un ex-policía que se encuentra intentando superar el trauma de haber sobrevivido a estar atrapado en STEM bajo el control de Rudvik.

Un detalle interesante de este juego es que nos lleva a una pesadilla recurrente del pensanaje principal donde se ve parte de lo ocurrió en la muerte de su hija, Lily. Ahora sabemos que se siente culpable del hecho. Además, todo el trauma lo ha hecho caer en el vicio de la bebida.

Nuestra pesadilla es interrumpida por la aparición de Kidman. Aquí se nos revela que Lily sigue con vida. Ha estado bajo el cuidado de una organización llamaba MOBIUS. Ahora nos buscan para rescatarla. Aunque también resulta que se ha construido otro sistema STEM y Lily es el núcleo de este mismo.

No tenemos opción de elegir si ir o no, somos secuestrados por unos agentes.

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El STEM nuevo tuvo una falla crítica y ahora nos envían para solucionar el problema. Esto implica descubrir el paredero de Lily y del equipo de búsqueda que fue enviado antes que nosotros. Kidman nos dice que nos espera alguien dentro del sistema para ayudarnos.

Aunque todo resulta ser peor de lo que pensábamos. Después de pasar por el primer constructo mental dentro de STEM, nos encontramos en un lugar bastante extraño. Aquí vemos como el primer mienbro del equipo de búsqueda ha sido asesinado y su muerte está congelada en el tiempo en una especie de fotografía que se mueve.

No pasará mucho tiempo para que otras cosas malas ocurran. Hay un sujeto con una cámara cometiendo cualquier cantidad de atrocidades por aquí. Supuestamente es un artista. Además, esto implica que no estamos ni cerca del lugar donde deberíamos estar buscando a Lily. Así que hay que salir de aquí y tomar tanta distacia como nos sea posible de este psicópata.

Sin embargo, este enviará a una de sus creaciones para atraparnos.

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Después de escapar del monstruo, llegaremos a Union, el pueblo que funciona como ambiente dentro de STEM. Las cosas no se ven muy bien aquí. Tendremos una escena muy interesante donde se nos presentan monstruos parecidos a los del juego anterior como si fuera un corto tomado de un juego de Resident Evil.

Avanzando, sentiremos uno de los primeros temblores. Como este lugar esta colapsando, ocurrirán otros más a medida que avancemos. Tenemos que apurarnos a encontrar a Lily antes de que no quede pueblo donde buscar. Aunque primero, veremos a otro de los miembros del equipo de rescate ser perseguido por monstruos y un soldado caerá tratando de rescatarlo.

Después de pasar con sigilo entre los monstruos, llegamos a un sitio seguro y conoceremos a O'Neal, miembro del equipo de rescate. Nos dará información sobre como usar nuestro comunicador para rastrear frecuencias y buscar a Lily. Además, nos marcará algunos puntos de interés en el mapa para encontrar algunas armas que nos ayuden a lidiar con los monstruos con mayor facilidad.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Riding on the Bolero wave for this round 2, week 86 of the Hive Music Festival, I've come with a song that must be part of every karaoke in LATAM. It's a classic by Juan Gabriel, Te lo Pido por favor. The lyrics of this song are a poem to love and affection towards a special person. Plus, it holds the essence of the songs composed by El Divo de Juárez.

I'm not a fan of Juan Gabriel, but I have to admit the guy had an amazing voice and a very interesting way of composing music. You can always feel what you're supposed to with every one of his pieces. And conveying feelings in music that arise by just listening is a art form in itself.

Who hasn't listened to one of his hits and said "damn, this guy knew how to hit you in the feelings!"?

I hope my cover holds up to such a beautiful song. There was no need to adorn or add things. Maybe just making my version shorter without all the repetitions of the piece. It already has enough beauty in its melody, so this is one of those cases where playing it feels like beauty itself manifesting.

Enjoy!

Cover de Te lo Pido por favor¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Continuando en la onda del bolero para esta semana 86, ronda 2, he traído un clásico del género y que debe ser una canción que forma parte de todo el repertorio de karaokes en América Latina. Es un clásico de Juan Gabriel, Te lo Pido por favor. La letra de esta canción es un verdadero poema de amor. Además, captura la esencia de las composiciones de El Divo de Juárez.

No soy un fan de Juan Gabriel, pero admito que tenía una voz increíble y unas ideas para componer muy bien desarrolladas. Siempre sabes qué sentir con sus canciones desde el inicio. Lograr ese efecto en la música es un arte en sí mismo.

¿Quién no ha escuchado una de sus composiciones y dicho "¡este tipo sí que sabe lo que hace!"?

Espero que mi cover este a la altura de una canción tan bella. No hubo necesidad de adornar la pieza. Ya la misma melodía tiene todos sus adornos. Mi versión solo recorta un poco las repeticiones. Tocar el tema es una experiencia estética como se tienen pocas veces como músico.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, Hivers!It's not the first time I spend some #hbd to pay for a service or product. However, it is the first time since this new community exists. In previous years, I bought handmade notebooks and some other things. I've paid for transportation with it. I have even helped people get their cut of a bill paid and then gotten my money's worth back in #hbd.

We can't do anything else but praise the flexibility and use cases for this stable coin.

Today, I had the chance to buy a book from a mentor and friend who's also a very important writer in Venezuela. This is his latest novel "Cálidas Ruinas". Since he had some copies to sell, I reached out and he accepted the payment in #hbd. So, I used the @keychain app to send over the money.

Nothing else to do but go and take my book back home. The added bonus was the autograph.

Now, I wanna see what else I can get paying with #hbd!

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!We'll wake up in something that seems like a dream. A familiar figure and voice talks to us, but we fade away. Now, we're back in our safe space. We can see how things are deteriorating quickly. After picking up some stuff and maxing some abilities we get on our way. But Leslie will be blocking the mirror that takes us back. He will teleport us to a weird place that looks similar to some rooms of the mental hospital. There's nothing else to do but follow him through these corridors.

The place looks weird. It might be a memory from the experiments that were conducted at Beacon Mental Hospital regarding these weird system to connect minds.

Once we reach certain point, the ceiling will collapse. We'll wake up in front of the mental hospital for the final chapter of these game. One that was a fitting name!

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Most of the hospital is the same. We're heading into the underground. However, now we can explore some other areas we couldn't before. Our main goal is to reach a tower that houses the STEM system. But getting there won't be easy. Another person trapped in this place will give us some advice about avoiding the eyes before passing away.

We'll have another close encounter with Rudvik not long after the last conversation. And after setting him on fire, we'll be transported to an arena to fend off several enemies and copycats. The stages consists of levels we can climb and enemies coming from all directions and armed with all sorts of weapons. Time to make those shots count!

After getting to the final hall, we'll end up in another room. This time, trapped with not one but two Keepers. This fight is by far the hardest one in the game. These enemies can place traps, have different paces for moving and the set up of the stage makes it hard to move around and keep your distance. However, this time we can end this thing for good!

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We'll have a final room to pass where we need to avoid the gaze from an eye that looks from afar. Traversing this maze will only get us to scape another deadly trap. However, we'll then be back to the yard we had just passed before this started. Going back into the building, we'll finally go up the elevator into the room with the STEM system. From the glass floor, we'll see ourselves inside a tub and connected to the machine.

Leslie will come running chased by Kidman. The room will change into a twisted version with the brain we've seen before. Rudvik will transform Leslie into a liquid and everything will shake and crumble. Falling off to a brain and landing then in a building, we'll have a to face a monstruous form of Rudvik.

The fight has some intense moments and will need us to be careful and pay attention to certain cues if we want to defeat this crazy man.

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After shooting Rudvik and killing this form, we wake up into another room with his brain. And you can bet we will stomp this. The ending of the game follows shortly and it makes us think it's not the end yet.

¿El Final?¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Comenzaremos esta parte en una especie de sueño. Veremos una silueta y escucharemos una voz familiar. Al despertar, estaremos en el lugar seguro. Aquí vemos cómo las cosas se están deteriorando. Después de tomar lo que encontramos y subir algunas habilidades, será hora de continuar. Leslie bloquea el espejo, pero será el mismo quien nos sacará de aquí. No nos queda más que seguirlo por los pasillos de algo parecido al hospital mental.

Se nota por las estructuras que este lugar fue utilizado para experimentos de moral dudosa.

Al llegar a cierto punto el techo colapsará. Al despertar, estaremos frente al hospital mental para el último capítulo del juego. ¡Vaya nombre que tiene!

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La estructura es la misma. Vamos directo al subterráneo. Sin embargo, ahora podemos explorar otras áreas que no pudimos al comienzo. Nuestro objetivo principal es llegar a la torre donde se haya el sistema STEM. Aunque llegar no será fácil. Otra persona atrapada en este lugar nos da un consejo sobre evitar la mirada de un ojo antes de morir.

Justo después de esto, nos encontraremos con Rudvik. Aquí le prenderemos fuego utilizando nuestra linterna por última vez. Furioso, nos lanzará a una especie de arena para enfrentarnos a muchos enemigos. Vienen de todas lados. Tienen armas. ¡Hora de poner a prueba esas habilidades de disparo!

Al llegar al útlimo pasillo, terminaremos en otra habitación. En esta ocasión, nos enfretaremos a dos Keepers. Esta pelea es la más difícil del juego. Este enemigo es más listo que los demás. Tiene la habilidad de poner trampas. Sus patrones de movimiento cambian. Y sobre todo, tienen la arena de su lado con bloqueos y más trampas. Sin embargo, en esta ocasión, ¡lo podremos rematar de una vez por todas!

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Después de derrotar a los gemelos, tendremos que escapar de la vista de un ojo lejano. Esto es un laberinto donde debemos movernos por los lugares correctos. Al final, tenemos que correr de una trampa mortal. Aunque, regresaremos al jardín donde estábamos antes. Al entrar nuevamente al edificio, podremos subir en el ascensor hasta la habitación con el sistema STEM. A través del suelo de vidrio, podremos ver que estamos conectados a esta máquina.

Leslie llegará huyendo de Kidman. La habitación cambiará a un escenario más sombrío donde está el cerebro que hemos visto varias veces. Rudvik transformará a Leslie en líquido y todo se derrumbará. Caeremos sobre un cerebro y seguiremos abajo hasta un edificio. Un monstruo enorme caerá frente a nosotros.

Esta es la batalla final. Tendremos que ser cuidadosos ya que implica varias fases y moverse por ruinas y ser lanzado por los aires. Aunque es la única manera de acabar con este psicópata.

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Después de acabar con su forma de monstruo, despertaremos en otra habitación donde podremos ponerle fin al cerebro de Rudvik. Luego de esto, tendremos las escenas finales del juegoo. Esto solo nos hace preguntarnos si estamos a salvo.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We're back after some long musical vacations. I wish it were true but I was preparing for a concert that went really good. Now, I'm here for the 85th week, round 1. For my performance, I'm playing a cover and arrangement of the Bolero "Historia de un Amor" by composer Carlos Eleta Almarán. This is one of those songs that might have been played a lot in jukeboxes in my country. I remember listening to it on the radio.

It is a beautiful composition that he made for his brother once his wife passed away. It is a tribute song that has been recorded by more than 34 artists and groups and until the date it is consider the most recorded song of Panamá. Yes, guess you didn't know the author of this piece was from Panamá.

The version I remember the most is the one played by "Los Panchos". Of course, it is a Bolero, it was played by this group. On my arrangement, I went on a simple structure of repeating the refrain twice and the verse as well and added an ending on progressions of chords in tone to finish on some dissonant chords plus the harmonic at the end.

I hope you enjoy this piece. I have something interesting planned for the last entry of this cycle.

By the way, did you notice I'm playing a different instrument from the other two that usually appear in my videos?

Cover de Historia de un Amor¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Regresamos luego de una pausa comercial. Quisiera que fuera solo eso, pero me estaba preparando para un concierto que salió muy bien. Ahora, estoy aquí para la semana 85,ronda 1. Para mi presentación, grabé el bolero "Historia de un Amor" del compositor Carlos Eleta Almarán. Esta es una de esas canciones que seguro se escucharon mucho en las rockolas de mi país. Recuerdo haberla escuchado en la radio varias veces.

Es una composición hermosa. También es una canción que rinde tributo a la fallecida esposa del hermano del compositor. Además de esto, ha sido grabada por más de 34 artistas y agrupaciones. Hasta la fecha es la canción panameña más grabada de la historia de ese país. Apuesto a que no sabían el país de procedencia del tema.

La versión que más recuerdo es la interpretada por el grupo "Los Panchos". Claro, si es un bolero, este grupo de grabó en algún momento. En mi arreglo, hice algo muy sencillo: coro y estrofa se repiten 2 veces y vamos al final. Para finalizar, agregué una progresión armónica de la tonalidad para llegar a unas disonancias que resuelven en un armónico.

Espero que disfruten de este tema. Tengo algo muy interesante para el final de este ciclo. Ya lo verán.

Por cierto, ¿se dieron cuenta que cambié de instrumento?

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Hello there, 3speakers!It's time to finish this project. The last thing left on the build is to install the tuning machines and string it up! So, the tuners are this ukulele locking tuners I found on sale a while ago. They are light so it's a good way to reduce the weight of the instrument. Strings get in place by locking them and making knot at the bridge. Then, it's just a matter of winding the tuners until we get in tune. Finally, we give it a little sample for sound and we're done!

Enjoy!

Cuerdas y ya¡Buen día, 3speakers!¡Es el momento de terminar este proyecto! Lo único que falta es colocar las clavijas y cuerdas. Las clavijas para este proyecto son de ukulele y son de precisión. Esto permite que sea más liviano. Colocarlas es secillo. Las cuerdas se tensan un poco y se amarran en el puente. Luego es cuestión de apretarlas hasta llegar a la afinación adecuada y estamos listos. Le damos una pequeña prueba y con esto ya tenemos otro instrumento terminado.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Joseph is dead and we've fallen into a subway station. We don't have any time to waste. We've got to find out what's the whole deal with Kidman. She was going to kill Leslie and ended up shooting our partner. But first, it's time to get a walk through this place. Enemies keep getting more dangerous. Some of them even have crossbows and use some of the same bolts we can shoot.

Throughout the place, we'll find some more Rudvik's copycats. Nothing else to do than shoot before they can perform their killing move. Along the train, we'll need to keep pushing while eliminating enemies to get a grip about our situation.

Once we find once more the train bridge we saw a while back, we'll know we're on the right path. However, we're about to come upon another obligatory sewer section.

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On this section, our path will be defined by changing the water level on some parts and finding the pieces of a circuit in others. The place is full of enemies plus the added thing that the terrain changes whenever we do something to advance. This in turn makes it easier for enemies to come forward.

The place has lots of traps that are related to electricity. And we are aware some lurking predator is trying to catch us as it catches some other enemies in the way.

Our whole journey will get us to a generator area to power up an elevator that will surely get us out of the place. But it won't be so easy to activate this generator after completing the puzzle with the pieces we've found.

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Time to face up the predator that's been following us during the sewer section. This creature can crawl to some high places and will use this advantage to cause trouble. Moving around and looking at the holes on the ceiling is the strategy. Once we've got a good shot at it, it's just a matter of keeping pulling the trigger and give it some well-earned dose of lead.

Repeating the process will give us the victory and finally we'll be able to activate the elevator. Going up and after finding a message from Rudvik, we'll be transported once again to the Mental Hospital. In a room with the weird contraption, we'll see one of Rudvik's memories play out for us. This one is about the time he was betrayed and the whole reason this world exists in the first place.

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A las Alcantarillas¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Joseph murió en el capítulo pasado y nosotros caímos a una estación del metro. No tenemos tiempo que perder. Tenemos que descubrir cuál es el objetivo de Kidman. Quería acabar con Leslie y le disparó a nuestro compañero. Pero antes de todo esto, hay que salir de este lugar. Los enemigos se siguen haciendo más peligrosos. Ahora algunos incluso tienen ballestas como la nuestra.

En este lugar, nos encontraremos con varias copias de Rudvik. No se puede hacer más nada que eliminar a estos enemigos antes de que puedan hacerlo lo propio con nosotros. Seguir avanzado nos dará una idea de dónde nos encontramos.

Una vez podamos ver más cerca el puente metro que vimos unos capítulos atrás, sabremos que estamos en la vía correcta. Sin embargo, es hora de pasar por otra sección obligatoria en los drenajes.

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Nuestro objetivo aquí será cambiar el nivel del agua en algunas secciones y encontrar piezas de un circuito. El lugar está repleto de enemigos y el terreno cambia cada vez que hacemos algo. Esto hace que más enemigos se pongan en nuestro camino.

El lugar también cuenta con un montón de trampas basadas en la electricidad. Y también nos daremos cuenta que un enemigo nos está siguiendo desde la sombras.

Este viaje por el drenaje termina una vez lleguemos al área del generador que activa elevador para salir del área. Aunque activarlo implicará enfrentarse con el depredador que nos viene siguiendo desde hace rato.

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Enfrentarse a este enemigo implica moverse mucho y apuntar hacia arriba. Sus tentáculos y forma lo hacen ágil y capaz de subirse a lugares donde no lo podemos ver. Sin embargo, se asomará a través de unos agujeros en el techo. Ahí podremos dispararle y bajarlo para darle una dosis de plomo.

La idea es repetir esto hasta lograr derrotarlo. Después, activar el elevador y salir del metro. Al cruzar el puente, Rudvik nos dará un mensaje muy agresivo y nos lanzará hasta el Hospital Mental. En una habitación con el mismo aparato que ya hemos visto varias veces, podremos revivir uno de los recuerdos de Rudvik y ver el día en que fue traicionado. Ese evento resultó en este mundo en el que estamos ahora.

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Hello there, 3speakers!Third piece to get to the end of the build, the saddle. With this we complete the pair of pieces to hold the strings above the frets. This piece of wood goes on the slot of the bridge. The process is very similar to the previous one, the nut. But the saddle doesn't have slots to hold the strings. Instead it has some compensation to account for the human error while making the slots for the frets.

Enjoy!

Cejila¡Buen día, 3speakers!La tercera pieza para estar a punto de acabar este proceso es la cejilla. Con esta, completamos la acción de las cuerdas. La colocaremos en la ranura del puente. Este proceso es muy parecido al anterior, la cejuela. Aunque, la cejilla no tiene ranunas para sujetas las cuerdas. En vez de eso, tiene una compensación para contrarrestar el error humano a la hora de hacer ranuras para los trastes.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Last time, we had reunited with Joseph in near a bus to plan how to get to the Mental Hospital. Our reunion is interrupted by Kidman who's in the run from a big spider monster. The whole scene looks like something out of an action movie as we are on the run on the bus from this monster and have to fend it off so we can keep moving.

As we get to a safe spot after the chase, we'll be ambushed by enemies that attack us from above. It's time to shoot everything in sight to keep moving forward.

And of course, after going out of this narrow space, the spider will appear again to attack us. But this time, it will end as a squashed bug!

Our run will be stopped again since Joseph gets shot in the gut from a far and we'll have to find something to patch it him. Here's where we have a mandatory turret section that is common for games during this era.

Along the way, Rudvik will show up to send us to our death on the bus.

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We'll crash into a building. Fortunately, we're safe but Kidman is missing again. Now, we have to keep moving tagging along Joseph. But not for long. An elevator jump will make us go in different directions again. And we're off to fend up enemies and traps to get to the lower floors of the building.

Along the way, we'll get a bad sight. The Keeper is around and laying traps. For sure it means a fight is coming up.

Before we can get to this point, we will see it chasing Joseph. But first we need to go through something we could clearly call Hell's Kitchen. Traps from everywhere to get out of the place. Then, into a fridge to fight The Keeper for a while until we get the cue to jump into a service elevator and leave that place.

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The chapter ends in a standoff, but I won't spoil the surprise in the video for that matter. However, it is an important turning point for the game!

Punto de Inflexión¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!La semana pasada, terminamos con la reunión con Joseph cerca de un autobús para comenzar un recorrido de regreso al Hospital Mental. Kidman aparecerá de la nada para interrumpir esto. Detrás de ella, viene un monstruo con apariencia de araña que tendremos que derrotar para poder continuar. La escena parece sacada de una película de acción ya que tenemos que disparar mientras vamos en movimiento.

Al llegar a un punto seguro, seremos emboscados por varios enemigos que nos atacarán desde arriba. Será la hora de disparar a todo lo que se mueva.

Y por supuesto, al salir de este lugar, la araña aparecerá otra vez. Aunque podremos rematarla gracias a un puente que se encuentra en el camino.

Nuestro recorrido será interrumpido otra vez al buscar un kit médico para curar a Joseph. Un disparo que sale de la nada le atina y lo tumba en el autobús. En esta área tendremos nuestra sección obligatoria de torreta que es muy común en los juegos de esta época.

Rudvik aparecerá para mandar nuestro autobús a volar.

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Nos estrellaremos contra un edificio. Para nuestra suerte, estamos a salvo, pero Kidman ha desaparecido una vez más. Continuaremos con Joseph hasta que un salto por encima de un elevador nos separa nuevamente. Ahora, tendremos que recorrer el edificio y enfrentarnos a trampas y enemigos por nuestra cuenta.

Por el camino, nos toparemos con The Keeper una vez más. Esto significa que tendremos una pelea para poder salir de aquí.

Antes de la confrontación, veremos cómo persigue a Joseph. Aunque para ayudarlo, tendremos que pasar por una cocina llena de trampas por todos lados. Luego, entrar a un refrigerador para luchar mientras esperamos la oportunidad de subir a un elevador de carga para escapar de este jefe.

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El capítulo termina en un punto de inflexión muy interesante que que añade varias respuestas a la trama, pero no les adelantaré la sorpresa del video.

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Hello there, 3speakers!Few parts remain to finish this build. First, we'll go on with the nut, the piece diving the fretboard from the head stock. Here we have the slots to create the space between the strings. We need to give a blank piece the dimensions required. Then, open the slots keeping in mind the strings need to have the same space between them. Finally, we give it all the details we want to make it look nice.

Enjoy!

Cejuela¡Buen día, 3speakers!Queda pocas piezas para terminar este proyecto. Primero, vamos con la cejuela, donde se crea el espacio entre las cuerdas. Hay que tomar una pieza para hacer esto y darle las dimensiones adecuadas. Luego, creamos las ranuras para las cuerdas cuidando que le demos la misma separación a todas las cuerdas. Finalmente, agregamos todos los detalles estéticos para que se vea bien.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!You might be wondering what happened to our partners. Well, we'll finally get some clues on this chapter. As you can see, that elevator ride took us back to a distorted version of Crimson City. And at the center of all this madness is the mental hospital. So, that where we are headed. However, getting there won't be easy as there's a lot of enemies and moving parts of the city that will be there to stop us.

Along these obstacles, we'll have to face what I call a mockup of Rudvik that we managed to defeat by a hair since we were basically out of ammo for the fight. Yes, bullets are scarce in this game. And we'll have to go through some parts in water with an enemy that looks like an evil dolphin chasing us.

And moving onwards into a construction site, we'll be a sitting duck on a moving platform. Time to make up for those shooting skills and the ammo we can get along the way.

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After getting out of so many fights, we'll get a glimpse of a running Kidman. She's been cornered by a lot of enemies in the balcony of a building. Getting to her won't be easy as we'll need to sort out so many obstacles and eliminate some enemies. The worst part of it is that we need to swim and we have the water enemy on our back. Planning how to move along the many cars and other platforms in the way is key to get to our partner.

Once we do it, we'll have to tag along her to eliminate more enemies and move along to another place. In the midst of it, we'll fall for Rudvik's influence and try to kill Kidman. She shoots us locks us up in a place for her own safety and proceeds to keep going without us. However, Leslie will come by and free us from our prison so we can keep moving on.

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Our last puzzle will involve getting into a place with a gas leak. That means we can't shoot or we'll blow to pieces. So, we'll need to sneak around the place with some big enemies and some normal ones and get a keycard to open the path and get out of there. This section is a great way to keep showcasing the survival horror elements of the games as it forces us to avoid going in like a cowboy and solving problems shooting.

Getting out of this place finally let's us move forward and reach a bus we saw a while back. And at the end of the road, we see a familiar face. The face of the useless Joseph.

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De Regreso en Crisom City¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Quizá se estén preguntando qué pasó con nuestros compañeros. En este capítulo tendremos noticias de ellos. Como pueden ver, el elevador nos lanzó de regreso a Crinsom City. Al centro de toda la locura que estamos viviendo está el asilo mental. Así que allá es a donde vamos. Sin embargo, hay muchos obstáculos en el camino. Por ejemplo, el hecho de que la ciudad se mueve.

Entre otras cosas, nos enfrentaremos a a otra proyección de Rudvik que logramos derrotar a pesar que tenemos pocas municiones. Sí, eso es un problema en este juego. Además, hay varias secciones en el agua donde tenemos que cuidarnos de un monstruo que nos puede tragar y nos persigue por estas áreas.

Más adelante, seremos un blanco fácil para varios enemigos en una zona de construcción que tendremos que atravesar encima de una plataforma móvil. No hay de otra que sacar el mayor provechoa cada disparo.

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Luego de avanzar otro tanto, nos encontraremos con Kidman. Está acorralada por varias enemigos en el balcón de un edificio. Llegar a ella será difícil porque tenemos que atravesar agua con este enemigo acuático siempre detrás de nosotros. La parte más difícil de todo es planear la ruta y cuando moverse en el agua y cuando salir y resguardarse encima de los objetos que flotan. La toma de decisiones es crucial para llegar a salvar a nuestra compañera.

Una vez que lo hagamos, tendremos su ayuda para eliminar a varios enemigos. Aunque al avanzar más, seremos víctimas de la influencia de Rudvik e intentaremos eliminar a Kidman. Sin otra opción, nos disparará y encerrará en una oficina para seguir con su camino. Leslie aparecerá de la nada y nos dejará libres para continuar avanzando.

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Nuestra última parada será un área con una fuga de gas. Esto nos obligará a avanzar sin utilizar nuestras armas a menos que querramos volar en pedazos. Aquí hay varias enemigos grandes y otros normales. Nuestro objetivo es conseguir una tarjeta para poder salir del lugar. Esta sección nos regresa a ese estado de debilidad muy típico de estos juegos, pero también nos coloca en un lugar de resolver problemas sin disparar como vaquero.

Al salir de aquí, podremos seguir avanzando hacia el autobús que vinos hace rato. Finalmente, veremos una cara familiar. El rostro de nuestro compañero inútil, Joseph.

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Hello there, 3speakers!With all the parts of the bridge ready, it is time to start the slow process of gluing it on the sound board. First, marking the spot where it has to go. Then, removing the finish on this part. We make anchors to fix it in place while it glues. Finally, apply the glue and clamp it down.

Enjoy!

Puente a su lugar¡Buen día, 3speakers!Con el puente listo, es hora de pegarlo. Comenzamos por delimitar el área sobre la tapa armónica donde lo colocaremos. Después, removemos el acabado de esta área. Seguimos con las anclas para sujetarlo mientras se pega. Finalmente, aplicamos el pegamento y lo sujetamos con una prensa.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Time to to keep digging deeper into the wretched memories of Rudvik until we find a way out. We'll find ourselves into a place full of enemies that now are better armed than before. Yes, the crazy things now have guns. Give me a break! The movement forward is stopped by having to solve puzzles and going through a room with a really big blade rotating in the middle.

But this is just the prelude of worse things to come!

Like the next area which resembles some kind of slaughter house. What's inside it? Well, some monsters we'll need to defeat. One appears alone on the first section of this place. Then, we have to fight two of them at the same time! They look like animals and have some big hooks that we for sure have to avoid!

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Moving along, we'll be transported to another area where we'll find Rudvik's sister inside a cage. And you can guess we won't escape that easily from the lady of many hands! She'll get out and we'll start a chase off with puzzles to keep advancing. We'll need to even get out of an oven. And finally square off against her to give us some room to flee. But Rudvik won't like this one bit and we'll meet us in an elevator. Allegedly, we won't be able to escape this place.

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And we'll finally get a glimpse of our real situation. We'll find the doctor and Leslie in the same contraption we've found so many times before. Here, we'll get a chance to escape, but it'll fail in the end. However, there's some big revelation. Rudvik wants to escape this place as much as we do. And Leslie is the key to everything!

A big monster will come to end the Doctor's life and we'll be thrown into another scenery once again. And this time, we'll have to prepare to fight a really big enemy!

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Aprendiendo del pasado¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Es momento de continuar avanzando dentro de las memorias de Rudvik para salir de este lugar. Nos encontraremos con muchos enemigos que ahora están más armados. Sí, ahora tienen armas. Locos con armas. ¡Necesito unas vacaciones! Eso no es lo único. Una cuchilla gigante da vueltas en el medio de la habitación.

Y esto es solo un aviso de lo que se viene

El área siguiente se parece a un matadero. ¿Qué hay dentro? Monstruos. Y claro que tenemos que derrotarlos. El pimero aparece solo. Al avanzar, nos encontraremos con dos más y tendremos que derrotarlos al mismo tiempo. Parecen animales y cuentan con unos ganchos que debemos evitar a toda costa.

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Más adelante, seremos transportados a otra área para encontrarnos con la hermana de Rudvik una vez más. Está en una jaula, pero no por mucho. Aquí comienza una secuancia de escape y puzzles muy interesante. Tendremos que escapar hasta encontrar un lugar para hacerle frente y avanzar. Rudvik hará acto de presencia mientras escapamos en un elevador y nos dirá que nuestra lucha es inútil.

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Finalmente, recibiremos una gran revelación. El doctor está intentando usar a Leslie para escapar de la mente de Rudvik. Lo tiene conectado a una de las máquinas que hemos visto muchas veces. El intento fallará, pero esto atraerá la presencia de Rudvik. Un monstruo acabará con la vida del doctor. No sin antes revelarnos que el mismo Rudvik es prisionero de este lugar y está buscando lo mismo. Leslie es la clave.

Ahora nos toca enfrentar a este monstruo y volver a buscar a Leslie.

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the finish out of the way, it's finally time to start making the last pieces to add to the instrument. We'll start by the most complex, the bridge. We'll need a blank to start taking some measurements and then after shaving, cutting, chiseling, drilling and sanding, we'll have our bridge ready.

Enjoy!

Haciendo el puente¡Buen día, 3speakers!Después de terminar el acabado, nos vamos con una de las últimas piezas para el instrumento: el puente.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!After surviving The Keeper, we'll finally get some insight upon our situation. However, we'll need to go through a cave system until we reach another semblance of civilization. Around here, we'll get into some weird kind of enemies. More of the two-headed monsters and some others we can stomp without problems.

Also, we'll get to the simplest puzzle of the whole game, There's a trap and we get a tablet that's stained with blood on one side. The answer lies on the opposite side of the thing. It's a neat detail.

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Bumping into our friend the doctor, we'll finally get a grip onto our situation. It happens we're inside Rudvik's mind and we need to find a way to get out of it. So, we're connected to a machines we've seen many times before. However, our reunion will be interrupted by another monster getting us back into our safe space, which ends up not being safe at all as Rudvik will show up to transport us to another place.

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Rudvik will transport us to a memory where we'll need to solve some mind puzzles. Literally working on brains to open a door. Alongside these puzzles, we'll get some insight into memories about his story.

The whole chapter ends by going back into the time when he got his burnt features and how his sister died. So the lady with many arms and long hair is a representation of his sister. Her weakness to fire is a result of the way he saw her die. She was burnt alive by some people who had grievances with his family. It is a gruesome death! We also get to sympathize with the so called villain of the story.

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Aprendiendo del pasado¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Después de sobrevivir al Keeper, vamos a recibir mucha información sobre nuestra situación. Sin embargo, primero tenemos que atravesar un sistema de cuevas. Nos esperan más enemigos con dos cabezas y otros que podemos aplastar sin problemas.

Además, nos toparemos con el puzzle más fácil de todo el juego. Se trata de una tablilla manchada de sangre cuya respuesta yace en el lado opuesto. Es un detalle interesante.

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Al avanzar, llegaremos otra vez a una escena conocida. Ahora con el doctor, nos llegará la revelación de que nos encontramos en la mente de Rudvik. Así que estamos conectados a una máquina muy parecida a la que ya hemos visto varias veces. Aunque nuestra reunión será interrumpida por un monstruo que nos hará regresar a nuestro lugar seguro; pero en esta ocasión, Rudvik hará acto de presencia para llevarnos a otro lugar.

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Nos transportarán a la mansión de la familia de Ruben (el nombre original de Rudvik). Aquí entre puzzles y memorias, vamos a averiguar más sobre su pasado.

El capítulo termina llevándonos al día fatídico donde Ruben recibe todas las quemaduras que vemos en su cuerpo ahora y donde su hermana muere en un incendio. Ahora sabemos que esa criatura de muchos brazos y cabello largo es una representación de su hermana. Su debilidad al fuego lo confirma. Además, al ver parte de lo que ha vivido podemos simpatizar un poco con este villano.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We go one step back on the cover of this week 80 for something easier. It's a Merengue Oriental by the name La Carta. It was popularized by singer Gualberto Ibarreto. And it goes to the point where people think he's the composer. However, as many of Gualberto's recordings, this one isn't his. It's composer is Enrique Hidalgo. And if you know your Venezuelan music, you might guess it from the cadence used in this song which is similar to other of his songs like Presagio.

There isn't much to say about this song. It's quite simple and serves the purpose of being a breather between tough studies. It tells about a letter saying harsh things. The whole point is that it was a letter sent by a loved one. Hildalgo's compositions play on themes that can be quite serious or hilarious. This one gets in the middle ground. Of course, on a voice like Gualberto's the song becomes even more interesting.

I recorded this cover on one try! That's something which doesn't happen often. Since the song has many stanzas, I just played the melody and some variation to it to finish it.

Hope you like this cover!

Cover de La Carta¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Nos vamos a algo más sencillo para esta semana 80. Es el merengue oriental conocido como La Carta. Una canción popularizada por Gualberto Ibarreto, pero que al igual que muchas de las que ha grabado, le pertenece a Enrique Hidalgo. Es fácil de adivinar el compositor si escuchamos la cadencia de la pieza. Es un recurso muy común que Hidalgo repite en varias de sus canciones como Presagio.

No hay mucho qué decir sobre esta canción. Es simple. Sirve al propósito de tener un descanso entre temas difíciles. Su letra habla de una carta y sus contenidos. Estos fueron escritos por la amada y eso la hace más fuerte para la voz de quien la canta. Lo que contiene la carta no es bueno o eso se deja entender. Hidalgo tiene un juego de temas serios y cómicos en sus composiciones. Esta va por el medio de esa línea. En la voz de Gualberto, tiene una magia la pieza.

Además, este es uno de los pocos covers que he grabado en un solo intento. ¡Eso no pasa muy seguido! Como es una canción con varias estrofas, solo toqué la melodía y una variación para completar el tema.

¡Espero que les guste!

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Hello there, 3speakers!Once the neck is round, we can go about the last sanding works on the whole instrument. First, we need to sand all the wood and then use a damp piece of cloth to remove splinters. Then, comes the finish. This goes on layers and each one is sanded as well. The last part is polishing the whole surface!

Enjoy!

Lijado y acabado¡Buen día, 3speakers!Después de redondear el mástil, nos vamos al acabado del instrumento. Comenzamos por lijar todo. Lijaremos todo otra vez luego de pasar un trapo húmedo. Sigue el sellador que se coloca por capas, lijando cada una después de que se seque. Para terminar, pulimos toda la superficie.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We're back on this competition. As a rule of thumb, I'm taking a week off every time I win a cycle of this festival. With that out of the way, I'm glad to be back with some hard stuff on the musical side.

There are many types of Joropo in Venezuela. The one we play on the East Side is quite challenging and takes a lot of right hand to make it sound good. One of the most important singers in the region is Hernán Marín. He's also a researcher of music. So, a kind of self-taught Musicologist. One of this objectives in life has been to recollect all those forms of music of our eastern coast in Venezuela. His discographies are full of amazing songs and things we wouldn't know exists if it weren't because someone is out there documenting these forms of music.

He's also a composer. "Canta y Baila Joropo" is one of his most famous songs. It is a recipe of how Joropo Oriental usually behaves. It starts with the Joropo and ends in something we call Estribillo, which is a kind of improvisation that sometimes changes the rhythm of the song. So this one starts at 3/4 and then changes to 6/8. A cool fact about these changes is that it takes from two forms of European music, the Spanish Fandango (for the joropo) and the Italian Tarantella (for the estribillo). At some point in time, someone decided it was a good idea to add something else to the joropos and that became the standard for it. Thus, there's always some form of improvisation on these songs.

Taking up the challenge of playing this song is tough. You can't imagine how many times I tried to record this and then decided it had to be done in two parts. Of course, that's cranking up the challenge on the process of learning my instrument. Taking Joropo Oriental into a soloist arrangement requires understanding many things about rhythm and how to keep a pulse while doing variations on the phrases you play. It's an amazing learning experience.

But that's enough of it. My teacher told me we'll record this one this year. This is part of my training to do a good job on a duet.

Hope you like this cover!

Cover de Canta y Baila Joropo¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estamos de regreso por aquí. Como una regla general, voy a tomerme una semana libre siempre que gane algún ciclo de participación instrumental. Dejando eso de lado, aquí estamos con otro reto musical.

Existen varios tipos de Joropo en Venezuela. El del oriental del país es particularmente complejo. Requiere de una mano derecha bien pesada y suelta para generar patrones rítmicos. Uno de los músicos más importantes del género y del oriente venezolano es Hernán Marín. Además de eso, también es un investigador en su área. Es un musicólogo empírico. Uno de sus objetivos ha sido documentar las expresiones musicales de las costas del oriente venezolano. Su discografía está llena de música que podría pasar desapercibida si nadie se tomará el tiempo de documentarla.

Además, es un compositor. "Canta y Baila Joropo" tiene que ser de sus temas más famoso. Es una receta para enteder el Joropo Oriental y sus movimientos. Empieza como Joropo y termina como Estribillo, un tipo de imporvisación que suele cambiar el ritmo del tema. Así que vamos de 3/4 a 6/8. Un detalle muy interesante de esto es que el Joropo Oriental es una amalgama de géneros. En su vertiente europea, es muy obvio que viene del Fandango español y la Tarantella italiana. En algún momento de su historia, a alguien se le ocurrió que la mayoría de estos temas tenían que llevar un tipo de patrón rítmico diferente para terminar. Y así estos joropos ganaron esta estructura.

Tomar el desafío de lograr una versión solista de un tema tan complejo es rudo. No se pueden imaginar cuántas veces tuve que volver a grabar para sacar esto. Eso hasta decidir que tenía que grabar las dos partes por separado para luego unirlas. El Joropo Oriental en versión solista requiere un entendimiento del rítmo y un pulso casi perfecto para variar los patrones que se ejecutan sin perder el tiempo. Realmente es una experience de aprendizaje como pocas existen.

Aunque eso es suficiente por ahora. Mi profesor me dijo que vamos a grabar esta pieza este año. Así que este video es mi preparación para hacer un buen trabajo en ese dueto.

¡Espero que les guste!

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Hello there, 3speakers!With ornaments ready, we can finally round the neck to start the whole sanding process. This takes many stages from making the marks for the highest and lowest points on the neck to cutting, rasping and sanding. We top it off with the volute for the head stock.

Enjoy!

Dándole curva¡Buen día, 3speakers!Después de tener los adornos listos, es hora de redondear el mástil. El proceso toma varios pasos desde determinar los puntos más altos y bajos a lo largo de la pieza, cortar, limar y lijar. Terminamos esta parte creando la voluta para el clavijero.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!It seems we need to keep pep talking Joseph for his own good. However, Rudvik will interrupt our speech to send us to some sort of catacomb. More monsters and puzzles will be in our way with the added fact of a very cool design for a boss battle. More of that coming up.

It's always surprising how we fall from this high altitudes and end up just hitting ourselves and picking up our bodies and walking off the pain.

This stage of the game will have us face some weird monsters and using some traps in our favor to save some ammo while we find some stone carvings to open our path forward. I liked a lot how the design of the level made it so that you can always return to the hub and from there a new path opens once you have placed the carving where it belongs.

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And here we have a great element of storytelling in the form of foreshadowing. This safe will be a recurring theme throughout the whole chapter and ends being the head of this boss named The Keeper. It is a similar concept to Pyramid Head from Silent Hill. I bet they could be best buds. Finding the carvings opens a path towards a new area where we can see this boss waiting for us.

In our way we'll save Leslie from his imprisonment just to find ourselves at the mercy of this new boss.

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The design of this boss battle is amazing. It uses elements that where present through the whole chapter. It also makes take some decision about how to tackle the challenge. From the get go, we find out The Keeper is immortal. We can kill his body, but it will manifest itself once again. There are safes everywhere!

We also have the added puzzle element in the fight. There are some valves we need to close to stay alive. So the whole battle becomes a tactical display. You have to know when to beat the boss and run to close the valves and prevent dying from poisoning.

One extra element are the traps this boss can set, you have to dodge them. Disarming them can give you some parts for bolts, but it takes time to do it. Also, you can exploit his immortality as he drops 1000 brain juice each time you beat him.

However, going out of the fighting stage gives you one satisfying cutscene where you smash this thing for good. But the question remains, have we beaten The Keeper?

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Salvando a Joseph, otra vez...¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Parece que tenemos qe seguir dándole ánimos a Joseph para mantenerlo cuerdo. Sin embargo, Rudvik tiene otros planes para nosotros y nos interrumpirá. Nos esperan más acertijos y enemigos mientras seguimos avanzando. Además, el diseño de próximo jefe es uno de los mejores del juego.

Siempre es interesante ver cómo nos ponemos de pie después de una caída tan larga y después de unos pasos cualquier rastro de dolor desaparece.

En estas catacumbas, nos enfrentaremos a varios monstruos y podremos usar algunas de las trampas en nuestro camino para ahorrar municiones. El objetivo principal será encontrar unas piedras talladas que nos abren más caminos a explorar y son la llave a una puerta principal. El diseño del nivel nos permite regresar al punto central después de encontrar una de las llaves y nos abre caminos nuevos al colocarla en su lugar. Es una forma de hacer backtracking sin necesidad de desplazarse mucho.

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Uno de los mejores elememtos de anticipación en la historia la encontramos en esta imagen con la caja fuerte. Esta aparecerá en varios lugares de estas catacumbas y resulta ser la cabeza del Keeper. Este jefe guarda una similitud con Pyramid Head the Silent Hill. Estoy seguro que podrían ser amigos. Encontrar las piedras talladas nos lleva directo a la confrontación con este enemigo.

Antes de ello, liberaremos a Leslie de su prisión, pero tendremos que luchas para poder salir de este lugar.

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El diseño de esta batalla es interesante. Se reutilizan todos los aspectos de la exploración de las catacumbas. También tenemos que tomar decisiones inteligentes a la hora de enfrentar esta batalla. Desde el principio, nos daremos cuenta de que el Keeper es inmortal. Podemos derrotarlo por un momento. Luego, volverá a levantarse.

Además, hay que cerrar unas válvulas durante la batalla. Esto para evitar morir por el veneno que sale de las tuberías. Entonces, hay que saber en qué momento luchas y cuando cerrar estas llaves.

El jefe también puede plantar trampas en su camino. Podemos esquivarlas. Desarmarlas toma mucho tiempo y aunque nos proporcione de piezas para hacer arpones, no vale la pena. Aunque podemos explotar la inmortalidad del jefe para obteer 1000 unidades de juego de cerebro para las mejoras de las habilidades cada vez que lo derrotamos.

Sin embargo, lo mejor viene a la hora de escapar del lugar. En un corto de escena, veremos cómo le lanzamos una trampa encima al Keeper para aplastarlo. Pero ¿será esta la última vez que lo veremos?

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!It isn't a usual practice just to publish covers for contests around here. Sometimes, I just want to test something for the Venezuelan Cuatro and the covers get into a different kind of post. Some weeks ago, my teacher gave me this song as a sort of rest in between Joropos. It's a good thing to have this kind of breather among difficult things to play.

Ricardo Montaner is quite a famous Venezuelan Singer. Yes, I know he was born in Argentina, but he has Venezuelan Nationality. That man has an amazing voice. I remember listening to some of his songs on the radio when I was younger. And even when I didn't remember quite well this one, something called me back to happier times playing the melody. Me Va a Extrañar is a song from his Un Toque de Misterio LP. It's quite a beautiful song.

You can thank me later for sharing this piece.

When you get the idea for a cover, you have to try to make some sense of it. Playing instrumental means you need to be a little bit faster in tempo than the original piece. There's nothing else doing voicings and harmony so making up the space in important. I like trying to capture some of the essence of these pieces and adding something of my own. So it ends up being more a version than a cover.

And with that note, I'll let music speak for itself.

I hope you like it.

Cover de Me Va a Extrañar¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!No suele ser el caso que todos mis covers estén destinados a concursos. Algunas veces, vengo a practicar algunos conceptos para hacer otras propuestas musicales. Entonces, esta exploración del cuatro solista se convierte en algo como esta publicación. Unas semanas atrás, mi profesor me propuso esta pieza como un descanso entre joropos. Es algo útil porque los joropos son exigentes.

Ricardo Montaner es un cantate "venezolano" muy famoso. Sí, sé que nació en Argentina, pero está nacionalizado como venezolano. Tiene una voz increíble. Recuerdo haber escuchado muchas de sus canciones en la radio cuando era más joven. Y aunque no me acordé de esta de buenas a primera, al empezar a puntear el tema, vinieron a mi recuerdos gratos de mi infancia. Me Va a Extrañar es para de su LP Un Toque de Misterio. La cación es hermosa. Háganse un favor y escúchenla si no lo han hecho nunca.

De nada.

Cuando partes de una idea para sacar un cover, tienes que buscar cómo darle sentido. Hacer una versión instrumental implica varias cosas. Por ejemplo, debería ser más rápida que una versión cantada porque no hay otra cosa haciendo voces y armonías. En mi caso, somos mi instrumento y yo. Me gusta hacer el intento de capturar la esencia de las caciones y ponerles un toque personal a la interpretación. Así nace esto que les presento hoy.

Pero dejaré que la música hable por sí sola.

Espero les guste.

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Hello there, 3speakers!One final step before sanding the whole instrument is to get all ornament worked out. We need to work something on the end of the instrument and adding a heel cap. Both processes are quite small but take their time to complete.

Enjoy!

Detalles finales¡Buen día, 3speakers!Los últimos adornos para el instrument siempre vienen antes de la tanda final de lijado. Hay uno que va justo abajo de la caja y falta la tapa del tacón. Ambos procesos son muy pequeños, pero llevan su tiempo.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!After going through some weird experiences with brains and images, we find ourselves on the care of a doctor and back to this safe house that looks like an asylum. We can rest for a bit until we are met with a blackout and weird things happening. Like the usual things in this game. Then, we'll get to a new area to find our partner Joseph once again.

But our reunion will be interrupted by some folks who want to put an end to us. So, we'll have to do our best to fend them off and keeping advancing through this fortress with its mechanisms and traps in place.

In this chapter, we'll have to save Joseph plenty of times. Just watch!

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And Joseph gets caught as a rookie on a trap that was so obvious. His head almost ends up the French way, separated from its body. He makes up then as we advance shooting enemies from afar with a sniper rifle he finds. At least, he does some good shooting.

In the graveyard ahead, we'll face two giants that can be cheesed out by hiding and having him shoot at them. This way we can save ammo. He also finds out a secret passage to keep moving forward where we'll find some experiment notes and something that looks like a caged wolf

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The wolf gets loose and is gonna try to eat us. Joseph goes unconscious and loses his glasses as well. We'll have to fend off against the beast to get him to safety. The battle is not that hard as the thing has some pretty obvious tells for its attacks. However, it is sturdy. After getting Joseph to safety, we'll need to go back and recover his glasses. This guy is just useless!

And we have to do it because he can't see without it them! Talk about the guy in distress during the whole chapter. Joseph had one job and yet you became a burden!

Let's see if he pulls his weight next time!

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Salvando a Joseph, otra vez...¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Después de pasar por varias experiencias extrañas y ver muchas imágenes, nos encontramos de regreso en el asilo. Aquí podemos aprovechar para mejorar nuestras armas y habilidades. No tendremos descanso porque habrá un corte de luz y mientras investigamos qué pasa, terminaremos en un área nueva. En esta fortaleza, nos reuniremos con Joseph otra vez.

Aunque nuestra reunión es interrumpida por varios enemigos. Nos tocará defendernos mientras nos abrimos paso por este lugar. No será fácil por la cantidad de trampas que hay por doquier.

En este capítulo, vamos a salvar a Joseph varias veces. ¡Ya lo verán!

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Después de salir de la fortaleza, Joseph caerá en la trampa más obvia de todas. Casi pierde la cabeza como los monarcas franceses. Luego se reinvindica un poco al tomar un rifle y apoyarnos desde la distancia mientras avanzamos por un cementerio. Al menos, para eso sí sirve.

En esta área, nos enfrentaremos a unos gigantes. Podemos hacer fácil este enfrentamiento aprovechándonos de los disparos de Joseph. Así que escondiéndonos y esperando, podemos ahorrar munición. Nuestro compañero también encontrará el camino para avanzar. Este oculto dentro de una tumba. Por este atajo, hallaremos varios experimentos y una especie de lobo enjaulado.

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Como era obvio, este lobo se libera y tratará de comernos. Joseph queda inconsciente antes de comenzar este batalla. Nos tocará atacar al lobo por nuestra cuenta. No es muy difícil porque sus movimientos son muy fáciles de predecir. Aunque sí es un enemigo muy resistente. Luego de derrotarlo momentáneamente, llevamos a Joseph a un lugar seguro. Sin embargo, nos tocará regresar para recuperar sus lentes. Nuestro compañero es más inútil sin ellos porque no puede ver bien.

Así que nos toca ir rápido y regresar con más cuidado para evitar ser atrapados. Joseph fue toda una carga en este capítulo.

¡Ya veremos si empieza a ser útil en la próxima ocasión!

Let's see if he pulls his weight next time!

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Hello there, music lovers!On a nearby town called Cumanacoa, lived a musician who was also a luthier and had the idea of creating a Twin Mandolin. His name was Cruz Alejandro Quinal and his works were very influential in Venezuelan folklore and luthierie. Nowadays you can find instruments even in triplets. Of course, such an idea was revolutionary for the time it happened.

Alongside his achievement, he was also quite a good mandolin player and composer. My teacher once played with him and so last week we studied one of this Joropos. This one is called as the same instrument he created "El Bandolín Morocho" (The Twin Mandolin). It's just a reference to a mandolin with two necks that allows you to use a different tuning from the standard one in the second neck.

To this composition, we add the challenge of improvisation at the end of the theme. This is a common thing in this side of Venezuela and the type of Joropo we play. It's usually followed by a fixed harmonic pattern and in occasions a change of compass, going from 3/4 to 6/8.

Playing the melody and harmony in one instrument takes away from the experience of this music. It is a challenge. Keeping up with both things is as hard as coordination can get. But listening to usual array of instruments playing this is a different experience. That's why the word Joropo refers to gatherings. It's a synonym of parties and joy expressed through music.

I hope my cover carries some of these ideas with it. It was very hard to record and I even had to do it in other place since there were some things I needed to do outside my house.

Thanks for listening.

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Hello there, 3speakers!The next step after working on the finish of the fretboard is to place the marking dots and frets. Both things can be done in a single session of work. We start on the dots since these go on the side and finish with the frets on the newly finished fretboard.

Enjoy!

Puntos y Trastes¡Buen día, 3speakers!Luego de aplicar el acabado al diapasón, continuamos colocando los puntos armónicos y los trastes. Ambos procesos cubren una sesión de trabajo. Comenzamos por los puntos que van a un lado del diapasón y terminamos con los trastes sobre la cara frontal del diapasón.

Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, gamers of the blockchain!Well, last encounter with Rudvik didn't go as planned. We were sent to who knows where. It's time to track back our steps and see if we can press forward. It seems we ended up in a kind of hospital with those pesky invisible enemies. And also, look at that lovely message "He's watching. We can't leave." Just the thing I needed as motivation.

Around this place, we found our partner Joseph. He was taking a bath in some weird stuff. And also seems to have gone through some bad stuff just like us. And we'll find some of the cool puzzle these survival horror games have. What's the catch? If we miss, we die. Imagine that. There's no pressure.

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Joseph seems to be having some personality issues. There's somethin wrong with this place for sure.

And our other partner is playing damsel in distress. She's in a trap. We've got to save her. And this is one of the few instances of the game where there's no other way to deal with this enemies than playing it like a Western. Shoot, duck, and get ammo. This goes about until we can finally disable the trap to get Kidman out.

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And we'll get the time to fight our lovely lady with long hair and many arms. The room is a gimmick. It seems she's weak to fire. Maybe it has something to do with her story. The fact she's a recurring enemy means that thing is important in the story.

The last bit of this chapter is a mindblower. The images and other things that happen with the enemies connected to the tubs give a hint about an artificial world. Are we in the Matrix?

Revancha y Revelación¡Buen día, gamers de la Blockchain!Bueno, ese último encuentro con Rudvik no fue nada bien. Ahora estamos en algún lugar igual de extralo que el resto. Tiempo de moverse y conseguir algún camino para avanzar. Esto parece un hospital y está lleno de enemigos invisibles. Además, miren el mensaje motivacional en la pared. "Nos observa. No podemos escapar". Justo la clase de motivación que necesitaba.

Por este lugar también nos encontramos a nuestro compañero, Joseph. Estaba en una bañera con un líquido extraño. Parece que también le ha tocado pasar por algunas cosas bastante malas justo como nosotros. Y también nos encontramos con algunos puzzles bien interesantes que son parte de los juegos de horror y supervivencia. ¿Cuál es el reto? Pues, si fallamos, nos morimos. No hay presión.

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Parece que Joseph tiene algunos problemas de personalidad. De verdad que hay algo mal con este lugar.

Además, la otra compañera está por aquí. Está jugando a la damisela en apuros. Esa trampa se ve letal. Tenemos que salvarlas. Esta es una de las pocas ocasiones en el juego donde no hay otra manera de lidiar con el problema que lanzarle a los disparos. Disparar, esquivar, buscar munición. Esto continúa hasta que Kidman quede libre.

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Luego, tendremos una pelea contra nuestra amiga de muchos brazos y cabello largo. Esta habitación tiene sus trucos. Parece que es débil contra el fuego. Quizá tenga algo que ver con su historia. La cosa es que un enemigo recurrente tiene algo de importancia en la historia.

Lo último de esta ocasión es una locura. Las imágenes y lo demás que pasó con los enemigos conectados en las bañeras nos da alguna pista sobre dónde estamos. Parece que es un mundo artificial. ¿Estamos en la Mátrix?

The last bit of this chapter is a mindblower. The images and other things that happen with the enemies connected to the tubs give a hint about an artificial world. Are we in the Matrix?

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Hello there, music lovers!We're back on the hottest contest for music in all web3. Unfortunately, last time, I came I was preparing for a festival. Newsflash, I didn't make it to the next round, but taking part was another trial of my road as a musician. Fortunately, partaking into these contests on Hive is free and you can do it weekly. Isn't it lovely?

Today, I come with another song from the Traditional Venezuelan repertoire. This one is very special. Back when I was in college, a group of musicians gathered to play some music for the elderly in the only institution in my hometown that takes care of them. It was a beautiful day and this was one of the waltzes we play. On that occasion we had one the winner of the female section of the singing contest held each year at UDO (my alma matter). The faces of the people and their joy was something amazing. And next year, I went again with a friend to play some instrumental music as part of an activity to help some other students' community service. And guess what, this waltz was also on the repertoire.

I listened to a version of this played in the entry for La Siembra del Cuatro Festival and wanted to try my own version. So here I brought a version of this waltz named Bercelonesa (woman from Barcelona, not the one in Spain, but the one in Venezuela) by composer Enrique Hidalgo. It's a really beautiful song. Its lyrics are basically a poem for women of this city. There are tons of version of it, but I like the one by singer Gualberto Ibarreto a lot.

One of the loveliest things to do on my instrument, the Venezuelan Cuatro, is make it sing the melody and harmony at the same time. Something that almost always gets my brain fried and my fingers tangled. But from time to time, I'm able to put together performances like this one. My face looks like a poker one, but I'm trying my best not to get to carried away by music or I would lose the line of the melody. It's such a hard thing to do. If I were a singer, you'd laugh at all the expression I'd make. I know it for a fact since I was a choir singer for years.

But that's enough about that, I hope you enjoy my cover of this beautiful song!

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Hello there, 3speakers!Time to start with the finish on the fretboard. This is the first piece to get this treatment as we can't do it after putting the frets on. So, it takes some sanding, water and then coats and coats of sealant. We top it off with some teak oil for that smooth finish and vibrant color.

Enjoy!

Acabado del Diapasón¡Buen día, 3speakers!Es hora de trabajar el acabado del diapasón. Esta es la primera pieza que recibirá este tratamiento porque no podemos hacerlo luego de colocar los trastes. Así que se llevará unas cuantas pasadas de lija, agua y manos de sellador hasta estar listo. Al final, le pasamos un poco de aceite de teca para tener ese color vivo.

Espero lo disfruten.

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¡Buen día, Espavloggers!Les vengo a compartir una noticia importante sobre mi participación en el vigésimo festival de La Siembra del Cuatro.

Ha sido una experiencia muy interesante participar y hoy vengo a pedir su apoyo para mi video que les estaré compartiendo en breve.

Una visualización, un like y un comentario, me ayudarían muchísimo.

Les doy las gracias de antemano.

La Siembra del CuatroHello there, EspavloggersToday, I've come to share news on my entry for the Music Festival "La Siembra del Cuatro".

It's been an amazing experience and I want your support for my video, which I will share shortly.

One view, one like and one comment will help taking it a long way.

Thanks a lot!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!To close off my entries for this cycle of the Hive Music Festival, I've come with a very weird choice of song presented by my teacher. It's Delilah by Welsh singer Tom Jones. Until a few weeks ago, I've never listened to this song before. It's quite catchy though. So, I decided to learn it and had a fun time doing it.

During the whole studying, I wondered what I could do to add something else to the whole strumming and chop chords. So I went ahead and risked doing something I'm still very green at doing, percussion while playing. The techniques for doing this are different from the usual strums Cuatro Players usually do. However, it means using the strum guard of the instrument as a drum to add a different sound on certain parts of the beat.

It was challenging but really interesting. Maybe I'll finally start doing more of this in other covers. It's an important element in the technical repertoire of a soloist. That way, strumming stops being so one dimensional. Just a thing of adding depth to the rhythm. So, here's my version of this song.

I hope you like it

Cover de Delilah¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Para terminar con mi presentación por este ciclo del Hive Music Festival, vengo con una elección de tema algo extraña y propuesta por mi profesor. Es la cación Delilah del cantante galés, Tom Jones. Hasta hace unas semanas, no conocí este tema. Es bastante pegajoso. Así que decidí aprendermelo y me divertí un montón en el proceso.

Mientras lo estudiaba, me preguntaba qué podía agregarle hacerle una variación a los golpes y acordes. Así que decidí arriesgarme a hacer algo en lo que todavía soy muy nuevo, percusión mientras toco. Esto es una técnica muy diferente a los frenados que son comunes en el instrumento y para cualquier persona que toca cuatro venezolano. Sin embargo, esta implica utilizar el golpeardor y otras partes del instrumento para hacer sonidos de percusión en algunas partes del compás.

Fue todo un reto, pero muy interesante. Quizá por fin empiece a hacer más de esto en otros covers. Es una técnica que debe estar en el repertorio de cualquier cuatrista solista. Así, hacer patrones rítmicos deja de ser monótono. Es un tema de enriquecer el ritmo. Así que aquí les dejo mi versión de esta cación.

Espero les guste.

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Hello there, 3speakers!With the fretboard in place, its time to make the slots by hand. Precision and patience are the key of this endeavor. Then, we have time to get the strum guard in place after making some modifications to the piece.

Enjoy!

Ranuras y Golpeador¡Buen día, 3speakers!Después de tener el diapasón pegado, es hora de abrir las ranuras para los trastes a mano. Precisión y paciencia son el nombre del juego. Luego, podemos colocar el golpeador después de modificar la pieza.

Espero lo disfruten.

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"You play like you practice and practice how you play." Marcus Luttrell.

Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! Against the odds, this week, I have achieved a goal in music, the recording of a cover in one take. It might sound like a simple thing to do. However, my fellow musicians may have something interesting to say about the fact that recording is like pressing a button to guarantee mistakes. The red dot and the presence of the camera makes anyone forget what they're playing.

This makes me go back to the quote on the start. I haven't been too active on the recording theme because there was the need of making practice count for better results. So, the journey of learning at a slower pace has been hard, but effective. There's also the fact that playing slow doesn't prepare you for playing fast. You can only play fast by practicing fast. Nevertheless, there's a benefit to go around pieces at slower tempos.

Also, it isn't as easy at it seems.

Faster tempos require lots of dexterity and precision might be forgotten since the notes chance so fast some mistakes can be covered by playing fast. This can't be done with slow tempos. Here you need to have tons of concentration and remember to keep your notes for their whole length. Also remember the other elements that are inherent to the rhythm of the piece you're playing.

There's lots of videos from musicians encouraging the practice habit of increasing tempo by fixed BPM (beats per minutes) and going down whenever you can't play at a certain speed. It is a nice way to disguise the fact that songs need to be practiced a lot before you can actually play them and getting the benefits of repetition.

However, it is not always mentioned that repetitions need to be clean regardless of speed. That is the way in which we are able to learn patterns in the way they are supposed to be. Elements like rubbato, ornaments, dynamics, and else come only after the main ideas of a song have been assimilated during practice. Those are the extra things that make your performance your own.

After giving this piece lots of repetitions and different tempos, I decided to record it. And the results are these. Something to be proud. It feels amazing to be able to record without having to make a 100 takes. So I can finally say I'm on a stage on playing where I could tackle any challenge if given enough time time to practice. More important than that, I can practice effectively to get to the performance to the level that makes me feel satisfied, for now.

The other part of practice is to challenge yourself. But that one comes after the basics are good. For me, it's only the beginning.

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Hello there, Blockchain Geeks!Today, we are going back into the Mexiverse and this time is for real. We're starting our series of gameplays of Guacamelee 2.

After defeating Calaca and getting the good ending (this time, at least), Juan has spent his life with Lupita and during happily ever after, life is good.

However, since this is a videogame, peace is interrupted with Esqueletos and the warnings of Uay Chivo. The Mexiverse is in danger and we are the only Juan left alive that can save the continuity of timelines.

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So it's time to get back to the Luchador's life and put an end to this madness of the new villain, a luchador named Salvador. This time around our journey will center around finding three relics. Yes, that's a nod to The Legend of Zelda series.

Some other elements of the previous game remain such as the awesome references to other games and other gameplay concepts. However, there's a new depth to the system of abilities and now we can upgrade our moves thanks to the addition of new trainers.

The game looks awesome as the aesthetics have been refined and the general idea remains true to the original concept. There's no more to say than, join me om this adventure to save the Mexiverse!

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Hacia el Mexiverse¡Buen días, Geeks de la Blockchain!Hoy nos regresamos al Mexiverse y en esta ocasión es literal. Vamos a comenzar la serie de gameplays de Guacamelee 2.

Luego de derrotar a Calaca y tener el final bueno (al menos esta vez)m Juan y Lupita han pasado su vida como una familia normal, viviendo la buena vida.

Sin embargo, esto es un videojuego. La paz se ve interrumpida por Esqueletos y advertencias de Uay Chivo. El Mexiverso está en peligro y somos el último Juan que queda con vida. Es nuestra responsabilidad salvar las líneas temporales.

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Llegó la hora de volver a la vida de Luchador para detener al villano de turno. En esta ocasión es otro luchador llamado Salvador. Nuestra aventura se centrará en conseguir 3 reliquias. Sí, esto es un guiño a The Legend of Zelda.

Los elementos estéticos así como conceptos del primer juego siguen vigentes en esta secuela. Sin embargo, se ve que se han refinado algunos. Por ejemplos, ahora contamos con un menú de mejoras para las habilidad que se ve más desarrollado. Esto se debe a que hay entrenadores para las habilidades.

El juego se ve increíble y es genial ver cómo mantuvo su propia originalidad ya demostrada en la primera edición. No hay más que decir, ¡vengan conmigo a salvar el Mexiverse!

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Hello there, 3speakers!We are back with the usual programming and DIY Shorts. This time I wanted to show something that's really hard to do. Well, it's the first stage of bindings on the instruments. These strips of wood are ornamental but really hard to get on the instruments. The previous step was done with a router to create a channel on the border of the body. Then, the strips of wood are soak in water for hours. Finally, they are bent with heat to get on the right shape.

Fileteria¡Buen día, 3speakers!Volvemos con los shorts del taller. En esta ocasión, es algo bien complejo. Bueno, solo es la preparación para pegar la filetería de este instrumento. Estas piezas de madera son ornamentales, pero colocarlas es todo un trabajo. El paso previo se hizo con una fresadora para crear un canal al borde de la caja. Luego, la filetería se deja remojando em agua. Finalmente, se doblan con calor hasta que tienen la forma adecuada.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!After a day of reading at the FILVen, I came back next morning to watch the books from afar. They were quite pricey, but amidst this terrible event, I went back into the house of my namesake and poet Andrés Eloy Blanco to find out there was a poetry reading with music. Also, since I haven't walked around the house in years, I had forgotten this place is a musical place. There are 2 pianos here. That also means this was a family with money. The house is quite big and it's in Bolivar' Square. Since the Government Palace was also located here, only a really important and wealthy family could afford to have a house here and keep it. Nowadays, it's a museum.

I have talked about the relationship between these forms of art before. Language gets thrown in the mix since music is a language on itself. It's just that its code tends to be a lot of max and hierarchies. However, I sat there for a while to listen to some of the recital. It was awesome. So much in fact that I had to record some of it and show it to you.

Of course, it is in Spanish. There are not so many people who recite poetry in other languages in Cumaná. And if there, we would be the same people in the room to appreciate what's being said.

The idea of reciting with music is interesting. Might try it out someday. Maybe a pianist friend of mine would love the idea of playing something while I recite some poetry. We shall see. The idea of having a musical rhythm that goes at the same pace of language is certainly a fine idea to explore and see what comes out of it.

The first poem you're listening too is called Florinda en Invierno. It is a sonnet that gives you an image of love through seasons as stages in life. It has a grim ending since the character named Florinda let love slip during Autumn and it never came back. The second comes as a monologue about unrequited love. It makes allusions to the scenery of the Venezuelan Plains. Fittingly, there's a mention towards the about music pouring out of a guitar like water from a spring.

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¡Buen día, Espavloggers!¡Vuelve el podcast más serio de la Blockchain!

Junto a mi coanfitriona @audiarmisg, les damos la bienvenida a Una Plática Seria.

Hoy les traemos una invitada de lujo. Creadora de su propio podcast, participante de muchos voluntariados y una persona muy centrada en sus metas. Les presentamos a Kenneth Chilquillo, quién a parte de varias cosas también es cryptoentusiasta.

En este episodio, aprovechamos la oportunidad para hablar sobre lo que hay detrás de su proyecto conocido como "Vivir Sin Arrepentimientos". Sin duda es un material de mucho valor que no se pueden perder.

Aquí les dejamos un link para que puedan seguirla en redes sociales y puedan escuchar su podcast. No tiene pérdida.

Talking about OrganizationHello there, Espavloggers!The most serious podcast in the Blockchain is back!

Alongside my co-host @audiarmisg, we want to welcome you to A Serious Talk.

Today, we have brought you an incredible guest. Creator of her own podcast, partaker in many volunteering initiatives and a person with the eye on her goals. We present you the amazing Kenneth Chilquillo, who among other things is also a cryptoehtusiast.

In this episode, we had a chance to learn more about the background of her project, the podcast "Vivir Sin Arrepentimientos". Without a doubt, it is incredible content you can't miss.

Here's a link to find Kenneth's social media a podcast. Click on it, you won't regret it!

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| Capítulo/Epidose | | --- | | 🎙 Ep 1: Hablando sobre ser Mujer | | 🎙 Ep 2: Plática Seria con Saray Ex's, salseo y mucho más | | 🎙 Ep 3: Plática Seria con Elizabeths Hablando de organización | | 🎙 Ep 4: Actualizaciones |

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Hello there, 3speakers!We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative taking on the theme suggested by the community. I tried to make a video on my own style to mention some of the goals I have yet to achieve before the year is over. They seem easy enough to complete them before December's 31st 😎 Wish luck anyways.

Do you have any goals yourself?

Metas por cumplir¡Buen día, 3speakers!El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday cumpliendo con el tema propuesto en la comunidad. Hice un short con mi estilo para mencionar algunos de los objetivos que me quedan por cumplir en lo que resta de año. Creo que sí me va a dar tiempo lograrlos antes del 31 de diciembre 😎 Que la suerte me acompañe, por si acaso.
¿Tienes algunas metas por cumplir?

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Back for another week on this awesome initiative. Today, I brought a song that bears the name of an Archangel, but as far as I know, it isn't exactly a praise song. Those I used to sing a lot when I was in the choir. Here, I'm praising traditional music.

San Rafael is a subgenre of Venezuelan Joropo that falls into the category of golpe. A refresher for those who haven't watch my covers, golpes are fixed harmonic patterns that are common throughout musical regions. They are repeated over and over, but the lyrics are the ones that change maybe the melodies do too as well.

Since we are getting onto the realm of fast pieces in the music classes this was one of the suggested exercises that I'll be presenting this Wednesday during my classes. It is a soloist version with 5 phrases and some variations on the main theme of the song. I hope you enjoy it!

Cover de San Rafael¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estamos de vuelta para otra semama de esta iniciativa. Hoy, les traigo una canción que tiene nombre de Arcángel, pero hasta donde sé, no es exactamemte una canción de alabanza. Esas las solía cantar mucho mientras estaba en el coro. Aquí solo hay alabanzas a la música tradicional.

San Rafael es un subgénero del Joropo Llanero venezolano. Cae en la categoría de golpe. Es un patrón armónico fijo con algunas variaciones en la melodía de acuerdo de la región y con letras que generalmente son compuestas por los cantantes. Siempre se repite la misma música y lo que cambia son las letras.

Como estoy en el nivel de aprender canciones rápidas en las clases de música, esta fue una de las piezas sugeridas. La tengo que presentar el miércoles en clases. Es un arreglo solista de 5 frases y algunas variaciones sobre el tema principal. Espero que lo disfruten.

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¡Buen día, 3speakers!El día de hoy les traigo este vlog para celebrar un año de creación de contenido sin interrupciones. Aquí hay anécdotas, consejos y respuestas a algunas preguntas que me hiceron por mi cuenta de X. Sin duda que es un logra bastante significativo para el blog y personal.

No es que sea justo hoy, pero la programación del contenido me había dejado poco espacio para traerles este vlog.

Si tienen más dudas sobre cómo conseguí hacer esto, no duden preguntar en los comentarios y con gusto les estaré contestando.

One Year on Content Creation!Hello there, 3speakers!Today, I've brought you this special vlog to celebrate one year of uninterrupted content creation. There are some anecdotes, advice and answers to some questions I got over my X account. Without a doubt this a important milestone as a blogger.

It wasn't today that I hit the mark. However, the planning for content didn't give me any spots for a vlog like this until now.

If you have more questions about how I managed to do it, don't hesitate to leave a comment. I'll be more than happy to reply!

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Hello there, 3speakers!We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Last week, I showed you how to make the nut and saddle for a Venezuelan Cuatro. This time it's to wrap up this project. With tuning machines and strings on this instrument, we are done. Buzzy Bee is complete. Sit and relax while listening to this ASMR DIY Short. 😎

Buzzy Bee¡Buen día, 3speakers!El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. La semana pasada les mostré cómo se trabajan las cejillas del cuatro venezolano. Hoy es tiempo de colocar las clavijas y cuerdas. Así damos por terminamo este proyecto llamado Buzzy Bee. Por supuesto, lo verán en este formato de short DIY ASMR. 😎

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! Missed me?

It's been quite a long time since I took part of an #openmic. I was in some study rest from cover. Also, had the time to finish two instruments. I'm playing one of them in this video. Long story short, I've been busy.

Today, I'm coming to share a simple cover. This music is a traditional heritage genre. It exists in different countries that were former Spanish colonies and they have given it their own identity. I'm talking about Malagueñas.

I've been wanting to play one of these for a long time and thanks to my teacher I'm doing it. That syncs perfectly with the theme for this week, gratitude. Since this is the first community were I started to publish videos, gratitude comes double by sharing this one here.

I think I never this one before I had the chance to learn it. I don't even know the lyrics too well, but I found this version so you can listen to it By the way, listen to the sad feeling on this song. It is almost all achieved in Major chords! It is amazing. This goes against these intuitive idea that major is happy and minor is sad.

In Venezuela, Malaqueñas are tied to the sea. These are songs traditionally sung by women. They carry a feeling of longing for something. It could be love, the sea, work, better times, anything that could make you cry.

Hope you enjoy my cover. I added some sound effects on the background to have the sea in the song. Since these are usually sea-born songs, you can tell the rhythm of waves syncs perfectly with the strumming style. Now, I think the whole strumming is the way it is because it mimics sea waves.

Talk about learning things about your music!

Malagueña Cover

¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música! ¿Me extrañaron?

Ya ha pasado un rato desde que participé en un #openmic. Estaba en un descanso de estudio, También terminé dos instrumentos. Uno de ellos es este que estoy tocando. Para resumir, he estado ocupado.

Hoy, les vengo a compartir este cover sencillo. Esta música es un género heredado. Existe en varias de las antiguas colonias españolas y cada una le da dado un sentido de identidad diferente. Estoy hablando de la Malagueña.

He querido aprenderme una de estas desde hace mucho tiempo. Hoy, gracias a mi profesor es posible. Esto cae perfecto con el tema de la semana: gratitud. Así que va por partida doble. Ya que la gratitud va también para esta comunidad donde compartí mis primeros covers.

Creo que nunca había escuchado esta malagueña en específico y no sé quien es el autor de la letra. Cosa curiosa, tampoco me sé bien la letra, pero aquí encontré una versión para que las escuchen. Y más curioso aún, esta canción es muy triste y la mayoría de su armonía son acordes mayores. Esto es un buen ejemplo de que esa idea de mayor es alegra y menor es triste no tiene mucho sentido.

En Venezuela, las Malgueñas guardan una relación estrecha con el mar. Tradicionalmente, son cantadas por mujeres. Aquí se expresan sentimientos de añoranza. Pueden ser sobre el amor y el desamor, el trabajo, recuerdos, en general, cualquier cosa que podría hacerte llorar.

Espero que disfruten de este cover. Le añadí algunos efectos de sonido para que escuchen el mar al fondo. Como estas canciones nacen a las orillas del mar, el ritmo de las olas va sincronizado al golpe. Esto me hace pensar que el ritmo de este género y otros que surgen en geografías similares imita el vaivén del oleaje.

¡Eso es aprender más cosas sobre la música tradicional!

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¡Buen día, Espavloggers! ¡Vuelve el podcast más serio de la Blockchain!

Junto a mi coanfitriona @audiarmisg, les damos la bienvenida a Una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy compartimos algunas actualizaciones sobre esta nueva temporada. Contamos un poco sobre la identidad gráfica cortesía de @maryed. Y algunos de los objetivos a perseguir en los próximos episodios. No obstante, este video también tiene una nueva actualización y es una plantilla cortesía de @iamsaray. Tanto Audi como yo estamos muy contentos de la forma que va tomando este podcast. Así que sin más, les dejamos el episodio para que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, Espavloggers! The most serious podcast in the Blockchain is back!

Alongside my co-host @audiarmisg, we want to welcome you to A Serious Talk.

Today we share some updates about this new season. We tell a little about the graphic identity courtesy of @maryed. And some of the goals to pursue in the next episodes. However, this video also has a new update and is a template courtesy of @iamsaray. Both Audi and I are very happy with the way this podcast is taking shape. So without further ado, we leave you the episode to enjoy it.

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Last week, I showed you how to glue on the bridge on a Venezuelan Cuatro. This week we keep on the work on that one. This time of the tiny pieces of wood we need for the strings' action, the nut and the saddle. Sit and relax while listening to this ASMR DIY Short. 😎

Cejillas

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. La semana pasada les mostré cómo se coloca el puente de un cuatro venezolano. El día de hoy les quiero mostrar el proceso de fabricación de dos piezas de madera: las cejillas. Estas son las responsables de la altura de las cuerdas en el instrumento. Por supuesto, lo verán en este formato de short DIY ASMR. 😎

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! I've come back to tell you about the second concert I attended on the same day last month. It's been quite some time already, but I still have some of that mood on my mind. It so happens that the same day this celebration happened, there was also another concert planned for later. It was the regional gathering of mandolinists.

I had attended one of these before and I knew it started too late for the idea. You see this gathering brings mandolinist from the State and other states of the country to play some music for themselves and the public present. The one I attended a year ago took a whooping 5 hours to be done. There's that many mandolin players and with each of them playing 2 pieces at an average of 3 minutes, well, it's a lot of time.

However, it is a cool idea. I know there are some festivals around the world dedicated to particular instruments and certain genres of music. So, having the chance to attend is actually cool. I know a lot of the people who are playing. I should be playing too, but more on that later.

So, I had back to back concerts and tried to make the best out of it. This one was an introspection chance. I stopped playing mandolin when my computer died on 2021. It was too difficult to tried to record without having a metronome on my ear. Besides, mandolin covers were made on different instruments as well. And I was looking for a reason to get back playing it.

I can't think of a better way to do it than going to a concert that's all about it!

In case you're wondering, mandolins aren't part of the traditional Venezuelan instruments. These are Italian instruments. But on this continent, there are 3 countries where they are played for regional types of traditional music: United States, Brazil and Venezuela. I guess since we had a lot of Italian migration, we took the instrument and adapted it to our music. Here on the east side, our Joropo has the mandolin as one of it's main instruments. It used to be also a sign of status. People who played mandolin had money. In the fields, people played other kinds of instruments. But this has changed a lot.

While I was there watching all this people playing, I couldn't stop to think how cool it would be to pick up Bri again and make some music. Besides, it's not like years and years of practice are going to go away that easily. Also, it's kind of sad to have such a good instrument store for no particular reason.

In the end, I couldn't stay for the whole concert. But I got to see some interesting player do their magic on the stage. As nod to the previous concert, it is not only a concert the best way to honour the memory of a musician. It is the best way to look for inspiration while you're a musician yourself.

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Hello there, Blockchain Geeks! Today, we come back to the Mexiverse and continue our quest to defeat the evil Calaca whose first name is Carlos.

After defeating Calaca's musicians, we finally get to have our rematch against the charro. For that, we'll need to keep traversing the Sierra Morena to get to the Great Temple. There, Calaca is trying to merge both the world of the living and the world of the dead.

However, to get to this temple, we need to defeat the last of his goons, Jaguar Javier. You might remember him from the beginning of the adventure. This arrogant cat is always warning us about pushing through with our quest. Well, it's finally time to see if this kitty can dance!

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After defeating this cat, we learnt the only reason he was backing up Calaca was to protect the life of his former mentor Uay Chivo. Yes, the same guy of the Choozo Statues. It is so sad. Jaguar looks like he could've been a good ally. Nonetheless, we have gained access to the Great Temple and we are on a rush to get the top and stop the villain!

And we'll get to the entrance of the place in superhero fashion!

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Getting in the temple was the easiest part. As this is the final stage of the game, I was expecting some challenging platforming and some tough fights before getting to the final boss. And that was exactly what this place delivered. I spent some time trying to get through some of the platforming and had a hard time with some of the rooms that were full of mobs.

But with some patience and dodging a lot, we finally made to it to the top of the temple and had our big fight!

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Our reunion with Juanita was interrupted by Calaca, who finally remembered he had killed us at the beginning of the game. The big boss was no pushover and this battle wouldn't be complete in this kind of game if the last boss didn't have a second phase.

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After defeating Calaca, the world is finally safe. But I'll this image here since we got the bad ending. There are some orbs to collect around the world to get the good ending.

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So, we have finished this adventure, but there are more secret in the the world to discover. It was a lot of fun playing this game and would definitely recommend it for anyone who likes playing metroidvania games. I hope you have enjoyed these gameplay videos.

Have a great day!

¡Por el Campeonato Mundial!

¡Buen días, Geeks de la Blockchain! Hoy volvemos al Mexiverse para continuar nuestra aventura y derrotar a Carlos Calaca.

Después de derrotar a su banda, por fin podemos tener nuestra revancha contra el charro. Para eso, hay que atravesar la Sierra Morena y llegar al Great Temple. Ahí, Calaca está intentando unir el mundo de los vivos con el mundo de los muertos.

Sin embargo, tenemos otro obstáculo en el camino. Hay que derrotar a su último esbirro, Jaguar Javier. Quizá lo recuerden de los comienzos del juego. Ese gato arrogante siempre estaba advirtiéndonos sobre los peligros de continuar nuestra travesía. Bueno, es hora de saber si el felino puede luchar.

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Después de mandar a este gato con el veterinario, se nos reveló la información de que solo seguía a Calaca para proteger la vida de su mentor, Uay Chivo. Sí, el mismo chivo de las estutuas que hemos destruido durante el juego. Es una realidad muy triste. Seguro Jaguar pudo ser un aliado muy importante. No obstante, ¡ahora podemos continuar al gran templo y derrotar al villano!

¡Y llegaremos allá volando por todo lo alto!

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LLegar al templo fue la parte fácil. Como era de esperarse, este último templo es más difícil que el resto del juego. Hay muchas sección que requieren bastante precisión en las plataformas y las peleas se ponen más complicadas por la cantidad de enemigos. Sin duda fue un reto. Tuve que pasar el tiempo pensando cómo pasa ciertas sección y volver a pasar por otras donde la cantidad de enemigos era abrumadora.

Sin embargo, con mucha paciencia y esquivando pudimos llegar a la cima del templo para luchar con el jefe final.

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Nuestra reunión con Juanita fue interrumpida por Calaca, quien por fin se dio cuenta que somos aquella persona que había eliminado al comienzo del juego. Este jefe no fue fácil y esta batalla no estaría completa sin una segunda fase. Esto es muy normal en esta clase de juegos.

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Después de derrotar a Calaca, el mundo vuelve a la normalidad. Pero en esta imagen de que verán a continuación se darán cuenta que sacamos el final malo del juego. Hay que recolectar una orbes que están por todo el juego para sacar el final bueno.

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Con esto, terminamos con esta aventura. Quedan algunos secretos por descubrir en el mapa. Fue muy divertido pasa este juego y lo recomendaría a todos los que quieran intentarlo. Los metroidvania son juegos muy entretenidos. Espero que hayan disfrutado de estos gameplays.

¡Qué tengan un buen día!

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Last week, I showed you how I made a bridge for a Venezuelan Cuatro. This time, I'll go through the whole placement process from. It has a few steps and it's the adrenaline dose necessary to keep a luthier's heart healthy. Sit and relax while listening to this ASMR DIY Short. 😎

Colocación del Puente

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. La semana pasada les mostré cómo hacía un puente para cuatro venezolano. Hoy, les quiero mostrar todos los pasos a seguir para colocarlo y pegarlo sobre el instrumento. Este paso es la dosis de adrenalina necesaria para mantener sano el corazón del luthier. Por supuesto, lo verán en este formato de short DIY ASMR. 😎

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! What could be a better way to celebrate the memory of a musicians than throwing a concert with her music?

I believe the answer for this is simple. Nothing. Artists are alive as long as their art is alive.

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend to different concerts in one day. Lucky me. Both were traditional music concerts. I'm here to tell you some about the first one. So, it so happens that day was the 99th birth of María Rodríguez. She was a very influential singer and composer from the city that travelled around the world showcasing the culture of the eastern regions of Venezuela. She was quite a character too.

A lady that got into a lot of trouble too. Lots of the songs that talk about these problems are really funny.

So, this concert was an homage since María passed away a few years ago. And it also marked the start of her 100th birthday celebration that will take place next year. It is an interesting milestone when it is done this way. I mean if we don't celebrate our local artists, who would do it?

The concert was full of dancers and all the music played during the performance was from María. It was a live music event too. And the choreography was made to highlight one of her nicknames. I think I did a post last year talking about her as The Siren. But she was also know as The Butterfly. And you'll see one bid pair of butterfly wings hanging on top of the stage.

Another important and emblematic song was perform twice. First, it was just a dance; then, it was sung. It is the Tobacco Prayer (La Oración del Tabaco in Spanish). I think there isn't another song that represents this singer better than this one. We had a really great time remembering María and listening to her music that is still sung by many artists around the country. Fortunately, she recorded a big number of songs while she was alive. So, there's a lot of her art to keep us company.

Some the dancers you'll see in the video are also siblings and relatives of María who are still the keepers of the torch of culture around the city. Even when you don't see it here, there are a lot of young musicians and dancers interested in our culture. And that something María could sing about wherever she is now.

Hopefully, next year will have an even bigger celebration and lots of musicians can join. For now, sit tight and enjoy a bit of these performances as I did back on that day.

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¡Buen día, Espavloggers! ¡Vuelve el podcast más serio de la Blockchain!

Junto a mi coanfitriona @audiarmisg, les damos la bienvenida a Una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy nos vamos con un tema que es fundamental en la vida de creadores de contenido. Sí, hablamos de la organización. Por supuesto, teníamos que traer a una de las Hivers más activas y conocidas de la comunidad latina. Hablamos con la Hiver con Experience, @elizabeths14.

¡Acompáñenos en esta plática donde descubrimos un poco sobre las maneras en que Elizabeth organiza sus días y distribuye su tiempo entre su vida personas y Hive!

Talking about Organization

Hello there, Espavloggers! The most serious podcast in the Blockchain is back!

Alongside my co-host @audiarmisg, we want to welcome you to A Serious Talk.

Today, we are back with an episode that develops an important topic for Content Creators, organization. Of course, we had to invite one of the most active and well-known Hivers of the LATAM community. During this episode we talk with the Seasoned Hiver, @elizabeths14.

Join us for this conversation where we'll learn a bit more about Elizabeth's tricks for balancing her life and her time on Hive!

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. This time, I'm making a bridge for a instrument that had been on hold since last year. With this step, I'm getting closer to finishing it and of course, I'll keep showing the process in this format. Sit and relax while listening to this ASMR DIY Short. 😎

Puente

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. En esta ocasión, les traigo el proceso de fabricación de un puente para un instrumento que tenía bastante tiempo en pausa. Con este paso, estoy más cerca de completarlo. Por supuesto, lo verán en este formato de short DIY ASMR. 😎

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! We are back on the stage of the Hive Music Festival for its 42nd week, round 3. Today, we are back on Brazil for another traditional song. This time is a Samba by composer Noel Rosa known as Feitiço Da Vila.

I must have listened to this a thousand times when I started playing mandolin, but never got to actually play. Just knew some fragments. It is simple song, but again, the harmony is the part that causes troubles. However, it was a lot of fun to learn it. I guess it's a blessing to have such a good teacher. When I came back after learning the whole melody, I got some other tips to play. So, I decided to get it at a slow tempo since the song is actually slow. Not all Sambas are very fast and carry lots of drums. It is more of a intimate song. And you can see this reflected on the myriad of versions available online. Some of them even move it to other genres such as Choro and Bossa Nova.

This is a simple version playing with the tempo. After all, I'm playing by myself and the tempo is there to keep the sense of the song. But it cam be bent to my will if I choose to do it.

I don't have a lot of things to say about the cover. I hope you enjoy as much as I did recording it. It was one of those rare cases in which even when I didn't got it done at first, I didn't get angry or had frustration build up as a result of mistakes. And the final recording, the one you listened came as smooth as possible.

Feitiço Da Vila Cover

¡Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música! Estamos de regreso en el Hive Music Festival para la semana 42, ronda 3. En esta oportunidad, volvemos a Brasil para escuchar un cover de otro género tradicional muy popular: la samba. La cación de esta semana es Feitiço Da Vila del compositor Noel Rosa.

Esta es una de esas canciones que debo haber escuchado más de mil veces mientras aprendía a tocar la mandolina, pero nunca llegué a tocarla. Solo me sabía algunos fragmentos. La melodía es bastante simple, pero como es común con la música brasileira, la harmonía es todo un reto. Sin embargo, fue muy interesante aprenderla. Es una bendición tener un profesor tan bueno. Cuando volví con una parte aprendida, recibí muchos consejos de cómo tocar la pieza. Así que decidí quedarme con el tiempo lento de la versión original. No todas las sambas son rápidas o van cargadas de percusión. Al menos, las canciones tan íntimas como esta no son así. Algo de esto se ve reflejado en la cantidad asombrasa de versión que existen en la web. Algunas de ellas transportan la pieza a géneros como el Choro y la Bossa Nova.

Este cover es bastante simple. Decidí jugar con el tempo mientras tocaba. Después de todo, estoy haciendo un solo y el tempo está como un recurso más para lograr la interpretación deseada. Así que jugar un poco con esto es parte de mi versión.

No tengo mucho más para agregar de este cover. Espero que lo disfruten tanto como yo lo hice al grabarlo. Este fue uno de esos casos raros donde las equivocaciones frente a la cámara no resultaron en frustración. Cada vez que volvía a grabar las cosas mejoraban hasta que llegué a esta versión final.

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Hello there, Blockchain Geeks! Today, we come back to the Mexiverse and continue our quest to defeat the evil Calaca whose first name is Carlos.

Last time, we snuffed out Flame Face's...ehm... face. And we need to backtrack to the Sierra Madre in order to get to the location of the skeletons' factory. However, we'll get a new power up to help on that. It's called the Goat Climb. And it's actually self-explanatory. It gave me some Speed Boost Metroid vibes. With this, we can sure climb our way up to the Sierra.

But getting there won't be easy as backtracking never is. We'll have to take a detour straight to Hell. There we can fast travel with the help of an Olmec's Head. There's an area of challenge in Hell called Torture Chambers. I didn't include it here since I was just advancing the story. And I bet this have something to do with a secret ending.

And wouldn't you know it, the next area is inside a volcano!

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So, we'll finally face off against the creator of the skeletons. He'll for sure have some surprises in store for us. The platforming in this temple is escalating in difficulty. I bet the next area will be even more challenging. However, the last ability is unlocked here. It is the ability to fly from one wall to another.

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The motivations of these trio of skeletons was by far the more pathetic of the rest of the goons of Calaca. They just wanted to get back the singer of their band. It is said he died young but he had a beautiful voice. I'd try to get that member back too if the name of the group turns out to be the Terrible Trio too.

And with these musicians out of the way is time to keep moving forward to save the world from Calaca. I hope you enjoy this new entry on the gameplay.

No hay otra

¡Buen días, Geeks de la Blockchain! Hoy volvemos al Mexiverse para continuar nuestras aventuras y derrotar al malvado Calaca cuyo nombre es Carlos.

La última vez apagamos la cara de Flame Face. Ahora nos toca regresar hasta llegar a la Sierra Madre y atravesar la fábrica de los esqueletos. Sin embargo, una habilidad nueva nos facilitará el trabajo. Es el Goat Climb. Se explica a sí misma como esa habilidad de las cabras para escalar superficies empinadas. Esto me trajo recuerdos del Speed Boost en Metrois. Con esta habilidad, subir hasta la Sierra será pan comido.

Aunque llegar allá no será fácil. Un desvío nos llevará directo a El Infierno donde podremos regresar a donde debemos ir gracias a la cabeza Olmeca. Hay toda un área de cámaras de torura que son desafíos a superar en esta área, pero decidí no incluirlos. No avanzan la historia como tal y seguramente son para lograr el final alternativo del juego.

Y por si no lo han adivinado, la siguiente área del juego está dentro de un volcan.

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Finalmente, mos enfrentaremos contra el creador de los esqueletos. Seguro nos tendrá preparadas algunas sorpresas mientras nos acercamos a la pelea. En este templo, ya se puede ver una diferencia en la dificulta de las áreas sobre plataformas que nos indica que la próxima será mucho más difícil. Y aquí conseguimos la última habilidad del juego. Básicamente, ahora podemos volar de una pared a otra.

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La motivación de este trio de esqueletos era la más patética de todos los esbirros de Calaca. Solo querían recuperar a su amigo cantante. Se dice que murió joven y tenía una voz hermosa. Yo también me uniría al plan si la muerte convirtiera a mi banda en un Trío Terrible.

Con estos músicos derrotados, es tiempo de seguir avanzando y salvar al mundo de Calaca. Espero que disfruten de este gameplay.

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Today, it's time to get some instruments that were waiting for quite some time to get their finish on. I wanted to show the process of polishing the lacquer in short and that's exactly what you'll see. Hope you enjoy it!

Pulir/a>

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. Por fin pude avanzar con algunas proyectos que se encontraban estancados. Ya pude completar su acabado y aquí les muestro el proceso de pulido de la laca. ¿Qué mejor manera que mostrarlo en formato short? Espero que lo disfruten.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! We are back on the stage of the Hive Music Festival for its 41st week, round 2. Today, my song is comes from one of my favorite genres of traditional music. It's from the Brazilian folk music genre known as Choro.

When I started playing Mandolin, I got a lot of recommendations about listening to these Brazilian mandolin players. They don't disappoint. And in essence their goings in music are very similar to our folk musicians in Venezuela. You'll often listen to someone playing and recording some songs that aren't his own. But then, you'll find out the song is so popular that is has hundreds of versions, each adding a new layer of musical depth to the mix. It is a wonderful thing.

The first version I listened to from this songs was by the recordings of Jacob Bittercourt, best known as Jacob do Bandolim. This Brazilian mandolinist did a lot of recordings for their traditional music and also composed a lot of interesting pieces. But the song I'm bringing is from other composer known as Pixiguinha. The song is called Lamentos. And it a jewel of instrumental music having lots of variations on the main theme and other sections. Here's the one I used to listen to a lot.

Anyways, there's only so much I can do as a soloist of my level. So, here's a simplified version as my cover. I hope you enjoy it. It took me like 100 attempts to record it for the simple reason I get too distracted on the melody and started singing it or just lost all concentration and had to start over.

I still can't believe I'm recording Choros. These have a complex harmony and they're tough pieces to digest. But learning how to play is a rewarding experience all the same.

Lamentos Cover

¡Buen día mis cokegas músicos y amantes de la música! Estamos de regreso en el Hive Music Festival para la semana 41, ronda 2. En esta oportunidad, les traigo una pieza de uno de mis géneros favoritos de música tradicional. Hablo del Choro brasileiro.

Cuando empecé a tocar mandolina, me recomendaron mucho escuchar a los músico brasileiros. En especial a los mandolinistas y la verdad es que no decepcionan. En esencia, mucho de lo que hacen se parece a nuestros músicos tradicionales. Siempre se escuchan grabaciones de otros autores. Pero luego te das cuenta que esto ocurre porque las caciones son tan populares que cada quien decide agregarle alguna vuelta diferente y todos influyen en la riqueza musical del ámbito.

La primera vez que escuché esta canción fue una grabación de Jacob Bittercourt, mejor conocido como Jacob do Bandolim. Este mandolinista brasileiro grabó mucho música tradicional, entre ellas hay muchas de sus propias composiciones. Aunque, la cación que les traigo en esta ocasión es de otro compositor llamado Pixiguinha. El título de la misma es Lamentos. Es una joya de la música instrumental con todas sus variaciones sobre los temas y otras secciones. Aqui les dejo una versión que me gusta mucho.

De cualquier manera, hice todo lo posible como solista para hacer una versión simplificada del tema. Espero que la disfruten. Me tomó como 100 intentos grabar esta pieza porque me distraía mucho con la melodía y empezaba a cantar. Ahí se me iba toda la concentración y tenía que volver a grabar.

Todavía no me creo que esté grabando Choros. Estos son bien complejos en armonías y generalmente, son piezas difíciles de digerir. Pero aprender a tocar alguno es una experience gratificante.

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¡Buen día, Espavloggers! ¡Vuelve el podcast más serio de la Blockchain!

Junto a mi coanfitriona @audiarmisg, les damos la bienvenida a Una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy nos vamos con un tema que causa una mezcla de emociones buenas y muchas risa: los Ex's. Todos tenemos al menos uno, quienes no, son muy afortunados. Para hablar de esto nos acompaña nuestra querida @iamsaray, quien viene a aclarar algo que tenía confudidos a varios Hivers hace unos meses.

Aunque ya les dije mucho. Espero que disfruten de este episodio.

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Hello there, Espavloggers! The most serious podcast in the Blockchain is back!

Alongside my co-host @audiarmisg, we want to welcome you to A Serious Talk.

Today, we are back with an episode that awaken some bad feelings and tons of laughter. We are talking about ex's. Most people have at least 1. Those who don't, are a lucky bunch. To get into this topic we have our dear @iamsaray who wanted to clarify some doubts a lot of Hivers had months ago.

I have already said a lot. I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Today, I brought a small project. Since I finished another instrument, it's time to start making things tidier around the workshop. I started with my diamond plates for sharpening. I saw a video of someone making a sharpening station. It's a fancy way of saying that you're gluing the plates to a piece of wood to have a better surface. Well, I had to try it out!

Estación de afilado

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. En esta ocasión, vengo con un proyecto más corto. Como terminé otro instrumento, estoy ordenando varias cosas en el taller. Comencé por colocar mis placas de diamante para afilar sobre una tabla. A esto lo vi en algún video como una estación de afilado. Es una forma muy elegante de referirse a esto. Y claro, tenía que intentarlo.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!

It came as a surprise winning the previous edition, but all that hard work paid its dividends!

We are back on the stage of the Hive Music Festival for its 40th week, round 1. Today, I bring you a song I did in collaboration with my dear, @zullyscott a while ago, but now as a soloist.

I have talked about this genre of music. Tonadas are often sad in mood. However, they are songs that llaneros (people from the Venezuelan plains) sing while they're at work. That the origin of the whole genre of music. There's no common time measure or key for these tunes as they are composed while keeping up with the rhythm of a day's job.

This particular one was composed by Simón Díaz, which is regarded as the savior of Tonadas in Venezuela. When the oil boom started and workers started to move from the agricultural fields to work on the oil excavations and camps, this genre of music almost disappeared. This movement known in Venezuelan History as El éxodo campesino, created a whole genre of literature and tons of problems for the economy.

And this song Sabana tells the story about those llaneros that left the plains. Sabana is a word that is often use to refer to this long extensions of plains. It's lyrics are a sad farewell to these lands as the people go far from it looking for opportunities. It is also the kind of song a lot of our people outside the country would love to hear and make even shed some tears.

My favorite version of this song isn't even online. It was recorded as a Duet between Luz Marina and Simón Díaz (doing 1st and 2nd voice respectively). What the cuatro that's following the singing does is just amazing. Hopefully one day, someone will upload that song to the web or maybe it is in Spotify or some other platform.

Here's my take on the song using some of the resources at my grasp and level to make it feel as sad as a can. I hope you enjoy this performance.

Sabana Cover

¡Buen día mis cokegas músicos y amantes de la música!

¡Fue una sopresa ver que gané la edición anterior. Todo ese esfuerzo valió la pena!

Estamos de regreso en el Hive Music Festival para la semana 40, ronda 1. En esta oportunidad, les traigo una canción que grabé hace tiempo en colaboración con mi estimada @zullyscott. Solo que esta es la versión solista

Ya he hablado de este género de la música venezolana. Las Tonadas son tristes. Sin embargo, son las canciones que los llaneros repiten durante sus jornadas de trabajo. Ese es el origen de este género. No hay una métrica o tono común ya que el acompañamiento de las mismas piezas suele ser el ritmo e implementos de trabajos.

Esta tonada en particular fue compuesta por Simón Díaz, quien es una especie de salvador del género en Venezuela. Cuando el boom petrolero cambió las dinámicas de la economía en el país, todo el éxodo campesino casi acaba con este tipo de música. Se cambiaron los campos de siembre y ganado por campos petroleros.

Sabana es una canción que habla sobre esa despedida del llanero y su tierra. Sabana se refiere a esa extensión de llano que parece una sábana cubriendo la tierra. La letra de la canción evoca imágenes tristes y un adiós. Los llaneros se fueron a otras tierras por otras oportunidades. Justo como lo han hecho varios paisanos. Quizá escuchar esto, los haría llorar.

Creo que mi versión favorita de esta canción no está disponible en las plataformas de la web. Es un dueto entre Luz Marina y Simón Díaz (cada uno hace primera y segunda voz respectivamente). Lo que hace el cuatro acompañando las voces es una cosa mágica. Quizá algún día alguien suba esa versión a la web o probablemente esté disponible en plataformas como Spotify.

Aquí les traigo mi versión utilizando algunos de los recursos a mi disposición para hacerla sonar más triste.

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Hello there, Blockchain Geeks! Today, we come back to the Mexiverse and continue our quest to defeat the evil Calaca whose first name is Carlos.

Last time, we defeated Calaca's ex-girlfriend in a one-timer showdown. Now, it's time to go ahead and climb the Tule Tree to keep improving our abilities and keep kicking his lackeys' rears!

So, this tree was quite a challenge to climb. It needed a lot from the dimensional shift ability and precise timing. I think I got the gist of it since I had a lot of practice climbing and I bet it will be a very important tool in boss fights as well. Climbing the tree rewarded us with the Double Jump ability, which is a staple of these games. However, as the game is trolling too, it also gave us a Choozo Statue with No Power. I love these clever punts.

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It turns out there was nothing on the tree but these abilities, but they were needed to go back to the desert and enter the Temple of War and learning some new skills over there. And there's a few new types of enemies that are really tough, but we are tougher.

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The run wouldn't be complete without a Boss Fight. It was Flame Face's hour to get some pummeling. And that's exactly what he got during this fight. The fight had some clever designs and he made use of his ranged attacks. Nothing a few dodges can't handle, but only when you make them at the right time.

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Enjoy this third part of Guacamelee. We are getting closer to the end of the game. And the power ups to explore are making it a lot easier to traverse the stages.

Apagando esta llama

¡Buen días, Geeks de la Blockchain! Hoy, volvemos al Mexiverse y continuamos con nuestra aventura para derrotar al Calaca cuyo primer nomber es Carlos.

La ultima vez que pasamos por aquí bailamos un tango con la ex-novia de Calaca. Ahora, es tiempo de continuar nuestro camino y escalar el Tule Tree para mejorar nuestras abilidades y seguir pateando traseros.

Este árbol fue todo un reto para escalar. La habilidad de cambiar de dimensión tuvo un énfasis muy grande en esta área. Eso y la necesidad de saber en qué momento usarla. Creo que logré agarrarle la vuelta en la escalada. Estoy seguro que la habilidad será necesaria en peleas contra jefes. Llegar a la cima del árbol nos otorgó la habilidad de saltar dos veces. Esto es un poder necesario en todo metroidvania. Sin embargo, como el juego está lleno de memes, también nos dio una estatua Choozo sin poder alguno. Me encantan esos detalles.

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Resulta que no había más nada en el árbol y tuvimos que regresar al desierto para adentrarnos en el Templo de la Guerra y aprender otras habilidades nuevas. Aquí empezaron a aparecer enemigos más difícil de vencer, pero por acá vamos mejorando tambien.

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Este capítulo no estaría completo sin una pelea contra un jefe. En esta ocasión, fue contra Flame Face. Logramos darle una paliza al primer intento. El diseño de la batalla fue muy interesante. Los ataques a distancia fuera un problema. Nada que esquivar no pueda solucionar, pero solo cuando se hace a tiempo.

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Espero que disfruten de esta tercera parte de Guacamelee. Estamos más cerca de llegar al final del juego. Los poderes nuevos están ayudando un montón para atravesar las áreas nuevas que nos encontramos.

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Today, I brought the final entry on this build. It's been a blast to show the whole process of this instrument. I hope you enjoy the last steps in tuning. I left a bit of sound test at the end just for you.

Cajón Flamenco VIII

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. En esta ocasión, les traigo el último corto sobre este proyecto. Ha sido genial documentar este trabajo de esta manera. Les dejé un pequeña prueba de sonido al final para que disfruten del cajón.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! We are back on the stage of the Hive Music Festival for its 39th week, round 3. I wanted to end on a slower song since I already did my fair share of fast-playing during the previous rounds. I revisited a song I played a while ago, but never published on Hive.

I think it's the most versioned Traditional Venezuelan song. Truth be told, this piece wasn't well-known when it came out. Actually, it took a long time before it was even recorded for the first time. And I guess you wouldn't guess I'm talking about Caballo Viejo by Simón Díaz. Nowadays, this song has reached a level of popularity that international singers have taken it and sung it in different styles. I would mention one of my favorite version which is in the salsa genre and it's performed by no other than Gilberto Santa Rosa.

Nonetheless, I stuck with the traditional style and wanted to play my own version combining strums and fingerpicking. Thus, this cover came to be. The song is a reminder of how life doesn't offer second chances for anything. Time goes by and we can't stay idle. After this life, there's no other chance. The song is in a time signature of 3/4 and goes over a minor key all the time. It genre is something called Pasaje Llanero which is a weird way of calling things that sound like waltzes, but aren't. Pasajes tend to be pieces that tell stories or ponder upon some universal truths. I guess that's the difference. But it's open to discussion.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did studying it and recording it. It wasn't a 100 attempts to get this one right and the editing process went on smoothly.

Caballo viejo Cover

¡Buen día mis cokegas músicos y amantes de la música! Estamos de regreso para la semana 39, ronda 3, del Hive Music Festival. Quise terminar mi participación en esta edición con una canción más lenta ya que todo lo rápido lo hice en las rondas anteriores. Así que revisité un tema que llegué a grabar una vez, pero que no publiqué en Hive.

Creo que debe ser la canción más versionada del repertorio tradicional venezolano. Como una anécdota que aprendí de conciertos didácticos, esta canción no era muy conocida cuando se compuso. Pasaron años para que se grabara por primera vez. Y estoy seguro que nunca adivinarían que Caballo Viejo de Simín Díaz no era una canción muy popular. Hoy día, es tan popular que se han hecho varias versiones de la voz de artistas internacionales. Una de mis favoritas es la versión salsa que canta Gilberto Santa Rosa.

No obstante, me quedé en el género tradicional. Aquí hice mi versión con elementos del rasgueo y punteo. Así nació el video que van a ver. Esta canción es un recordatorio de que no hay segundas oportunidades en la vida. El tiempo pasa y si no hacemos nada, no lo podemos recuperar. Después de esta vida, no hay otra oportunidad. La pieza está en un tiempo de 3/4 y se desarrolla en tono menor sin ninguna modulación. El género es esa rareza rítmica conocida como Pasaje Llanero. Algo que parece un vals, pero no lo es. Los Pasajes cuentan historias o reflexionan sobre temas de la cultura universal. Quizá ahí está la diferencia. Aunque eso está abierto a discusión.

Espero que disfruten el tema tanto como lo hice mientras estudiaba y lo grababa. Esta vez no me tomó 100 intentos completar la grabación y la edición fue muy sencilla.

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¡Buen día, Espavloggers! ¡Vuelve el podcast más serio de la Blockchain!

Luego de una pausa que se hizo muy larga el podcast Una Plática Seria vuelve a los espacios de la comunidad de videos en español por excelencia. Mi coanfitriona, @audiarmisg, y mi persona nos encontrábamos muy ocupados, pero ya habíamos grabado unos videos para tener listos cuando se pudiera publicar.

Para el primer epidosio de esta temporada tenermos a una invitada especial muy estimada por ambos. Se trata de la profesora Adriana Cabrera, @adncabrera, quién ha sido una figura muy importante en el desarrollo artístico de estos dos personasjes que ven aquí haciendo el podcast. El tema de la conversación va sobre muchas cosas relacionas con ser mujer. Creo que no podriamos haber elegido a una persona mejor para hablar sobre este tema. La profesora hace muchas cosas y todas las hace bien. Además, su postura frente a muchos temas sigue razonamientos muy apegados a la lógica y el sentido común.

Aunque ya les dije mucho. Espero que disfruten de este episodio y nos disculpen la tardanza para volver a publicar el podcast.

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Hello there, Espavloggers! The most serious podcast in the Blockchain is back!

After a long and unexpected hiatus, our podcast Serious Talk is back on the best place for Spanish videos. @audiarmisg, my co-host, and myself would like to apologize for the long wait since we we're quite busy. But we had had recorded a few episodes to be able to start the show once we ready to run the second season.

For this first episode, we have a very special guest for both of us. It's no other than Professor Adriana Cabrera, @adncabrera, who has been an important figure in the artistic development of your hosts. Our conversation topic will go around what means to be a women. We couldn't have picked a better guest to talk about this topic since the Professor is quite an outstanding character that knows a lot and does a lot. Her ideas follow logic reasoning and common sense.

I have already said a lot. I hope you enjoy this episode and forgive us for the long time we've kept you waiting for season 2.

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Temporada 1 | Season 1:

🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad
🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas
🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización
🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor
🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad
🎙 Episodio 6: Hablando de Mudanzas
🎙 Episodio 7: Hablando de Amor y Amistad
🎙 Episodio 8: Hablando de la soltería y de las parejas
🎙 Episodio 9: Hablando sobre la desmotivación
🎙 Episodio 10: Hablando sobre la productividad tóxica
🎙 Cierre de Temporada 1

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative with my usual workshop DIY shorts. Today, I want to show you some bits of the finish on this Flamenco Box Drum. Having a look at the steps of filling the grain of wood this quick makes for one smooth short when it takes hours to do it properly. Enjoy this ASMR process.

Cajón Flamenco VIII

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday es un poco más de mis cortos DIY sobre trabajos en el taller. En esta ocasión tenemos el trabajo en el acabdo del cajón flamenco. Ver esto con diferentes tomas y tiempos hace pensar que es un proceso rápido cuando en realidad se trata de horas de trabajo. Al menos condensarlo da para un corto ASMR muy interensate. Espero lo disfruten.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! We are back on the Hive Music Festival for its 38th week, round 2. Today, I'm bringing back the same kind of song I played last week. But there's a catch, this time I brought my teacher or rather I went my things to the class ready to record this song in the traditional style of Contrapunteo. Similar to a counterpoint in a song it is a response in the melody made by another instrument.

In this case, we play both things harmony and melody, but take turns to articulate the phrases and go back to the strumming. It was quite a challenge and wasn't easy to make in one take. But after some bloopers and a lot of concentration we were able to put this together.

This is the second time I played with him, but the first I'm actually switching between harmony and melody. It's interesting to see how much one can grow in so little time. And having these kinds of goals help measure the gap between my skills in the past and now.

After recording this video, his wife proposed the idea that we should make a video with all the students. It would be an interesting project. Maybe that can be arranged in the future and I can bring some of it to Hive just to show the different levels and style the students of Alexander Mariña have.

That's all from me. Enjoy the performance and don't forget to leave a comment if you found it interesting.

Also, if you're in Cumaná and want to start taking Venezuelan Cuatro classes, this is one of the teachers I'd definitely recommend.

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¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música! Estamos de vuelta para la semana 38, ronda 2 del Hive Music Festival. Hoy, les traigo la misma canción de la semana pasada, pero en otro formato. El meollo del asunto es que estoy tocando con mi profesor. Lo invité a grabar o mejor dicho me fui con mis corotos a grabar a su casa en el estilo tradicional del Contrapunteo. Esto es como el contrapunto que se ve en las partituras: una respuesta a una melodía hecha por otro instrumento que no es el principal.

En este caso, ambos tocamos la melodía y el acompañamiento, pero tomamos turnos para articular las frases y volver al rasgueo. Fue un reto y nada fácil de lograr en una sola toma. Sin embargo, después de varios errores y chistes, logramos sacar esto.

Esta es la segunda vez que grabo con él, pero la primera en que estoy haciendo tanto melodía como armonía. Es muy interesante como se puede mejorar en tan poco tiempo. Tener estas metas tan simples como grabar un video así son una manera de medir cuánto se ha avanzado en algo.

Después de grabar, la esposa del profesor propuso que hiciéramos un video así, pero con todos los estudiantes. Sería un proyecto muy interesante. Es probable que se pueda lograr y podría ser algo interesante para traer por acá. Así podrían ver los estilos diferentes entre los estudiantes de Alexander Mariña.

Esto es todo por ahora. Espero que disfruten del este video y no olviden comentar si les hice recordar o pensar en algo.

Además, si viven en Cumaná y quieren empezar con el Cuatro Venezolano, esta es una de las personas que recomendaría como profesor.

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Hello there, Blockchain Geeks! Today, we come back to the Mexiverse and continue our quest to defeat the evil Calaca whose first name is Carlos. Reminds me of an anecdote by my grandma about not naming one or her children Carlos because he could turn out evil. It seems there's some true behind this. Not for my uncle, but this videogame character.

We have traveled some more towns and even a desert to keep improving our skills and challenge Calaca to a rematch. In this chapter, we got some flashbacks and background information about our character, Juan, the origins of Tostada, and the main antagonist. We also fought X'tabay and gain the power to shift between the worlds of the living and the dead. A really cool power that will certainly help with the whole exploration part.

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As a side note, I love the other powerup called Intenso feels a lot like grabbing a Star in Super Mario. It gives a boost to all your attacks and make enemies explode when defeated. This affects all nearby enemies. A very cool tool to get that combo count up and high.

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Enjoy this second part of Guacamelee. It brings a lot more to the table between fun and challenges. Also, if you find some incongruities in the video, know that I had a problem with the first recording and had to create a separate game file to go over my tracks and get the missing footage. Yes, that a rookie mistake, but gameplays are a whole new territory for me. I didn't have that problem with the rest of the game.

Adios, X'tabay!

¡Buen días, Geeks de la Blockchain! Hoy volvemos al Mexiverse y continuamos nuestro aventura para derrotar al malvado Carlos Calaca. El hecho de que este persona tenga ese primer nombre, me hace recordar una anécdota de mi abuela. Según cuentan, le recomendaron no llamar Carlos a uno de sus hijos porque iba a volverse malo. No pasó con mi tío, pero sí con este personaje.

En esta ocasión recorrimos varios lugares, incluyendo un desierto. Todo con el objetivo de volvernos más fuertes y tener nuestra revancha contra Calaca. Además, nos dieron un poco de exposición sobre las historias de Juan, Tostada y el mismo Calaca. Pudimos derrotar a X'tabay y con esto ganamos la habilidad de movernos entre el mundo de los vivos y el de los muertos. Una herramienta muy útil para la exploración.

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También tengo que mencionar este poder llamado Intenso. Se siente muy parecido a una estrella en Mario Bros. Al activarlo, tus ataques son más fuertes y haces explotar a los enemigos al derrotarlos. Esto afecta al resto mandándolos a volar. Es algo muy útil para no perder los combos.

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Disfruten de esta segunda parte de Guacamelee. La verdad que trae mucha más diversión y desafíos. Además, si encuentran algunas incongruencias en el video ocurre que perdí parte de la grabación y solo me di cuenta al acabar esa sesión. Entonces, tuve que hacer un archivo nuevo para jugar hasta esa parte que se perdió. Errores de novato en esto de los gameplays, pero la lección quedó tan bien aprendida que no ha vuelto a pasar.

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Hello there, 3speakers! We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative and today my usual DIY shorts are on the theme selected by @emybaby for this week. I'm currently working on my dream job. Making instruments is just that, a dream come true. I enjoy working on them and using the photos and videos to create content. It's a beautiful symbiosis.

Hope you enjoy this ASMR. The Drum Box is almost complete!

Cajón Flamenco VII

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy mi video para el #ThreeShortFriday encaja con la temática elegida por @emybaby. Hacer instrumentos es un sueño hecho realidad. Disfruto del trabajo. Las fotos y videos que tomo y grabo mientras estoy en el taller, luego se convierten en contenido. Es una simbiosis perfecta.

Espero que disfruten este ASMR. El Cajón Flamenco está casi listo.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!

It's been almost an eternity since I made my last cover. It felt weird to record music again. Needless to say, there were too many mistakes until I finally got it right (more or less). So, we are here on the Hive Music Festival, Week 37, Round 1. And I'm back on full throttle with a musical improvisation.

Music from the Venezuelan Plains has many formats. There's the so called golpes which stand for fixed harmonic patterns that also have some fixed melodic phrases, but are a very good place to start improvising in Traditional Music. Since you'll always know what comes next, you can prepare your phrases and all of that. That's the basis of improvising.

What follows is known as Quirpa. It is a golpe in a time signature of 3/4 that two distinct moments. It starts on a major key and suddenly goes to its relative minor and there's where the magic happens. This cycle repeats many times and it only ends when the leading voice decides it has been enough. That something very usual in popular music. Especially the ones with fixed harmonic patterns. There are plenty of these in different tones and singers tend to create their own lyrics since they don't have to do much with the music.

Here's something like that. I hope you enjoy this musical improvisation and can leave a comment of something you found interesting about my performance. It took me a while to put it together and I even left some phrases out since I'm working on a duo cover with my teacher that might come soon.

Quirpa

+Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música! Ya ha pasado una eternidad desde la última vez que publiqué un cover. Todo el proceso de grabación ya se me hizo raro. No necesito decir la cantidad de veces que tuve que intentar hacer eso hasta que salió (ahí más o menos). Aquí estamos de regreso en el Hive Music Festival, Semana 37, Ronda 1. Y volvimos con toda la actitud y una improvisación.

La música de los llanos venezolanos tiene muchos formatos. Entre ellos, existe los llamado golpes llaneros que son formas armónicas fijas con algunas frases melódicas establecidas. Estos son el lugar ideal para empezar a aprender a improvisar en la música tradicional. Como siempre sabes a donde se va a mover la pieza, es muy fácil estudiar las frases y darles sentido. Eso en sí, es la base de la improvisación.

Lo que se viene a continuación es una Quirpa. Este golpe llanero está en un compás de 3/4 y tiene nos momentos bien marcados. Comienza en un tona mayor y de allí modula a su relativo menor donde ocurre toda la magia. Este ciclo de acordes se repite hasta que la voz principal indique el cierre de la pieza. Esto último es una característica muy común de la música popular. Especialmente, en todas aquellas que poseen algún patrón armónico fijo. Se puede tocar en prácticamente cualquier tono y los cantantes suelen crean sus propias letras ya que no tienen que preocuparse por hacer mucho con la múisica.

Aquí van a escuchar algo así. Espero que les guste mi improvisación y me puedan comentar de algún detalle que les haya parecido interesante. Me tomó un tiempo dar con toda la pieza e incluso dejé unas frases por fuera. Pero eso es porque estoy preparando un cover con mi profesor de este mismo golpe y tenía que dejar algo para el estreno.

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Hello there, blockchain geeks! Today, I'm finally using my laptop for it's entertainment purposes and going around gameplays. With this I start the series on Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition. It was one of the free games given through the vault of Epic Games. So, if it's still free, you should check it out.

It is a Metroidvania style platformer that has a ton of references from other games and it's set up in the Mexiverse. It shows a mix of Mexican Folklore and Myths to deliver an interesting experience throughout the game. The music is amazing and the combo counter is great. It is reminiscent of Double Dragon for the arcades and seems to be an homage to this classic of videogames.

I'll leave you to watch the gameplay with no commentary since I don't say much while playing just laugh a lot at my own bad skills and funny comments made by the characters. Here, we play as Juan, a tequila brewer and luchador aspirant who gets involved in a quarrel with Calaca an undead charro who wants to merge the world of the living and the world of the dead to rule both. He kidnaps a virgin to sacrifice and kick off the ritual and it's our duty to put an end to his plans.

Power ups, beat'm up, sarcastic npcs, bosses and tricky levels are all parr for the course. Grab your mask and join me in this epic quest to stop the evil Calaca!

Jugando Guacamelee

¡Buen dia, geeks de la blockchain! El día de hoy por fin comienzo con mi serie de gameplays. Después de todo, la laptop funciona para eso. El primer juego es Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition que estaba dispoble como juego gratis en Epic Games. Así que pueden ir a revisar si todavía lo está. Este fue una recomendación mi querida hiver y gamer @adalathu.

El juego es básicamente un platformer Metroidvania (juego con características similares a juegos de la saga Metroid o Castlevania) y cuenta con un montón de referencias de otros juegos. Está ambientado en el Mexiverse y tiene elementos del folklore y mitos mexicanos. Estos elementos le dan una dimensión muy interesante. La música es uno de sus puntos fuertes además del conteo de combos. Me trae recuerdos de los clásicos de las maquinitas (arcades) como Double Dragon.

Les dejaré disfrutar de este gameplay sin comentarios porque la verdad es que no hablo mucho mientras juego. Me río mucho, eso sí. En especial, cuando fallo varias veces intentando hacer la misma cosa y leo las cosas que dicen los personajes. Aquí tomamos el mando de Juan, un destilador de tequila y aspirante a luchador que se ve envuelto en un conflicto con Calaca, un charro esqueleto que busca combinar el mundo de los vivos y de los muertos para dominar ambos. Para esto, secuentra a una virgen para sacrificarla y poder realizar un ritual. Nuestra tarea será deterlo a toda costa.

Poderes, palizas, personajes sacásticos, jefes y nivele

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Hello there, 3speakers! We continue with this series of ASMR videos. Today, it's time to see how the whole process of fixing the sound board to this Box Drum is done. There's a few steps to go around between making cutting the board to shape, making the holes for the screws, and having the screws' heads inside the wood.

Cajón Flamenco VI

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy continuamos con la serie de videos ASMR. Hoy veremos como se le colocan los tornillos a la tapa del Cajón Flamenco. Hay varios pasos a seguir entre los cortes para la tapa, la colocación de los tornillos y lograr que estos queden un poco por debajo de la superficie de la madera.

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¡Buen día, espavloggers! Vengo con un vlog diferente en esa ocasión es un tipo de queja/denuncia/consejo. Podríamos llamarlo "lo que callan los luthiers". Creo que ya di con el título. Sin duda hay cosas del oficio que no son tan buenas cuando nos referimos a nuestros propios instrumentos o a hacer trabajos un poco molestos. Todo se vuelve peor cuando conocemos a los personajes detrás de los instrumentos. No es una denuncia sobre todos los músicos, pero hay algunos que dejan mucho qué desear.

The Silence of the Luthiers

Hello there, espavloggers! I'm here with a different kind of short for this day. It's a rant/advice of sorts. You could call this The Silence of the Luthiers. That's the title after all. There are some things that are kind of annoying about the whole luthierie business. Some of it is related to our own instruments; other, about the personalities that hold them. The rant isn't aimed to every musician, but some of them aren't the cleanest members of the guild.

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Hello there, 3speakers!

Today, we are back on the #ThreeShortFriday to keep showing the process of making this amazing instrument. This video is in ASMR format for you to enjoy the process. On this entry, we'll see how to place the frame of the Box Drum. This is the place were we fix the strings. Thus, giving the instrument its characteristic sound.

I hope you enjoy it.

Cajón Flamenco V

¡Buen día, 3speakers! Volvemos al #ThreeShortFriday con más del proceso de fabricación de este Cajón Flamenco. Este video está en formato ASMR para que lo puedan disfrutar mejor. En esta ocasión, vamos a colocar el marco interno del cajón. A este luego irán sujetadas las cuerdas que le dan a este instrumento su sonido característico.

¡Espero lo disfruten!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers! You might be wondering what happened to the covers. Nothing has happened, but I'm currently onto some really tough pieces and it's been a process of accepting not being ready to record. Yes, it hurts the pride, but it will be ok once the video comes together in the best way possible. So, it's a game of patience. But I also enjoy throwing around some content about thoughts about music. This one is special since it contains some notions about poetry as a combination of music and language.

We could refer to poetry as that perfect fusion between music and language. Each language has its rhythm. And poetry is just that, exploiting all those elements that are hidden in the secret rhythm of languages. That's why well-crafted poems has such a rich cadence to the words. Not only that, they convey the same passages of music in the images portrayed by the words used.

Poetry evokes feelings, but not all poetry is about them. There muses for the types of poetry. Nowadays, we call this expression of feeling in poetic language lyrical poetry. That's the reason why we often call the words in a song lyrics. As you can see, both things are tuned into each other. When one talks about poetry, music and language are entwined in such a way you can't see the end or the beginning of any.

Last Friday, we celebrated 130 since the poet Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre was born in this city. I had the lucky chance of being on the selected readers for his works. Even had to read twice because someone in the public asked for a specific poem. But the majority of people there wasn't in the house to listen to us recite these poems which are filled with suffering and dark pictures of live. This is our cursed poet (very few cities can claim one of their own). His works are timeless. He also wrote in prose. And you might think prose poetry may lack rhythm, but you'd be mistaken. As in music, the rhythm in this particular type of poetry is marked by the use of silences. We know those as punctuation marks. The rest of the language also coveys a sense of atmosphere. There are stories embedded in the text. They have tons of references to classical culture, gothic themes, daily life and more.

You could say that's its own concert with acting. Maybe I'm going as far to say that the poem could be as the opera of your mind. Pretty nice idea.

Let me coin that!

But people weren't in the house for the poets and readers. We had our Polyphonic Choir with a tribute to the life of the poet. And it was fitting some of their songs are Madrigals. This is a genre that very popular among choirs as it is usually a poem recited as a choir. And they are beautiful. Some poems have been adapted to fit this style.

What better way to understand what poetry than listening to poetry being recited. Language and music doing their thing as one solid unit. The public wasn't here for the poets. But not even the poets were here for that. We all wanted to listen to music. What better way to go about a Friday afternoon than having a private concert after reading some cursed poetry.

There might be some things, but you tell me after you listen to them.

I didn't record the whole concert as my arms are only human. But I did have the drive to go over the complete last song since it's one I like a lot. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did when I attended the concert. It almost made me want to go back to the choir life.

Almost, but I know better.

Although I know the singing language is Spanish, it doesn't take too much to understand the beauty in the sound of any particular language. Sit back and enjoy these amazing polyphony.

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¡Buen día, geeks de la Blockhain! Pocas cosas se comparan con tener un juguete nuevo.

EL día de hoy vengo a compartir con ustedes una reseña de la laptop Acer Nitro 5, Modelo: AN515-57-79TD. Les dejaré por aquí el link de Amazon para que la revisen mejor. En líneas generales, me siento muy feliz con mi adquisición después de pasar más de un año sin una computadora y ahorrando para adquirir una buena. Hay cosas buenas y malas y un cuento para que se rían bastante.

Poder jugar algunas cosas muy interesantes es uno de los puntos fuertes de esta máquina, pero también me ha permitido avanzar en mis clases de acústica por la rapidez con la que se pueden hacer las grabaciones y ediciones. El display de alta definición permite ver videos en 4k sin perderse detalles y el teclado retroiluminado es muy útil mientras se trabaja de noche.

No todo es bueno, pero los puntos negativos son pasables. Esos se los dejo en el video. Me tardé en hacer esta reseña porque pasé por un período de rehabilitación para usar la laptop. No sabía que después de un año sin tener una propia, me iba a sentir como que no sabía usar bien un teclado y muchas otras funciones. Supongo que es normal al volver a una interfaz que no es táctil.

Por ahí se vendrá el contenido de gaming, pero eso será cuando terminé de entender algunas cosas sobre OBS y otros programas.

Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57-79TD) Review

Hello there, Blockchain geeks! There's only a handful of things that compare to having a new toy!

Today, I've come to show a review of the Acer Nitro 5 Laptop, specifically Mode: AN515-57-79TD. I'm dropping the [link to Amazon] so you can check it out at your own pace. Truth be told, I'm ecstatic with this purchase. After spending a year doing stuff on the phone and saving money, it's a blessing to have a computer. However, there's good stuff and bad stuff about anything life. There's even a funny anecdote.

Being able to play very interesting games is amazing, but it has helped me a great deal with my acoustics classes by virtue of its speed and processing power. Its HD definition makes it possible to watch videos in 4k without missing a spot and its backlit keyboard is amazing to work at night.

There's a few bad pointers, but they manageable. Those I left in the video. I took so long to make the review since I was adapting to have a laptop again. I didn't know having a year without one could do so much in terms of speed and workflow. Coming back from a tactile UI to the keyboard and mouse was an ordeal the first few days.

Some gaming content is coming soon, once I have understood fully how to use OBS Studio and other programs.

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Hello there, 3speakers! Today, I want to show the process of making the sound hole on this Box Drum. It's pretty straightforward, but it makes for quite a smooth and soothing video as an ASMR experience. However, as easy as it seems, there the need to keep an eye on details, lest you want to ruin the work done so far.

I hope you enjoy it!

Cajón Flamenco IV

¡Buen día, 3speakers! El día de hoy continúa el proceso de construcción de esta cajón flamenco. Hoy veremos cómo se hacer el corte para la boca del cajón. Lo mejor es que el formato ASMR permite mantener todo como una experience relajante. Es una tarea sencilla, pero hay que tenet cuidado de no astillar la madera al usar el taladro.

Espero que lo disfruten.

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!Volvimos con otro recuento de las clases de lutheria online. Tenemos otro instrumento completo y nos adentramos a aprender muchas más cosas interesntes dentro de las otras materias. Justo al comienzo del video, les dejo una pequela prueba de sonido para que escuchen cómo suena esta belleza de instrumento.

Another Instrument Done!Hello there, espavloggers!We are back with another recount for this online classes. We have finished another instrument and star to delve into more important subjects in the other workshops. At the beginning, I recorded a a little sound test so you can listen to the instrument in action.

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Hello there, 3speakers!We are back on the moving show of the workshop. I have thrown the start of the project in photos on my Wednesday section. Around here, we keep going with the ASMR shorts to show how the Box Drum comes together. This time, we pick up from the last video. And we are going to round the corner and trim the edges of each part of the frame and bottom.

I hope you enjoy it and find it as relaxing as doing the job itself!

Cajón Flamenco III¡Buen día, 3speakers!Estamos de vuelta con los shorts ASMR sobre el proceso de construcción del cajón. Ahora, están disponible las fotos del proceso en la sección de los miércoles que pronto estará a la par con estos videos. Son dos maneras de mostrar el proyecto para gustos diferentes. En esta ocasión, continuamos donde dejamos el trabajo en el video anterior. Ahora vamos a rebajar los bordes y redondear las esquinas.

¡Espero que lo disfruten y lo encuentren tan relajante como hacer el trabajo!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back on the stage of the #openmic after a week of studies and workshop duties. This is week 163 and I come with a piece for the theme "Hopeful". A week ago, I shared this post talking about the beauty of sharing music overseas and having the Venezuelan Cuatro be in the eye of other cultures.

Today, I have finally recorded this cover of the Japanese song Furusato (Motherland) by composer Teiichi Okano. This arrangement was by made by master Luthier Yasuji D'Gucci and shared by email after a brief conversation. I'm hopeful this version will be interesting for anyone who listens to it. Needless to say, I have to keep studying it to make it a song of my repertoire, but challenging myself to do this is important to keep furthering my skills as a Soloist Cuatro Player.

There are many version of this song online. I can't pinpoint which one is the original. But it has lyrics and sounds like a lullaby. The time signature didn't change in this arrangement as it keeps it's 3/4. It's in the key of G major. There's passages where it modulates to it's minor relative (E minor).

It is a beautiful song. And it also marks the return to audio editing since I have a laptop and can do a little more work to have better sound quality in my videos. Something I had been missing since May of last year.

I hope you enjoy my version of this song. The new angle is an experiment. I'd like some feedback on it. Be sure to leave a comment regarding that display.

Cover Semana 163¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estamos de regreso en el escenario del #openmic luego de una semana atereada de estudios y tareas en el taller. Esta semana traigo un cover para cumplir con el tema "Hopeful". Hace una semana, compartí esta publicación hablando sobre la belleza de la música y cómo esta trasciende las fronteras. Además, el orgullo de ver al cuatro venezolano ser instrumento principal en otras culturas.

Hoy, por fin les traigo el cover de la canción japonesa Furusato (tierra natal) del compositor Teiichi Okano. Esta arreglo viene de la genialidad del maestro Luthier Yasuji D'Gucci y compartido via email después de una conversación breve. Tengo la esperanza de que esta versión será interesante para quienes la escuchen. No hace falta decir que necesito estudiarla más para hacerla una pieza fija de mi repertorio y para seguir en mi camino como Cuatrista Solista.

Hay muchas versiones de esta canción en la red. No pude localizar el original. Pero sé que tiene letra y suena como una canción de cuna. En el arreglo la medida del tiempo se mantiene igual. Este arreglo está en Sol mayor. Hay pasajes donde hace una modulación a su relativo menor (Mi menor).

Es una pieza hermosa. Y también marca el regreso a la edición del audio para los videos. Cosa que extrañaba desde mayo del año pasado. Es grato poder volver a hacer el esfuerzo por hacer que mis videos tengan un audio de mejor calidad.

Espero que disfruten mi cover. El ángulo nuevo es un experimento. Aunque, me gustaría algo de feed back sobre eso. Déjame tu comentario y dime si te gusta o no.

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!El día de hoy venimos con otra actualización de las clases de lutheria. Este proyecto del cajón flamenco cada vez está más cerca de su final. Hay una noticia importante en el medio. Las otras clases siguen aportando conocimientos útiles para seguir avanzando en el oficio del luthier.

Sin más que decir, espero que disfrute del vídeo.

One Project Nears Completion and other NewsHello there, espavloggers!We are back on the retelling of the weekly online luthierie classes. The Box Drum's project nears it's end. There's a surprise news in the middle of the video. The rest of the classes keep adding important knowledge to further the foundation of a luthier's repertoire.

I hope you enjoy the video. I have added subtitles for the English-speaking viewers.

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Hello there, 3speakers!It's Friday! That means it's time for the #threeshortfriday. We are back with this awesome project and on stages you'll see how it becomes whole. Right now, I wanted to show you how to glue the back of this Flamenco Cajón. There are some steps to get the frame ready and this is an important piece that gives us a sturdier structure. And of course the short is in ASMR format for your enjoyment. 😉

See you next time!

Cajón Flamenco II¡Buen día, 3speakers!¡Es viernes! Día de #ThreeShortFriday. Volvimos al proceso del Cajón Flamenco. Seguiré haciendo cortos para mostrar el cada paso de este proyecto hasta que esté completo. En esta oportunidad, les quiero mostrar cómo coloque el fondo del cajón. Hay algunos pasos para preparar el marco y esto nos dará una estructura más resistente. Por supuesto, aquí les dejo el corto en formato ASMR para su disfrute. 😉

¡Nos vemos en la siguiente oportunidad!

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!¡Es domingo! ¿Listos para otro recuento de las clases de lutheria?

En esta ocasión vamos de lleno con la construcción de este Cajón Flamenco. Vamos a ver cómo va el proyecto y qué falta para terminarlo.

Busquen un lugar cómodo y disfruten del cuento.

Build retellingHello there, espavloggers!It's Sunday! It's time to go about the luthierie classes. This time it's all about the building of this Flamenco Box Drum. We'll see the progress of the instrument and what's pending for it's completion.

Sit tight and enjoy this entry with subtitles!

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Hello there, 3speakers!We are back with the workshop shorts in ASMR format. Here, I want to show the first stages of a new percussion instrument I'm building. As you might have guess from the title, I'm making a Flamenco Box Drum or Flamenco Cajon. It is an interesting project to tackle.

I hope you enjoy some of the process. Don't forget leave a comment!

Cajón Flamenco¡Buen día, 3speakersEstamos de regreso con los cortos en formato ASMR para el taller. Comienza un proyecto nuevo como pudieron leer en el título del vídeo, un Cajón Flamenco. Es algo muy interesante salir de la zona de confort al intentar armar esto.

Espero que disfruten el proceso. No olviden dejar su comentario.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back on the stage of the #openmic for its 162nd week. The theme for this entry is "Be Okay". I like this topic because I'm finally feeling ok after been struck by the flu for a whole week.

I was learning something cool during that time, tho. But not feeling fine and having fits of cough wouldn't have let me perform as I wanted.

The piece I bring for you this time is a subgenre of Venezuelan Joropo known as Zumba que zumba. It's one of the so called Golpes of this genre of traditional Venezuelan music.

Zumba que Zumba is played in a time signature of 3/4 and it's predominantly in a minor key having a modulation to mayor for one time measure. Again, this is a type of music that doesn't have an author because it was lost to time. So, different iterations having the same harmonic structure are possible. What differentiates one of another are usually the lyrics. When played instrumentally, as it's my case, the strumming patterns and phrase give each player their original sound.

So, this is my second improvisation. I'm glad to be ok and have the chance to share this with you. I hope you enjoy it and leave a comment after listening to it.

Have a great day!

Improvisación Semana 162¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Volvemos al escenario del #openmic para la semana 162. En esta ocasión, el tema es "Be Okay". Creo que no podría sentirme más a gusto y en sintonía con este tema porque ya me siento mejor luego de una semana con gripe.

Durante el tiempo enfermo, estaba estudiando algo interesante. Solo que era un tema que no iba a poder tocar entre la fiebre y la tos.

Vengo a compartirles una improvisación de Zumba que Zumba. Esto es un subgénero del joropo llanero venezolano. Para ser más específico es un Golpe llanero porque es un patrón armónica fijo de autor desconocido que forma parte de la tradición musical del llano venezolano.

El Zumba que Zumba se toca en un ritmo de 3/4 y está en un tono menor. Tiene una modulación a mayor en un compás de la pieza. Al no tener autor, los iteraciones de la peozs de suelen diferenciar por tener letras diferentes. Además, en el caso de los solistas, son las frases y patrones rítmicos a la hora de tocar las que dan el aire de originalidad a cada intérprete.

Me siento muy feliz de compartir con ustedes mi segunda improvisación instrumental. Es genial sentirse bien para poder grabar algo así. Espero que lo disfruten y me dejen su comentario luego de escucharlo.

¡Qué tengan un día excelente!

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!El día de hoy les vengo con un storytime de esta semana y mi lucha contra la peste. Es difícil quedarse quieto cuando se tiene tanto por hacer y peor cuando se quiere hacer más.

Aunque no pude adelantar nada del trabajo práctico de las clases ni del taller, pude hacer otras tantas cosas.

El taller no duerme y yo tampoco. Bueno, sí, en especial cuando estoy enfermo, pero seguimos creando contenido.

A Sick Week 😷Hello there, espavloggers!It was a week to rest and do other stuff. I got sick so the whole dynamics changed a lot. Had to adapt to the situation and cope with the fact I couldn't be around my tools. But I managed to do a lot and kept myself busy nonetheless. You can't quite keep on sleeping when you have a restless mind.

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Hello there, short-video lovers!There was no workshop duties this week. I'm sick and until I'm doing better, tools are out of my hands. All but one, my Venezuelan Cuatro. This needs some setting up before playing anything. There's a saying that goes "tune up well, and play bad". I like to think there's some truth in it. And what better way to show some of this world than ASMR format.

Afinando¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!No hubo trabajo en el taller est semana. Mientras siga enfermo, no habrá herramientas en mis manos. Bueno, solo una: el cuatro venezolano. Quise mostrarle un poco cómo se afina. Se me ocurrió que en formato ASMR estarían más cerca de la experiencia. Hay un refrán que dice "afinemos bien, pero toquemos mal" algo de cierto debe tener.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!It's week 161 of the #openmic. And the theme of the this initiative is "My Original Song".

I'd like to point out I have no original songs of my own in my repertoire. I'm not that kind of musician. However, k admire those who are able to compose. Whether it has lyrics or not, the idea of expressing your ideas through sound is a beautiful thing. No words can describe it. Even song with lyrics powerful emotions that can make you cry or feel ecstasy.

So, I did my best to choose an original song. This one's title is "El Sancocho" (Soup). Its from one of our renown composer of traditional music, Gualberto Ibarreto. It's also my shortest cover since I'm quite sick at the moment but managed to put this recording together.

I hope you enjoy it. The lyrics of the song tell us about how to make a soup in the tradition way it is made in the eastern side of the country. Very interesting and didactic for this who might thing making a soup means throwing stuff into a pot with water.

Cover | Semana 161¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Volvemos escenario del #openmic para la semana 161. En esta ocasión, el tema a explorar es sobre canciones originales en el sentido de composiciones propias.

Debo mencionar que no tengo canciones propias en mi repertorio. No es una de las cosas que entienda en mi proceso musical. Sin embargo, admiro a quienes pueden hacer eso. Componer con letra o sin ella es una virtud musical increíble. Ser capaz de tocar los corazones son las palabras dichas al ritmo de la música. Poder hacer expresar una idea sin palabras, solo el desarrollo de una línea melódica. Son cosas que admiro muchísimo.

Así que hice lo mejor que pude para escoger una canción original. He aquí una titulada "El Sancocho". Es un tema de Gualberto Ibarreto, uno de los baluartes de la tradición musical en el oriente del país. También es mi cover más corto porque estoy enfermo por los momentos.

Espero que lo disfruten. Si Han escuchadoa canción, sabrán que su letra hace referencia a todo el proceso de hacer un sancocho (sopa). Una buena pieza de información didáctica para aquellos que creen que hacer esto es solo lanzar cosas en una olla con agua.

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!Volvemos otro Domingo con otro recuento de las clases de lutheria en línea. El día de hoy vengo a contarles sobre una de las tareas de acústica. Además, hay herramientas nuevas hechas por su servidor. Cada día vamos aprendiendo cosas nuevas sobre este arte y oficio. Lo mejor es poner en práctica toda la teoría nueva.

New ToolsHello there, espavloggers!It's another Sunday to retell what has happened during the online luthierie classes. I came to explain some of the acoustics homeworks. Besides, it was time to show some of the new tools made by yours truly. We keep on learning an applying new knowledge about this art and craft.

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Hello there, short-video lovers!We are back on the #threeshortfriday initiative for another ASMR and DIY short on the duties of the workshop. Be warned, there's a router on action here, so don't turn the volume all the way up. Besides that, enjoy the process of trimming this instrument as it gets closer to its completion!

Have a great day!

Con Forma¡Buen día, amantes de los cortos!El día de hoy volvemos a la iniciativa del #threeshortfriday con un nuevo corto ASMR y DIY sobre el taller. Les hago la advertencia de que escucharán una fresadora en acción así que cuidado con el volumen. Dejando eso de lado, espero que disfruten de este nuevo corto de la serie.

¡Qué tengan un día excelente!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Another week, another awesome theme to go on the stage of the #openmic. The song I chose for this entry isn't challenging, but I wanted to learn it since there were many cuatro players uploading their versions to social media.

It also gives me the change to make an homage to one of my favorite singer in the Blockchain, the talented @yetxuni. She's not exactly from Mérida, but there's this thing where we are from all the places where there's family. So, I'd count her a gorgeous woman from Mérida. But this is besides the point, what I admire the most about Yetxuni is her voice. She has the power to make incredible performances every single time. This one is for you. ✨

The title of the song speaks about this. It's called Preciosa Merideña, by composer Pedro J. Castellano. Trying to look for the author of this song was weird. It seems the piece has many names besides the original. The thing is that they change the adjective. Sometimes it's, Linda; others, Hermosa. But the idea is the same.

I hope you enjoy this beautiful Venezuelan Waltz. And as always, it's pleasure to enjoy and share performances with my brothers and sisters in music on this Blockchain. Our bonds of fraternity keep this community and the musical community as a whole going.

Let's hope it keeps growing in numbers, strength and interactions!

See you next time!

Cover Semana 160¡Buen día, mis colegas colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Otra semana nos trae otro tema interesante para la puesta en escena del #openmic. La canción en esta ocasión no es muy compleja, pero quise aprenderla porque muchos cuatristas estaban subiendo sus versiones a las redes sociales.

También es una oportunidad de darle un pequeño homenaje a una de mis cantantes favoritas en Hive. Hablo de la talentosa @yetxuni. Ella no es exactamente de Mérida, pero en Venezuela tenemos esta idea de que uno es de dónde tenga familia. Así que para mí, cuenta como una Preciosa Merideña. Aunque esto va más allá de mi objetivo. Yetxuni tiene una voz poderosa con al que siempre nos brinda covers increíbles.

El título del cover de esta semana es como lo pudieron adivinar: Preciosa Merideña. Es un vals venezolano de autor Pedro J. Castellano. Un hecho curioso es que mientras buscaba el nombre del compositor me encontré con variaciones de nombre. En algunas, era Linda Merideña; en otras, Hermosa Merideña. Siempre algún sinónimo del adjetivo original.

Espero que disfruten de esta cover. Siempre es un gusto compartir un poco de mi trabajo con mis hermanos y hermanas en la música. Así como es grato verlos poner su talento en video. Espero que esta fraternidad que mantiene viva la comunidad musical de Hive siga creciendo en números y vínculos.

¡Nos veremos en la próxima!

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!Como se ha vuelto costumbre los domingos, vengo con las actualizaciones sobre el el progreso de los cursos de lutheria online que estoy tomando. Hubo todo un progreso en el Bongó Cajón y ahora está sonando. No falta mucho para completar este instrumento y comenzar el otro que tengo pendiente. Además, los trabajos prácticos siguen llegando y tengo gubis materiales para completarlos.

Espero que este video sea de su agrado. No olvides dejarme un comentario y nos veremos en el siguiente.

Bongos almost doneHello there, espavloggers!We are back for another update in this section of online luthierie classes I'm currently taking. There's been some big developments since the last video. I have the supplies to keep going on with the tasks on the tools' workshop. But the biggest progress is the fact that my Bongos are already fully functional. There's a bit more to do to have them ready, but it seems I'll be jumping onto another instrument soon enough.

I hope you enjoy the video. Don't forget to leave a comment. I'll be seeing you next time.

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Hello there, short-video lovers!Another Friday brings forth another entry for the #threeshortfriday initiative. I keep making these shorts about my workshop duties in ASMR format and draw ever closer to finishing an instrument and documenting almost all the work in shorts. Today, I wanted to show the process of gluing the back.

I hope you enjoy it!

See you in the comments section!

Amarrado¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!Llegó el viernes y con este la iniciativa #threeshortfriday. Por aquí les traigo más ASMR del taller mientras nos acercamos al final del trayecto con el proceso de fábrica de este instrumento. Estoy muy cerca de dar con la documentación en cortos de casi todo el proceso de fabricación. Hoy, les mostraré cómo se pega el fondo del instrumento.

Espero lo disfruten.

¡Nos vemos en la sección de comentarios!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Another week, another great theme for the stage of #openmic. This week we have an exploration of friendship and it resonates with my choice. You might be familiar with the song "My Way" first performed by Frank Sinatra and written for him by his friend, Paul Anka. There is a story about some joking around about this song. It's quite interesting that it's a version of s french song. You can read more about this here.

Friendships transcend many things when they are true. My best friend is someone I barely speak to these days. But if I ever receive a message, I'd leave anything I'm doing to reply. Even if it's just saying "hello". And I know he'd do the same.

This song is an example of how true friendship goes beyond time. It's a wonderful classic and an easy one to pull of in soloist style.

Funny story, I learned this one pretty fast after my teacher asked me if he had taught the song. To quote his words, "I didn't teach you this, huh? I thought I had. It must be the age. Then, we have are song for the day". And like that, we were onto this lessons. Must of not clases have this sort of comedic element. That's why I have been learning so much in such little time.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this performance and let me know in the comments if your liked it or not. By the way, I made this recoding in 3 attempts. That's a new record! Maybe I'm actually getting better at this! 🤣

Cover semana 159¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de música!Una nueva semana nos trae otro tema genial para el #openmic. En esta ocasión, hablamos sobre la amistad. Amistad cercana. Mi elección para esta temática es el tema "My Way" popularizado por Frank Sinatra con letra de su amigo, Paul Anka. Hay una historia muy interesante a manera de broma sobre cómo nació esta pieza. También resulta que es una versión de una canción francesa. Usa la misma música, pero la letra es distinta. Puede leer más sobre aquí

Las amistades verdades trascienden muchas cosas. En mi caso, no hablo con mi mejor amigo en años; pero si me escribiers hoy, dejaría lo que estoy haciendo osts contestar. Así sea solo para saludar. Sé que él haría lo mismo.

Está canción es un gran ejemplo de esta idea de amistad. Además, es un clásico sencillo que permite la exploración cómo tema solista.

Una anécdota graciosa sobre cómo la aprendí, se remonta a hace dos semanas. Mi profesor estaba preguntando por un tema para la clase y me preguntó si me había enseñado este. Para citar lo que dijo: "¿No lo hice? Pensaba que sí. Debe ser la edad. Bueno, ya tenemos una canción para hoy". Y así ya habíamos comenzado a estudiar este tema.

Espero que disfruten del cover y me digan en los comentarios qué tal quedó. También, les debo mencionar que me tomó solo 3 intentos completar esta grabación. Así que vamos mejorando en ese aspecto. 🤣

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!¡Otro domingo, otra actualización!

El día de hoy vengo un recuento de las clases de lutheria y algunos de los trabajos prácticos de las materias de acústica y fabricación de herramientas. Hay mucho para contar y todo viene en video con entusiasmo y más ganas de seguir avanzando.

¡Nos vemos en los comentarios!

TasksHello there, espavloggers!Another Sunday, another update!

Todavía, I've come with a retelling of the pending taks in the luthierie workshops I'm taking. There's plenty to do and a lot of excitement for all this new learning experience. So, don't mind my anxious enthusiasm in the video.

See you in the comments section!

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Hello there, short-video lovers!We are back on the #threeshortfriday initiative! On Fridays, I love to show some of the process of my workshop duties in ASMR format. I hope you enjoy this short directly from my crafting station! With this one, I'm one step closer of documenting almost the complete process of an instrument on shorts!

See you in the comments section!

Fondo II¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!El día de hoy volvemos a la iniciativa del #threeshortfriday. Continuamos con el proceso de mostrar la fabricación de un instrumento en formato ASMR. Con cada vídeo, estoy un paso más cerca de documentar todo el proceso en cortos. ¡Eso será todoyñ un logro!

Nos leemos en los comentarios.

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back in the stage of the #openmic after a rest week to partake on its 158th consecutive concert. We have a topic about defeating distance. I have a funny story about how my song of choice deals with this idea.

A few weeks ago, I was learning this Venezuelan Merengue known as El Rucaneao. It was a tough piece, so I wasn't ready to record it last week. However, going back to classes, I found out my teacher was using a version by @ylich as the basis for his arrangement. This merengue is anonymous. I had a hard time trying to find out its composer but then got hint of this fact.

So, in way I was working along the music of this well-known hiver who put lyrics to this song and has a very interesting version. Music defeats any kind of distances and this is one of those examples. I don't even know Ylich properly, but music will find it's way and maybe we'll meet each other on a Hive event sometime, who knows.

For the time being, I hope you enjoy my soloist version of this song. It took a lot of effort to put this video together. There's nothing else to say. I'll be seeing you next time!

Be reading you in the comment section!

Cover | Semana 158¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estamos de regreso en el escenario del #openmic después de un descanso. En esta ocasión, el tema de la semana nos invita a vencer la distancia. Tengo una anécdota interesante sobre la este tema y tiene que ver con mi cover.

Hace unas semanas, cuando estaba estudiando este merengue Venezolano conocido como El Rucaneao, me costó mucho aprenderlo. Al volver a clases aora revisar otra vez la pieza, me di cuenta que mi profesor estaba usando una versión de esta canción cantada por no más ni menos que @ylich. Se imaginarán mi sorpresa al ver esto. No conozco a Ylich en persona, pero esta es una de las maneras en que la música vence las distancias. Además, este músico reconocido de la Blockchain Hive, le puso letra a esta canción. Una cosa increíble. Quizá la música nos junte en un bochinche un día de estos o en un evento de Hive en Venezuela.

Estuve indagando un rato y me di cuenta que la pieza es anónima. O al menos eso creo porque no le conseguí autor por ningún lado. Así que aquí les voy con mi cover solista de este merengue venezolano.

Espero que disfruten mucho de esta presentación. Me costó bastante poder grabar. Sin más que decir, me despido hasta la próxima.

¡Nos leemos en los comentarios!

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¡Buen día, espavloggers!El día de hoy les vengo con una actualización sobre lo que he hecho durante los primeros 15 días de las clases del taller de lutheria online para la fabricación de instrumentos de percusión que comencé hace poco. Hay detalles del primer instrumento de percusión de mi taller.

Así que vayan a ver todo el cuento con lujo de detalles.

Percussion Instruments WorkshopHello there, espavloggers!As promised, I'm back with an update! The luthierie classes have been going for more than 15 days and I wanted to show and tell some things about my progress. I'm also giving a peek at the first percussion instrument of my workshop.

So, press play and get the news!

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Hello there, short-video lovers!Another Friday swings by and with it the #threeshortfriday initiative! We keep on the process of ASMR workshop. Today, we start making the back of this instrument. Let's see some of its shaping and reinforcements!

Fondo I¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!¡Llega el viernes y con esto la iniciativa #threeshortfriday! Hoy continuamos con el proceso ASMR de fabricación de un cuatro venezolano. ¡Hoy comenzamos con el fondo, parte de su forma y refuerzos!

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¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Vengo a compartirles un poco de mi participación en el Hive Music Festival Capítulo Cumaná. Ya hay un cover de este tema en mi blog, pero está es la versión en vivo con ruido del público incluído.

Les quería dar mis impresiones y autocrítica sobre mi participación y ver si están de acuerdo con estos puntos a mejorar. Confesaré que no estaban en las mejores condiciones porque había pasado la semana entra estudiando los temas y no me había dado descanso suficiente. Así que en más de una ocasión no podía pisar bien las cuerdas.

Eso es el primer error. Nunca hay que exigirse demasiado en la práticas al punto de no poder recuperarse bien. El segundo problema fueron los nervios para tocar en frente de tantos Hivers y otros miembros del público. Tenemos el tiempo de editar y pulir nuestras presentaciones en video, pero aquí hay que ir sobre la marcha. Nunca antes me había presentado de solista de manera no improvisada. Así que eso fue una experiencia nueva para mí.

Un comentario que recibí y me parece pertinente es el tema de la continuidad de la música. Eso es algo que he ido trabajando poco a poco para que las piezas suenen completas sin atropellar las frases.

Sin embargo, creo que el punto más importante fuera de la autocrítica es que si no me montaba en el escenario ese día, no lo iba a hacer nunca. Así que ese empujón propio y la oportunidad de participar vinieron en el momento justo para dar el primer paso en este mundo de ser músico fuera de la web.

Muchas gracias otra vez al amigo @davidsuarezms quien de encargó de tomar las fotografías

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¡Buen día, geeks de la Blockchain!El día de hoy traigo una publicación para terminar con la reseña de algunos juguetes nuevos del taller. Me refiero a este afinar de pinza de la marca Fender.

Algunos detalles importantes sobre este aparato es que permite registrar las vibraciones de los instrumentos sin recoger ningún tipo de frecuencias parásitas que haya en el ambiente. Esto nos permite lograr una afinación más precisa.

Otras características que destacan es el hecho de que no posee ningún tipo de botón. Así que cuenta con un sistema automático para prender y apagar. Su propia pinza enciende funciona como un tipo de gatillo. Así que al colocar el afinador en el instrumento, este se va a encender. Al retirarlo, se apaga. También cuneta con un temporizador que apaga el afinador cuando pasa 5 minutos y no ha registrado ningún tipo de actividad.

Por esta razón, es recomendable retirar la batería del afinar cuando no vaya a ser utilizado en mucho tiempo.

La interfaz del aparto cuenta con 4 luces que se van moviendo con respecto a la altura de las notas:

Rojo:

Este tipo de luces nos muestra que el rango de las notas está por debajo de la afinación óptima.

Verde:

Al contrario de las rojas, estas nos muestran que la nota está por encima de la frecuencia adecuada.

Ninguno de estos valores son óptimos para tener una buena afinación porque nos van a generar disonancias en tres las notas que generemos con un instrumento.

Azules:

Cuando el afinador nos muestre este valor, quiere decir que estamos en el rango óptimo. Además, hay otra luz que nos indica el punto exacto de la frecuencia. Esta es un punto azul que se encuentra justo en el medio del rango de luces.

Todo este sistema está basado en el timbre temperado estándar de la música occidental. Esto quiere decir que el La de referencia para afinar utilizado por esta pinza está a auna frecuencia de 440Hz.

Hablemos de precio. Esta pinza tuvo un costo de aproximadamente 20$. Esto es un precio aceptable para tal tipo de afinador que no necesita demasiado espacio para ser transportado y no requiere mucho entrenamiento musical para ser utilizado. Además, este es el tipo de herramienta necesaria para alguien que fabrica instrumentos. Si tuviera oído absoluto, seguramente no lo necesitaría, pero no todos tenemos esas habilidades especiales.

Con todas estas características, es una herramienta óptima para los músicos con prisas y un poco sordos como yo. Así que está más que recomendada.

Por aquí les dejo un link a Amazon donde lo pueden adquirir. Quizá el precio pueda parecer un poco elevado, pero hay que considerar que este afinador es de una marca reconocida por su calidad de productos. Así que espero dure varios años.

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Hello there, short-video lovers!It's Friday and that means it's another easy for the #threeshortfriday intiative! We keep on going with the process of this instrument and today we are going to place the reinforcements. Again on ASMR format.

I hope you like it!

See you again next time!

Refuerzos!Buen día, amantes de los cortos!¡Llegó el viernes! Es día de #threeshortfriday. Continuamos con el proceso de este instrumento y en esta ocasión estaremos colocando los refuerzos internos. Otra vez en formato ASMR

Espero sea de su agrado.

¡Nos vemos en la próxima!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back on the stage on #openmic for its 156th week. This means the platform has existed 3 years. Happy third anniversary. I want to express my gratitude to all the team that makes this weekly window of music possible.

This week's topic is and Extreme one. It comes as a blessing since you're about to listen to my first time improvising on camera. I'm playing a Gabán. This is a fixed harmonic pattern of Joropo. There's lots of these patterns. They are usually referred as "Golpes" (strummings). The idea behind them if that there was an original form of each one but that has been lost through the years. Now, it exists as part of the traditional music.

This is an improvisation on the key of B minor that only has 2 chords. They are played two times each in a signature of 3/4. The chords are B minor and F# seventh on case your wondering. And this cycle repeats until the song ends.

It's has been my biggest challenge to record so far. I have never played it the same way twice as hanving the freedom of those two chord as a base gives you plenty of possibilities to do a lot. So I had to get all the patterns and phrases on my brain and just go with the flow to develop an idea. It was awesome! I felt the freedom of music on another level. Maybe even an extreme level.

I hope you enjoy this cover. Let me know in comments what you think about it!

See you next time!

Cover Semana 156¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!El día de hoy volvemos al escenario del #opemmic durante su semana 156. Con este número, podemos decir que el Hive Open Mic esta cumpliendo 3 años desde su inicio. ¡Quiero desearle un feliz aniversario! Además, quiero agradecer a todo el equipo que hace posible esta plataforma musical. Gracias por darnos este espacio.

El tema de esta semana nos lleva al extremo. Esto viene como anillo al dedo porque es la primera vez que me escucharán improvisando algo. Es una improvisación sobre un Gabán. Esto es un forma del joropo llanero que se toca sobre un patrón armónico fijo. Por esta razón, se le denomina un "Golpe Llanero". Los golpes son formas musicales fijas cuyos originales se han perdido en el tiempo, pero se mantienen como forma musicales dentro de la tradición de una región.

Esta improvisación está en el tono de Sí menor. Se mueve sobre dos acordes en un tiempo de 3/4. Si tienen dudas sobre los acordes, son Sí menos y Fa# séptima. Ambos se tocan por dos compases y se repiten indefinidamente.

Esto ha sido sin duda mi reto más difícil hasta el momento. La dificultad está en que nunca he tocado esto de la misma forma dos veces. Así que solo me aprendí varios patrones rítmicos y repliques. Todo lo demss fluye con el movimiento e idea a desarrollar. Debo decir que estuvo genial. Sentí la libertad de la música a otro nivel. Quizá un nivel cercano al extremo.

Espero que les guste y me dejen su opinión en un comentario.

¡Nos veremos en la próxima!

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!Buen días, espavloggers!El día de hoy les quiero compartir un storytime de unas clases que estoy tomando. Resulta que me inscribí en un taller online para clases de lutheria. Todo gracias a la gente de la fundación Fabricando Futuro Lutheria. Aquí les dejo su perfil de Instagram.

¿Quieren saber los detalles? No se pierdan eso y más en el video.

Nos vemos en la próxima ocasión. ✨💯

Bertrayo's VlogsHello there, espavloggers!I'm back in classes. Thanks to the Fabricando Futuro Lutheria foundation, I had the chance of furthering my knowledge in luthierie. Here's their Instagram profile.

If you wanna know more about this experience, check out my video!

See you next time! ✨💯

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Hello there, short-video lovers!It's Friday! That means it's another day for the #threeshortfriday initiative. Let's jump back to the workshop to keep working on another piece of the puzzle. This time I wanted show how to prepare the sides and bending them.

I hope you enjoy this one!

See you in the comment section!

Aros¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!
¡Es viernes! Eso significa que es día para otro #threeshortfriday. El día de hoy continuamos armando el rompecabezas de este cuatro venezolano con los aros. Quise hacer un video breve de cómo los preparo y doblo.Espero lo disfruten.

¡Nos leemos en los comentarios!

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Hello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back on the stage of the #openmic after a week of rest, but just on the Blockchain to get some things done around town. In this week's topics, we have the prompt DNA. I'd like to take this chance to give an example of a song that talks about longing. This is for all my friends who are abroad looking for better opportunities in life.

The title of the song is "Mi Querencia". It is a sort of love song. A concept of love seen through the eyes of caring. The whole idea is reinforced through metaphors and images that call to the Venezuelan plains. But it could be any place that is home to us. The song is a gem by Venezuelan composer, Simón Díaz. We could say this famous musician had all the things need to be an icon of traditional music in his DNA.

The first time I listened to this song, I must have been half asleep during a trip to school. The long commute was an interesting time to get some music on by system before classes. The fact is this isn't a song that lets you get away from listening to the whole deal. It had a very long verse. And Simon Diaz who was also a great signer, pulled off some really high notes like they were nothing.

Here's my version. I took the chance to get as much as possible on the verse. So it will longer that my usual covers. I also needed to record this on two parts as there were troubles in the transition. But it's a cool thing to be able to use your videos. The good part of them, at least.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did recording it!

Thanks for listening and reading. See you in the comment section!

Cover | Semana 155¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Volvemos al escenario del #openmic luego de una semana de descanso. Necesitaba una pausa breve en la música para la Blockchain mientras hacía otras cosas por estos lares. El tema de esta semana es el ADN, así que me gustaría dedicar está canción a todos mis amigos que se encuentran en otros países buscando mejores oportunidades de vida.

El nombre de esta canción es "Mi Querencia". Esto es suficiente para que los venezolanos que tienen algún gusto por la música tradicional la reconozcan. Para todos los demás, les cuento que está es una canción de amor. Amor desde el punto de vista del sentido de pretenencia. La letra de la misma nos muestra estás imágenes hermosas de los llanos venezolanos y otras metáforas para reforzar esta idea. Podríamlys decir que si compositor, Simón Díaz, tenía tanto del llano en su ADN como lo demuestran sus canciones. Por esto, es un ícono de la música tradicional venezolana.

La primera vez que escuché está composición es probable que estuviera entre el sueño y la realidad en un viaje al colegio. Estos momentos eran esenciales para absorber algo de música antes de comenzar con el tedio de las clases. El hecho es que escuchar esta pieza, te atrapa. No es solo la música, la letra es hermosa. Además, Simón Díaz, tenía la habilidad de llegar a estas notas altas como si nada.

Ahora, les traigo mi versión. Me tomé la libertad de alargar la estrofa con muchos adornos porque la canción se presta para esto. Por esta razón, notarán que la edición tiene dos partes. Como la estrofa es tan larga, grabé el coro aparte. Fue un ejercicio de edición interesante.

Espero que la disfruten tanto como lo hice mientras la grababa.

¡Gracias por escuchar y leerme! Nos leemos en los comentarios.

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¡Buen día, vloggers de la Blockchain!El día de hoy vento con algunos juguetes nuevos del taller y por supuesto que tenía que mostrarlos por aquí primero. Todos son parte de una inversión por la prima venta del año en el taller. Es importante mantener un balance entre las ganancias y el capital que se reinvierte en materiales y herramientas.

Sin duda tener a alguien que me apoye con la logística del envío en lo máximo. Así que este video va a dedicado a mi primera querida.

New Toys of these YearHello there, Blockchain vloggers!Today, I'm back with an unboxing of new toys for the workshop. These are part of an investment that came thanks to the first sale of the workshop. You know how it is to keep s business going!

It's amazing to have someone who can help with all the shipping deal. So this video is dedicated to my beloved cousin!

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¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!¡Es vienes, amigos! En el #ThreeShortFriday de esta semana, continuamos con los videos ASMR del proceso de este cuatro venezolano. Estos son los momentos en los que pueden disfrutar el proceso de fabricación como si estuvieran en el taller; pero con menos aserrín.

Espero que lo disfruten.

Get It Together!Hello there, short-video lovers!It's Friday! That mains it's time for another #ThreeShortFriday. Today, we continue with the ASMR in the workshop. We keep progressing on this project. And in this way to can feel like you're around while I'm working, but with less sawdust!

I hope you enjoy it!

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¡Buen día, amantes de la comida!Como todavía quedan algunos días para compartir ]mi momento foodie](https://peakd.com/hive-100067/@hivefood/hjegmxsn), quiero dejar por aquí mi entrada al concurso tan genial que combina dos de mis cosas favoritas: la comida y los cortos.

La parrilla en mi familia es una institución. Todos sabemos hacer parrilla. Esta es sinónimo de cumpleaños. Casi todos las celebraciones de este tipo en mente han sido acompañadas por unos carbones en brasas y todos las dosis adecuadas de carne, pollo, chorizo, y de más. Sin descuidar las ensaladas, tubérculos y otros contornos.

En este, caso es especial. El pasado 19 de marzo, mi abuela cumplió 88 años. Una cifra mágica que repite un número que me encanta. Y claro, la parrilla no podía faltar. Tampoco la bebida, pero eso es sinónimo de la parrilla en Venezuela.

Aquí quiero compartirles un detalle importante sobre la comida como una experiencia humana y personal.

Espero lo disfruten.

Si les da hambre y quieren parrilla, solo tienen que invitarme y los ayudo a prepararla.

Food and FamilyHello there, food lovers!There are some days left to get into this contest. So, I wanted to share my entry. The foodie moment combines two things I love deeply: food and shorts.

Barbecue is sort of an institution in my family. This isn't the Texan tradition or anything fancy like that. This is the usual Venezuelan Barbecue. We all know how to make it. We make it during birthdays. I can't remember a lot of birthdays celebrated without some hot coals cooking the right amounts of beef, chicken, sausage, and else. Needless to say there's plenty of salad and roots to go along with it.

This one was special because it was my grandmother's 88th birthday. That's a really cool number. And of course, barbecue and drinks were present to make the day better!

I want to share with you some thoughts about food as an experience on a personal level.

I hope you like it!

If this made you hungry, give me a call! I can come by and help you prepare some good barbecue.

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¡Bienvenidos de al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain!Es domingo. Eso significa que es hora de una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy se stamos muy felices de anunciar el cierre de la primera temporada y darles un mensaje de agradecimiento a todos los invitados especiales y a nuestro fieles oyentes.

Este podcast no sería posible sin ustedes. Por ahí se vienen unas conversaciones muy interesante en la próxima temporada.

Nos veremos entonces.

Eso es todo por ahora. Espero que tengan un excelente inicio de semana.

Serious Talk | End of Season 1 AnnouncementWelcome to the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!It's Sunday! That means it's time for a Serious Talk!

Today, we have the special announcement of the end of Season 1. We want to thank our guests and listeners. This podcast wouldn't be possible without your support!

We have some new awesome conversations in store for you. We'll see you in Season 2!

That's all for now. Have a great start of the week!

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Música/Music 🎵🎶: Chill, copyright-free music.
Portada/Thumbnail 🖼️: @audiarmisg (PicsArt) Episodios anteriores | Previous episodes:
🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad
🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas
🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización
🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor
🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad
🎙 Episodio 6: Hablando de Mudanzas
🎙 Episodio 7: Hablando de Amor y Amistad
🎙 Episodio 8: Hablando de la soltería y de las parejas
🎙 Episodio 9: Hablando sobre la desmotivación
🎙 Episodio 10: Hablando sobre la productividad tóxica

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¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!Es viernes y eso significa que el #ThreeShortFriday está de vuelta. El día de hoy quiero continuar mi serie de ASMR en la construcción de un cuatro venezolano. Así que aquí continuamos donde dejamos el instrumento la semana pasada, terminando la tapa armónica.

¡Espero que lo disfruten!

Sound Board CompleatHello there, short-video lovers!It's Friday and that means the #ThreeShortsFriday initiative is back. Today, I want to continue with my series of ASMR luthierie and keep showing the process of how I build my instruments. Right now, I'll show the finished sound board.

I hope you enjoy it!

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¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Estamos regreso en el escenario del #openmic para compartir con el resto de esta increíble comunidad en su semana 153.

Mi cover de hoy es una pieza del compositor brasileiro Antônio Carlos Jobim. En esta ocasión, es la Bossa Nova titulado Insensatez.

Hasta el martes pasado, no había escuchado esta canción en mi vida. Al llegar. A clase, mi profesor estuvo un rato escuchando esta canción. Era una versión en español. Así en poco tiempo sacó la pieza y luego volteó para decirme que eso era lo que íbamos a estudiar ese día.

Había otra pieza más compleja pendiente, pero hubo algo que lo atrapó de esta belleza de canción. Tanto que tuve que enseñarme la pieza para sacársela de la cabeza. A veces mis clases son así. Es interesante porque permite ampliar el repertorio y conocer más de la música del mundo.

Por supuesto, lo más importante usar el instrumento fuera de su contexto tradicional. Además, hice un arreglo un poco más rápido y sencillo para sentir que le ponía mi granito de arena a la interpretación.

Espero que sea de su agrado.

Insensatez CoverHello there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back on the stage of the #openmic for its 153rd week to share some music with this amazing community.

My cover for today is a song by Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. It's a Bossa Nova titled "Insensatez"(insensibility).

Truth be told, I learned this songs because my teacher got it stuck in his mind. He must've listened to it over the weekend. On Tuesdays, when I go there for my classes, he was still listening to some versions on YouTube and working out the piece. Then, he looked at me and told me that would be my lessons for the day. Thus, I learned this one.

There's another piece, more complex in the backburner. But I must confess that the beauty of this one is catchy. I believe that teaching me this song was a way to get it out of his brain. Some of my classes are like that. It's an interesting experience since I learn more about the music of the world by songs I wouldn't have listened on my own and adding more variety to my repertoire.

Nevertheless, the important thing is taking the instrument out of its traditional setting and showing its versatility. I made this arrangement faster than the usual tempo to make it my own. It keeps its simplicity and thus retains a lot of what makes this peoce beautiful.

I hope you find it interesting!

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¡Bienvenidos de al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain!Es domingo. Eso significa que es hora de una Plática Seria.

En el episodio de hoy conversamos sobre el tema de la productividad tóxica y cómo somos bombardeados con este tema por las redes sociales.

Queremos saber de ustedes:

¿Qué opinan de la productividad tóxica?
¿Qué opinan sobre su ritmo propio de productividad?

Queremos recordarles que el podcast está abierto a sugerencias sobre temas e invitados. No duden en dejarnos su comentario sobre este episodio y algún tema que les gustaría ver en el programa.

Eso es todo por ahora. Espero que tengan un excelente inicio de semana.

Serious Talk | Toxic ProductivityWelcome to the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!It's Sunday! That means it's time for a Serious Talk!

Today, we wanted to discuss the topic of toxic productivity and how we are bombarded by this idea through social media.

We have some questions for you:

What's your take on toxic productivity?
What do you think about your own productivity?

Remember we are now accepting suggestions for topics and guests. If you want to hear us talk about a certain topic with a hiver you like, let us know in the comment section!

That's all for now. Have a great start of the week!

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Música/Music 🎵🎶: Free of copyright
Portada/Thumbnail 🖼️: @audiarmisg (PicsArt) Episodios anteriores | Previous episodes:
🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad
🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas
🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización
🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor
🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad
🎙 Episodio 6: Hablando de Mudanzas
🎙 Episodio 7: Hablando de Amor y Amistad
🎙 Episodio 8: Hablando de la soltería y de las parejas
🎙 Episodio 9: Hablando sobre la desmotivación

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¡Saludos, amantes de los videos cortos!Es viernes. Eso significa que es día de #ThreeShortFriday. El día de hoy comienza una nueva serie en la construcción de un cuatro venezolano. Cada semana, traeré un nuevo corto en formato ASMR para que vean el progreso de este instrumento.

Si desean ver una explicación más detallada del proceso, puede ir a esta publicación.

Nos vemos en el siguiente vídeo.

Sound boardGreetings, short-video loversIt's Friday! That menas it's time for #ThreeShortFriday. Today, I'm starting a new series on the making of a Venezuelan Cuatro in ASMR format. Each week, I'll bring more of the process.

If you'd like to see a more in-depth explanation of the process, check out this post.

Be seeing you on my next short!

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¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de música!Volvemos al escenario del #openmic para su semana 152. En esta ocasión el tema fue seleccionado por mí y, por supuesto, no podía evitar colocar en apuros a los participantes o darles algo de perspectiva al colocarlos en la onda de la Música Tradicional.

En Venezuela, se puede dividir la música tradicional en dos tendencias. La primera sería la música sin muchos arreglos. Esa que se puede escuchar en los pueblos. La música alegra y sin mucho cuidado en la entonación o calidad del sonido. Aquella que tiene un tipo de canto con un sonido que nos remonta al campo o las faenas de pescadores. Música pícara o el canto de quienes se acompañan son los instrumentos de trabajo. Es el lenguaje que se a transmitido de generación en generación y se mantiene vivo por este mismo mecanismo. El segundo tipo es un derivado es esta. Es la música que se ha tomado más en serio la producción de un sonido más delicado para volverse entre muchos aspectos más comercial. Es la clase de música que escuchamos con más frecuencia en la radio (cuando pasan música tradicional venezolana).

Ambas tienen sus méritos.

El día de hoy les quiero compartir esta versión solista de un tema popular de Juan Vicente Torrealba. El tema lleva por nombre "La Potra Zaina". Es una pieza sencilla con un ritmo de pasaje llanera. Los pasajes son composición que podrían considerarse un tipo de poema musical. Se componen de tres partes bien definidas y suelen hacer modulaciones entre los tonos paralelos o relativos de sus escalas.

Este cuenta la historia de una potra salvaje y todos los intentos por domarla. Es una metáfora sobre la imposición de algunas ideas sobre otra persona. Eso sería un tema para explorar en una publicación sobre análisis literario de las letras en algunas canciones.

Por el momento, les comparto mi arreglo para cuatro solista. Espero sea de su agrado y que se animen a participar en esta semana del Hive Open Mic.

¡Nos leemos en los comentarios!

La Potra Zaina | Soloist CoverHi there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Today, we are back on the stage of the #openmic for its 152nd week. This week's topic was chosen by none other than yours truly! I wanted to give people the chance (or endeavor) of going through the traditional music of their countries.

In Venezuelan, this kind of music could be divided into two categories. The first one is related to the traditional itself. It is passed down through generations. It is the kind of music that isn't interested in pretty sounds. It usually accompanies work days into the fields or at sea. The signing is generally down while keeping the beat with any work tools. It is the essence of music in specific regions. The second type derives from the first. It is a embellishment of traditional music. We could say it's the academic approach to traditional. It's also more likely to be the things we listen on the radio (when there's traditional Venezuelan music on the radio). Both of them have their merits.

My performance for this week is a song by composer Juan Vicente Torrealba. It is called "La Potra Zaina". It's a fairly simple piece of the Pasaje genre. Pasajes are what you could call a musical poem. This compositions have a well-established-3-part division. And modulations between parallel or relative modes of their scale.

Its lyrics make reference to the breaking of the wild spirit of a mare. It is a metaphor that could be analysed in another post.

For now, I'll want to show you my soloist arrangement for this song. Hopefully, you'll find it interesting.

See you in the comment section!

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¡Bienvenidos de al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain!Es domingo. Eso significa que es hora de una Plática Seria.

En el episodio de hoy quisimos conversar sobre la falta de motivación y como lidiar con ella. Esto nos ayudó a dar con otro punto relevante para un próximo episodio: la productividad tóxica.

Queremos saber de ustedes:

¿Qué hacen para lidiar con la falta de motivación?
¿Creen que la motivación está sobrevalorada?

Queremos recordarles que el podcast está abierto a sugerencias sobre temas e invitados. No duden en dejarnos su comentario sobre este episodio y algún tema que les gustaría ver en el programa.

Eso es todo por ahora. Espero que tengan un excelente inicio de semana.

Serious Talk | Lack of MotivationWelcome to the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!It's Sunday! That means it's time for a Serious Talk!

Today, we wanted to discuss the topic of lacking motivation. Is it truly that bad? We have our takes in the matter. However, this also helped us get into a topic of toxic productivity. That one will come to the table soon!

We have some questions for you:

How do you deal with lacking motivation?
Do you think motivation is overrated?

Remember we are now accepting suggestions for topics and guests. If you want to hear us talk about a certain topic with a hiver you like, let us know in the comment section!

That's all for now. Have a great start of the week!

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Portada/Thumbnail 🖼️: @audiarmisg (PicsArt) Episodios anteriores | Previous episodes:
🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad
🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas
🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización
🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor
🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad
🎙 Episodio 6: Hablando de Mudanzas
🎙 Episodio 7: Hablando de Amor y Amistad
🎙 Episodio 8: Hablando de la soltería y de las parejas

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¡Buen día, amantes de los videos cortos!¡Es viernes, día de #ThreeShortFriday! El taller no duerme. Cuando un proyecto termina, es momento de comenzar otros. El día de hoy les quiero compartir el proceso en video de como se arman los fondos y tapas armónicas de un cuatro venezolano.

Esta es la primera parte de varios cortos nuevos para documentar el proceso de construcción de los instrumentos. Espero sea de su agrado.

Glue upHi there, short-video lovers!It's Friday! That means its time for another #ThreeShortFriday. Today, I want to share the process of gluing up backs and tops for these instruments. I recently finished one, but the workshop does not rest.

These is the beginning of a series of shorts to document the process of making my instruments from scratch. I hope you find it amusing!

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¡Saludos, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Para la semana 151 de #openmic, les traigo un arreglo de la segunda canción más grabada de la historia. Me refiero al clásico del Bossa Nova conocido como Las Chica de Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema). Esta Bossa Nova es del compositor brasileiro Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Esta canción es un ejemplo de esos amores imposibles, pero inspiradores. ¿Qué mejor para representar el tema de la semana? La esperanza de una mirada.

La música brasileira es una de las más complejas del mundo. A nivel armónico, los brasileiros tienen un gusto muy arraigada por armonías complejas que parecen sacadas del jazz. Y no amigos, no es jazz, es su música tradicional. Todo esto existe en su máxima expresión en el Choro, el género menos conocido a nivel popular de su música tradicional. Todos conocen la Samba. El Choro es lo que podríamos denominar música para músicos.

El Bossa Nova curiosamente es un tipo de adaptación de esta música compleja para que pueda ser interpretada en otras partes del mundo. Esto no lo digo yo. Es una afirmación del guitarrista Yamandú Costa cuando le preguntaron en una entrevista por el Bossa Nova. Si Yamandú dice algo así, debe tener algo de cierto.

Sea cual sea el caso, el Bossa Nova es un género bastante popular a nivel mundial. El día de hoy, inspirado por la participación en conjunto de @guitarmcy y @zullyscott, quiero compartirles un cover en cuatro solista de esta bella canción.

Espero sea de su agrado.

Cover #151Greetings, my fellow musicians and music lovers!For the week 151st of the #openmic, I'm bringing a Brazilian song to the stage. I'm talking about the song The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) by composer Antônio Jobim. This piece is a classic from the Bossa Nova genre.

This songs represents the hope of an unrequited love. A man hopes to be seen by a beautiful woman. I believe it's totally in sync with this week's topic.

Brazilian music is rich and complex. At a harmonic level, if you were to look at a music sheet, you might think you're looking at jazz. That's if you can read the chords. You'll see plenty of tough chords to play. But it isn't jazz, it's their traditional music! The best example of this comes from Choro, one of the traditional genres of Brazilian music. Everybody knows Samba, but Choro is what we could call music for musicians.

Bossa Nova is a sort of adaptation of this traditional genre. The idea is to make harmonies and rhythm simple enough for anyone to play regardless of their nationality. This is something I heard once from famous Brazilian Guitar player, Yamandú Costa. And he says so, there must be some truth in such a statement.

Whether that's true or not, Bossa Nova is quite popular worldwide. Today, inspired by last week's collaboration between @guitarmcy and @zullyscott, I wanna share a soloist cover of this beautiful song.

I hope you enjoy my performance!

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¡Bienvenidos de al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain!Es domingo. Eso significa que es hora de una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy es el segundo episodio sobre los temas relacianos con San Valentín. Tenemos como invitado especial a la Hiver más bella de San Cristóbal. Sí, a la mismísima @keritroberts. Con su ayuda vamos a hablar sobre algo relacionado con el Amor: ¿es mejor estar soltero o en pareja?

Queremos saber de ustedes:

¿Qué cosas no les gustaría en una pareja?

Queremos recordarles que el podcast está abierto a sugerencias sobre temas e invitados. No duden en dejarnos su comentario sobre este episodio y algún tema que les gustaría ver en el programa.

Eso es todo por ahora. Espero que tengan un excelente inicio de semana.

Serious Talk | Singles or CouplesWelcome to the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!It's Sunday! That means it's time for a Serious Talk!

Today, we contiue the episodes about Saint Valentine's Day. On this one, we had the honour of having the most beautiful Hiver from San Cristóbal. Yes, the one and only @keritroberts. With her o insight, we'll go on the topic of what's better, staying single or having a couple?

We have some questions for you:

What personality traits you wouldn't like in your couple?

Remember we are now accepting suggestions for topics and guests. If you want to hear us talk about a certain topic with a hiver you like, let us know in the comment section!

That's all for now. Have a great start of the week!

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🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad

🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas

🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización

🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor

🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad

🎙 Episodio 6: Hablando de Mudanzas

🎙 Episodio 7: Hablando de Amor y Amistad

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¡Saludos, amantes del contenido en formato short!Es viernes. ¡Día de #ThreeShortFriday! El día de hoy llego a la conclusión de una serie de shorts del taller. Tenemos la prueba de sonido de este instrumento que terminé hace poco.

Lo que escuchan al fondo es el sonido que produce este cuatro.

¿Pueden adivinar la canción?

DIY ShortGreetings, lovers of short video content!It's Friday! Day of #ThreeShortFriday! Today, we come to a conclusion in the first run of DIY shorts. I wanted to give a last showcase to this Venezuelan Cuatro and add a sound test.

The background music is the sound test of this instrument.

Can you guess the song?

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¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Volvemos al escenario del #Openmic para su semana 150. En esta ocasión, traigo un tema muy especial. Es la gaita zuliana "Los Pregones Zulianos" del compositor Rafael Rincón González. Esta pieza habla sobre todas esas personas que trabajan del día a día. Los pregones son noticias que se repiten en intervalos de tiempo. Claro, en otros tiempos los vendedores ambulantes eran más comunes y sus anuncios se escuchaban a lo lejos. Así las personas sabían lo que se acercaba y se preparaban para comprar algo.

Hoy en día a penas existen camiones donde la venta de hortalizas se anuncia de esta manera. Hay países donde esta tradición se mantiene vigente y hay pregoneros más relevantes con anuncios relacionados a las actividades de un pueblo e incluso noticias sobre la realeza.

Está Gaita captura la belleza de esos días. Puedo suponer que es aquello que era común en el estado Zulia.

Espero que mi interpretación sea de su agrado. Como siempre, mi cuatro venezolano, Embla, hace todo el trabajo.

Week 150th CoverHi there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!Today, we are back on the stage of #Openmic for its 150th week. This time I bring a beautiful piece from the traditional genre "Gaita Zuliana". It's know as "Los Pregones Zulianos" from composer Rafael Rincón González. "Pregones" are a reference to town criers. These are the news that are told out loud on squares and public places. In the case of the songs, it's about street vendors. How some of them go around announcing their goods and pieces for people to come around, have a look, and, maybe, buy something.

This traditions isn't so common nowadays. The last remnants of it are trucks sealing vegetables and a few people selling fish or other things. In other countries, town criers are more relevant as a piece of tradition. They give news or important announcements in their town. Some even work for royal families.

This Gaita Zuliana captures part of the essence of the days of yore and how these sellers were around many places.

I hope you enjoy my performance. Again, my Venezuelan Cuatro, Embla, does the whole job!

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¡Bienvenidos de al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain!Es domingo. Eso significa que es hora de una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy es el primer episodio sobre los temas relacianos con San Valentín. Conversamos sobre la amistad y el amor desde la perspectiva de dos amigos que se quieren mucho y entienden lo que le gusta al otro. Además, quisimos hacer un paréntesis para hablar sobre "el algodón", una metáfora sobre el amor que exploramos muchos años atrás.

Queremos saber de ustedes:

¿Qué tipo de amigo se consideran?
¿Qué es lo más extraño que les han dicho un Día de San Valentín?
¿Qué cosa los ha hecho perder una amistad?

Queremos recordarles que el podcast está abierto a sugerencias sobre temas e invitados. No duden en dejarnos su comentario sobre este episodio y algún tema que les gustaría ver en el programa.

Eso es todo por ahora. Espero que tengan un excelente inicio de semana.

Serious Talk | Friendship and LoveWelcome to the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!It's Sunday! That means it's time for a Serious Talk!

Today, we start of the episodes about Saint Valentine's Day. On this one, we talked about friendship and love from the perspective of two friends to are very acquainted with the likes of the other. Also, we wanted to make a time to explain a concept known as "cotton candy", a metaphor about love we explored several years ago.

We have some questions for you:

What type of friend do you consider yourself?
What's the weirdest thing you have been told on Saint Valentine's Day?
What has made you put and end to a friendship?

Remember we are now accepting suggestions for topics and guests. If you want to hear us talk about a certain topic with a hiver you like, let us know in the comment section!

That's all for now. Have a great start of the week!

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🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad

🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas

🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización

🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor

🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad

🎙 Episodio 6: Hablando de Mudanzas

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¡Buen día, amantes del contenido audiovisual en formato short!Hoy estamos de vuelta en el #ThreeShortFriday. Vengo con una nueva propuesta para mi shorts del taller. Esta vez, un poco de ASMR del trabajo. Hace poco estaba terminando un proyecto y qusie aprovechar el trabajo en el puente para intentar algo en este formato.

Tengo que agradecerle a @virginiapetit por animarme a intentarlo y sus consejos para conseguir estos resultados. Seguro el próximo quedará mucho mejor.

DIY ShortsGreetings, video shorts lovers!Today, we are back on the #ThreeShortFrifay initiative. This time I wanted to try something new for my workshop shorts. So, instead of the regular process video, you'll have a ASMR video. Recently, I was finishing a project and thought working ok the bridge would make forma nice short.

I'd like to thank @virginiapetit for encouraging me to make this video and her advice tonñ achieve these results. The next one will be better.

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¡Saludos amigos vloggers y amantes del contenido audiovisual!El día de hoy quiero compartir con ustedes esta agenda nueva. No es la primera vez que tengo una agenda en mis manos, pero sí es la primera vez que uso una para llevar un control de varias cosas que ocurren en mis días. La organización es una parte importante de la creación de contenido. Además, no es la único que hago en el día y necesito llevar una secuencia para saber cuál es mi límite de actividades diarias.

Esta agenda tiene de todo: calendario, una sección para las actividades diarias, registro de los pedidos del taller, notas del días, control de gastos diarios, control de pedidos a proveedores. Todo bien adornado con frases motivacionales al comienzo de cada sección.

Igual hay cuento detrás de del porqué y otros detalles. Todo bien detallado en el video.

Espero que lo disfruten.

¿También llevan su registro de actividades de manera escrita, lo hacen en digital o van a la buena de la suerte?

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``` Desliza // SwipeBrand New PlannerGreetings, vloggers and love of video content!Today, I've come to brag about my brand new planner. It's not the first time I hold such a thing in my hands, but by the first time in my life I'm using one to keep track of my daily activities. Planning is a big part of success in content creation. It isn't the only thing I do in my day. That's why I need to have a way to understand how many activities fit in my day.

This planner has a lot of features: calendar, daily activities planner, a section to keep track of commissions on the workshop, daily expenses, supplies and providers. All is neatly packed with dividers with my logo and motivational phrases.

Of course, you're here for the sorry. That one is on the video.

I hope you enjoy it.

Do you have a planner too or keep track of things digitally, or maybe you just go with the flow?

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¡Buen día, colegas músicos y amantes de la música!¡Todavía no me creo que cumplí con las tres rondas!

Pero aquí estamos, es la semana 18, ronda 3 del Hive Music Festival. Hoy volvemos al escenario y en esta ocasión para cerrar el ciclo de canciones de The Beatles en cuatro solista, les traigo una que estoy seguro todos hemos escuchado alguna vez: Hey Jude.

Está composición debe ser una de las canciones más sonadas del cuarteto de Liverpool. Quizá no tanto como Yesterday, pero seguro aparece en las listas de las 10 canciones más populares de este grupo.

Para hacerles el cuento corto, cuando me aprendí está, necesitaba una canción un poco más sencilla. Lo otro que estoy estudiando es una gaita que me tiene el cerebro hecho un ocho. Así que mientras voy con aquello, está canción me sirvió como modo de relajación.

Espero que disfruten de esta interpretación. Me divertí un montón estas tres semanas sacando estos temas y grabándolos. Creo que está ha sido la única canción que te grabado en menos de 20 intentos. No quiero decir cuántos intentos me tomó la que se llevó más. El resto de los participantes seguro me entenderán.

El arreglo es sencillo, pero se salta la locura del coro. Seguro saben a que me refiero. Esa parte es fácil, pero desentona con la idea que trataba de desarrollar aquí. Sin embargo, dejé un esbozo de esa parte en la cadencia para volver al inicio.

Espero que este cover haya sido de su agrado. Los espero en los comentarios.

¡Manténgase creativos!Hey Jude CoverHi there, my fellow musicians and music loversI can't believe I have completed 3 rounds here!

However, we are here on week 18, round 3 of the Hive Music Festival. This time, I'm back on stage to perform a cover to close my cycle on The Beatles. My pick for this day is none other than, Hey Jude.

This has to be one of the most popular songs from this band. I'm sure than it makes the list of the top ten most popular songs alongside Yesterday.

Long story shot, when I learnt this one, I was in dire need of an easier song. I've struggling with a Gaita Zuliana that will come sometime in the future. So this song helped me to relax while studying.

I hope you enjoy my performance. I've had a blast these past 3 weeks doing these covers. Also, I wanna add this recording went under 20 attempts. That's a new record! And I don't want to say how many attempts it has taken me to record other songs. Other musicians might relate to this issue.

The arrangement is simple. I skipped the crazy part at the middle of the song. If you have heard the original, you know what I mean. It is easy, but it breaks with the idea I'm working. However, I left a small bit of it before repeating from the top.

I hope you find it interesting. I'll he waiting in the comment section.

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¡Bienvenidos de al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain!Es domingo. Eso significa que es hora de una Plática Seria.

El día de hoy solo estamos los anfitriones para discutir un tema muy interesante: las mudanzas. Ambos tenemos algo de experiencia con el tema de mudarnos por a diferentes lugares bajo condiciones variadas.

¿Qué hay de ustedes? ¿Tienen alguna historia sobre sus mudanzas? ¡Cuéntennos en los comentarios!

Serious Talk | AnxietyWelcome to the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!It's Sunday! That means it's time for a Serious Talk!

Today it's only a conversation among the hosts to discuss our experiences about moving away from home. We figure that since we had done it a few times, we had something interesting to say on regards to this topic.

What about you? Do you have any anecdotes about moving? Let us know in the comment section.
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🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad

🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas

🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización

🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor

🎙 Episodio 5: Hablando sobre Espiritualidad

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¡Buen día, amantes del formato short!Es viernes. Esto significa que es día de #ThreeShortFriday. El día de hoy hay más contenido del taller mientras nos aproximamos al final de este proyecto. Aquí tiene en menos 1:20 el proceso de tallado del mástil. ¡Antes de volver a lijar hay que redondear está parte!

Espero sea de su agrado y que se animen a compartir su contenido en formato short.

Rounding the neckHi there, lovers of this short format!It's Friday! That means we are back with the #ThreeShortFriday initiave. For this week, I have yet another workshop short. This time is about rounding the neck of this instrument. We are almost at the end of this project!

I hope you find this one interesting and get on the short content wagon!

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¡Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música!Una cosa que me llena de orgullo como venezolano es escuchar nuestra música tradicional. Si la interpreta la juventud local, es un sentimiento aún más grande. Ahora, si uno de mis instrumentos está en el escenario, todo se hace mucho más interesante.

El sábado pasado tuve la oportunidad de asistir a la primera presentación del grupo Cuatristic Sound (un nombre un poco extraño, pero cuando me acuerdo que hay un Ensamble Gurrufío, se me pasa). Está agrupación es uno de los tantos ensambles de jóvenes talentos de la música.

Durante su primera puesta en escena sufrieron de un mal común en las presentaciones, el sonido. Para nadie es un secreto lo que sufren los músicos en el tema de amplificación. Los cables fallan. Los valores no están bien ajustados. Pare de contar.

A pesar de estas dificultades, se mantuvo la buen actitud y presencia.

Estos tres músicos nos deleitaron con un repertorio en dos partes. La primera fue un popurrí de temas venezolanos de géneros populares entre baladas y urbano. La segunda parte fue una muestra del virtuosismo a la hora de ejecutar el cuatro venezolano. No faltaron los temas de la música oriental y terminaron su participación entre un pajarillo y el segundo himno nacional, el Alma Llanera.

Estoy seguro que este grupo va a hacer mucho ruido en las redes sociales. Espero ver otras presentaciones a nivel local y fuera de Cumaná.

Un detalle muy importante que me gustaría resaltar es que el cuatro que más se escucha es el mío. No siempre está haciendo la melodía, pero eso es una muestra del nivel construcción. Un instrumento con mejor compresión de sonido quizá no suena muy bien al gusto se todos sin microfonía; pero a la hora de usar algún amplificador o grabar, todas esas frecuencias medias se hacen notar.

Espero que disfruten de estas piezas. Solo incluí las que pertenecen a la tradición por temas de copyright.

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``` Desliza // Swipe First ConcertHi there, my fellow musicians and music lovers!If there's something that makes me feel proud about being Venezuelan, it's listening to our music in a concert. When it's performed by young musicians, it's proud doesn't make the cut. But, lo, if there's one if my instruments on stage, well, that fills with ecstasy.

Last Saturday, I had the chance to attend to the very first concert of Cuatristic Sound, a band of young talents from the city. The name isn't something I like. Too cheesy for my taste (although, when I remember there's a musical ensemble called Ensamble Gurrufío, those thoughts go away).

During their first performance, they suffered from a common misfortune of musicians, sound quality. The speakers played dirty if them. At one part of the concert, the bass stopped making sound. Despite their technical issues, they kept their spirits high and delivered a great show.

Their show consisted of two types of repertoire. The first one was music composed by Venezuelans in other genres like ballads and urban music. This was to highlight the versatility of the Venezuelan Cuatro. The second was a display of skill. They showed the remarks of a virtuoso. In this part, the pieces were all taken from the compositions of Traditional Venezuelan Music. We had some pieces of regional music and it ended in our second national anthem, Alma Llanera.

I hope to attend to more concerts and I hope they go to other cities and make some noise on social media.

I'd like to point out something relevant from this performance. The instrument that has better resonance through the microphone was the one made by me. That a displays of handcrafts and their function. It is an instrument made with the idea of higher compression of sound. Without a microphone, it might not have the sound that appeals to every taste. However, on stage and recording it is sure it will give you a really good performance.

I hope you enjoy this sample of their concert. I only included the second half of it due to copyright.

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¡Saludos mis colegas musicos y amantes de la música!Volvemos al escenario del Hive Music Festival en su semana 17, ronda 2. Seguimos en la onda de The Beatles en el cuatro venezolano. El tema de esta semana es Michelle. Les juro que está canción la había escuchado una vez por parte de mi profesor, pero no entendía el nombre. Por alguna razón, lo pronunciaba muy extraño. Hasta que le dije el nombre en una clase y canté un poco. Todo para darme cuenta de que era está canción.

Esta composición viene de la colaboración de Paul McCartney y John Lennon. Es una balada de amor con un ritmo un movido y una melodía un tanto melancólica. Nada que el cuatro venezolano no pueda adaptar, lo que sí es un problema son los acordes de 5 notas. Sin embargo, hay maneras de resolver la necesidad de estos.

Estuve practicando mucho este cover y ayer le agregué algo que me imaginaba quedaría bien. Hay un juego con el tiempo y los cortes. El arreglo tiene que ser propio y estos juegos rítmicos más las dinámicas ayuda a crear la versión de la pieza que más se ajuste a un estilo. En mi caso, el estilo que estoy creando.

Espero lo disfruten.

Esta participación está dedica a @mamaemigrante por adivinar la canción en el Grupo de Organización. Espero que le guste. Ya sé que es fan del cuarteto de Liverpool.

Nos veremos en la próxima.

¡Manténgase creativos!Michelle Cover 🎶🎵Greetings fellow musicians and music lovers!We are back on the stage of the Hive Music Festival for its 17th week, round 2. I'm still riding on the wave of The Beatles and today I bring another cover. This time, it's Michelle. The first time I heard this song, my teacher played it during a class. He butchered the name in such an astonishing way that it wasn't until last week that I understood what song he meant. And it was because I said the name and sang a little bit of it.

This song is a collaboration between Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It's a love balad comprised of a moved rhythmic base and melancholic melody. Nothing difficult to adapt on the Venezuelan Cuatro. However, five-notes chords are a problem to address in another manner. Thanks you music theory for substitutions!

I rehearsed this like crazy and added some stops and other things. Yesterday, I decided to get some chords on a bridge section that could give me some rest during the whole piece. All this elements add personality to the arrangement driving it into a particular style. In this case, the style I'm trying to create as a musician.

I hope you like it!

This one is for @mamaemigrante who guessed the tune in our telegram group for the content creation challenge. I bet she'd like it since I know her to be a fan of this band.

Be seeing you next time!

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Bienvenidos al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain. ¿No nos creen? ¡Por algo lo llamamos Plática Seria!

Civilizaciones antiguas, el camino a seguir, mitos y los trabajos de John Campbell, en este episodio, nuestra amiga @madefrance nos guió por el sendero de la espiritualidad dándonos temas para reflexionar y llegar a entender que la conexión con nosotros mismos es parte fundamental de la vida.

Espero que lo disfruten tanto como nosotros y no olviden dejar su comentario.

Serious Talk | AnxietyWelcome back to the most serious podcast in the Blockchain. You don't believe us? That's why we are called Serious Talk!

Ancient civilizations, paths to follow, myths and the works of John Campbell, in this episode, out friend, @madefrance, guided us through the road of a spiritual person. Her insights give us some ideas to ponder and show is the importance of having a connection with ourselves.

I hope you find it as entertaining as we did and don't forget to leave your comments!

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🎙 Episodio 1: Hablando de la Ansiedad

🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas

🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización
🎙 Episodio 4: Hablando del Amor

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¡Saludos Hivers!Volvemos al #ThreeShortFriday con otro corto del taller. En esta ocasión, el trabajo es el rebaje de los bordes del instrumento, el diapasón y golpeador. Todo en cámara rápida. Es interesante como horas de trabajo se pueden resumir en un video corto.

Espero que sea de su agrado.

Hasta la próxima.

¡Manténganse creativos!Fretboard and Strum Guard

Hi there, Hivers!We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. This week, we are showing another workshop short. All the process of refining the edges of the instrument, working of the fretboard and strum guard. It's amazing how hours of work can be summarized into a short video.

I hope you find it interesting!

Be seeing you next time!

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¡Saludos foodies y food bloggers!¿Alguna vez han comido algo que los dejó completamente satisfechos?

Hace unos días que he estado comiendo tequeños con cierta frecuencia, pero es que unos primos mandaron una muestra de los productos de su negocio. El negocio se llama Tequemucho y queda en la ciudad de Valencia. En su Instagram pueden encontrar la información relevante sobre el resto de su menú y ubicación.

Les puedo decir sin mentir que son los mejores tequeños que me he comido en mi vida. No crean que lo digo porque son familia. Si el producto fuera malo, no estaría hablando de eso.

Por los momentos, he probado los de queso y queso con pepperoni. Todavía quedan unos de tocineta y doble queso (amarillo y blanco). Sin embargo, también hay tequeños dulces, de chocolate y guayaba con queso. Esas combinaciones están muy interesantes. Además, la comida frita tiene su encanto. Si son tequeños, mucho más.

En el video, pueden notar mi emoción por recibir la comida (soy gordo de alma). Pude incluir una reseña muy breve del sabor y otras características. Espero que sea de su agrado.

Por lo pronto, me despido y les recuerdo que no se embasuren que por ahí vienen los tequeños.

¡Manténganse creativos! ```

``` Taste test: TequemuchoGreetings foodies and food bloggers!Have you ever had something to eat that was pretty darn good?

Lately, I have been eating a lot of tequeños. And it hasn't been because I've been to a lot of parties. There are some cousin in Valencia, Venezuela, who sell them. The name of the business is Tequemucho. You can find it's location in the city by going to their Instagram. They also have their full menu over there. And it looks so good!

I can say without a doubt that they are the best tequeños I have ever had in my life. This doesn't come from family bias. If they weren't any good, I would even dare mention them.

Until this date, I have had the cheese and pepperoni ones. We have other in the freezer, two cheeses (white and yellow) and bacon. They also sell sweet filling tequeños, chocolate, and guava sweet and cheese. Both sound delicious. Beside, fried things make for great comfront food.

In the video, you can appreciate my ecstasy for getting these tequeños. Also, I tried to make a quick review. It's very brief some notes on flavour and other characteristics.

It's time to say goodbye. I hope you enjoy the video.

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Buen día colegas músicos y amates de la música. Estamos de regreso en el escenario del Hive Music Festival para presentar un cover de una canción que me atrapó desde la primera vez que la escuché. Me refiero a Something de George Harrison. Si el nombre de les hace conocido es porque este fue un miembro de la famosa banda británica "The Beatles".

La semana pasada me atrapó un reel de una de esas tantas mujeres talentosas que tocan el ukelele por Instagram. Estaba tocando un arreglo muy bello de esta canción. La tuve que buscar para escucharla mejor y la letra y ritmo me atraparon. Para mí fortuna, tengo dos libros de arreglos para piano y cifrados de guitarras donde se encuentran varias de las canciones de "The Beatles". Así que seguro me escucharán tocando otras.

Esto es otro de esos ejemplos de que las limitaciones de un instrumento están impuestas por el ejecutante. Sacar al cuatro venezolano de su entorno tradicional no perjudica su sonido. Es una labor que enriquece el oído y la técnica del músico.

Además, es una tarea muy entretenida buscar la manera de tocar estás canciones con la afinación tradicional. También es muy difícil. Sin embargo, son estos los retos que nos impulsan a mejorar en el arte.

Una cosa que me gustaría aclarar es que no estoy tocando la canción en su tono original. Se hizo una rearmonización para tocarla en este instrumento y se subió un tono. La original está en Do mayor y hace un cambio a La mayor en la estrofa. En este arreglo, comienza en Re mayor y se pasa a Sí mayor. Sin más por agregar, espero que esté cover sea de su agrado.

Nos veremos en la siguiente ocasión.

¡Manténgase creativos!

"Something" cover 🎶🎵Hi there my fellow musicians and music lovers. We are back at the stage of the Hive Music Festival to perform a cover of song that caught me by surprise last week. I'm talking about Something by George Harrison. If that name rings a bell, it's because I'm taking about a member of the British band, The Beatles.

As I was researching reels on Instagram, I was caught by one of the talented women who play the ukulele on that social media. She played an arrangement of this song and I had to go and look for it to have a better understanding of the whole piece. It's lyrics and rhythm got etched in my mind. Fortunately, I have some books with piano and guitar arrangements for a lot of the songs by The Beatles. Maybe you'll listen to me playing others.

This is an example of how the limitations of an instrument fall under what is imposed by a musician. Taking the Venezuelan Cuatro out it's traditional setting helps nourish ears and technique.

Beisdes, figuring out how to play these songs on the traditional tuning is an interesting task; also, very complex. However, these are the challenges that help us grow as artists.

I'd like to point out one last thing. I'm playing a reharmonization of this song. The original starts in C major and goes to A major in the verse. Here, I'm starting at D major, then going to B major. I took the whole song a went up a whole step up. That should let your ears understand if it sounds different. With no mor to say, I hope you find my performance interesting.

Be seeing ya next time!

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En este cuarto episodio contamos con una invitada de lujo, @zullyscott. Gracias a ella aprendimos algunas cosas muy interesantes sobre el amor y como podemos intentar entenderlo. El punto de vista de Zully nos agarró fuera de base, pero sin duda alguna nos dio más cosas para entender y analizar.

¿Cuál es su concepto de amor? ¿Se hizo más amplio al escuchar esta conversación o se mantiene igual?

Déjenos saber en los comentarios.

Serious Talk | Episode 4: Love.We're back on the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!

On this fourth episode of Serious Talk, we have a world-class guest, @zullyscott. She was our guide into a broader concept of love. Her insight caught is by surprise, but it was up undoubtedly one of the most serious conversations we have had in our lives.

How would you define love? Is your concept bigger know that you saw this or does it stand the same?

Let us know in the comment section!

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🎙 Episodio 2: Hablando de Expectativas

🎙 Episodio 3: Hablando de Idealización

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Estamos de regreso en la iniciativa #ThreeShortFriday. Hoy vengo con más trabajo del taller. En este caso la versión en video del proceso de colocar los refuerzos internos de un instrumento. Gracias a la magia del cine, varias horas de trabajo se convierten 1:30 minutos de contenido.

Disfruten del paseo.

¡Manténganse creativos!

Placing ReinforcementsWe are back for th #ThreeShortFriday initiative. Time to show the process of reinforcing the insides of an instrument in video. Thanks to the magic of editing, hours of work are reduced to 1:30 minutes of content.

Sit and enjoy.

Stay creative!

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Saludos, colegas músicos y amantes de la música. Volvemos al escenario del #openmic para su semana 146. Hay cosas que unen a las personas. En la música, suelen ser los hitos. ¿Quién no ha oído hablar de The Beatles? Esta banda británica marcó un antes y después en la música a nivel mundial. Estoy seguro que aunque no seas el gran más grande de esta agrupación, te vas a encontrar alguna canción que te va a encantar.

Esta que traigo en cover es Yesterday, una composición de John Lennon. No es mi canción favorita de The Beatles porque no conozco toda su discografía. La anécdota que tengo sobre esta pieza es que no papá la solía cantar mucho. También es la típica canción que se utiliza mucho en los cursos de inglés. Incluso en la universidad me llegué a topar con ella en una que otra lección.

Así de relevante ha sido esta banda que las letras de sus canciones se usan en el contexto educativo.

Espero que este cover sea de su agrado. Tenía tiempo sin divertirme tanto con una grabación.

Me gustaría saber si tienen alguna recomendación con respecto a esta banda. Para mí son una refenrecia grande, pero no es algo que haya escuchado mucho. Dejen sus recomendaciones en la sección de comentarios y me armaré una playlist para escucharlas todas.

También queieo dedicar este cover a @adalathu, miembro del Grupo de Organización. Sé que es fan de esta banda y seguro este cover me parecerá interesante.

Nos vemos en la próxima ocasión.

¡Manténgase creativos!

Yesterday Cover 🎶🎵Greetings, my fellow musicians and music lovers. I'm back on the stage of #openmic on its week 146. There many things that bring people together. In music, we could mention milestones. Who hasn't heard about The Beatles? This British band marked the beginning of a new era on music. I'm sure that even if you're not the biggest fan of them, you have a song you like a lot.

For my performance, I'm paying Yesterday by John Lennon. It isn't my favorite song from sthe Beatles. I don't have one since I don't know the whole repertoire of this band. But I have a story. My dad used to sing this a lot. Also, it's a very common song to find in learning material. I found it in English courses I took and even when I was a teacher in training back in college.

This stands as a statement of the relevance of this band even in the educational context.

I hope you like performance. I don't remember the last time I had such fun while recording.

I'd like to know if you had any recommendations as I delve into the topic of The Beatles. I know then by reference, but haven't heard a lot of their music. Leave your favorite songs in the comment section and I'll make a playlist with all of them.

I'd also like to say this one is for @adalathu, a member a Grupo de Organización. I know she's a big fan of The Beatles. So, she might like this one a lot!

See next time!

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En este tercer episodio de Plática Seria contamos con la presencia de uno de los filósofos de la Blockchain, @filoriologo. Junto a él nos adentramos en el mundo de las ideas. Sí el mismo descrito por Platón en su "Alegoría de la Carverna". Todo con el fin de indagar en el tema de la idealización.

Puede sonar como un tema complejo, pero para esos son estas pláticas. En esta conversación, nos paseamos por varios puntos importantes sobre la idealización, como entendemos este proceso, como guía nuestro actuar y en qué formas nos afecta.

Esperamos que este capítulo sea de su agrado. No olviden comentarnos su opinión y darnos feedback sobre nuestro podcast. Ambas cosas son valiosas para los anfitriones.

Serious Talk | Episode 3: Ideals.We're back on the most serious podcast on the Blockchain!

In this third entry of Serious Talk we are joined by one of the philosophers on the Hive Blockchain, @filoriologo. With his help, we are breaking free from the chains and going into the real of Ideas as described by Plato in the Myth of the Carvern. All this with hopes of delving into the topics of Ideals.

It might be a complex topic, but this talks are meant for them. During the length of this conversation, we had the chance to go over our ideals, how they guide our actions, the flaws in some of them, give examples on how they affect our perception, and more.

We hope you find this episode interesting. As always drop a comment or feedback below. Both things are deeply appreciated by the hosts.

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Estamos de vuelta en el #ThreeShortFriday. Hice les traigo un poco más de trabajo del taller. En este caso, como doblo los aros del cuatro. Con este artilugio casero que consta de una lata con un bombillo adentro.

Una de las cosas a destacar es que para hacer esto, primero hay que rebajar el espesor de la madera y luego hidratarla. Así se convierte en una pieza más flexible y fácil de trabajar.

Bending the sidesWe are back on the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. Today, we have some workshop duties. This is how I bend the sides of a Venezuelan Cuatro. The jig I'm using is no more than a can with a lightbulb inside.

I have to point out that before trying to do this we need to take care of a few things. First, we work on the thickness of the sides. Second, we soak them in water. These things make wood more flexible and easier to work.

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Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música en general. Volvemos al escenario del #openmic con una versión nueva de un cover que hice por allá en la semana 70. Me refiero al vals "Anhelante" de José "Pollo" Sifontes. Esta es una pieza hermosa. Algo digno de ser dedicado.

En su letra se hace la mención de un amor no correspondido y de esperar a que pase algo o no, pero el anhelo siempre está ahí. Algo muy parecido a ese amor de los caballeros de las leyendas del Rey Arturo.

Mi conexión con esta canción y el tema de esta semana, Gloria, viene dada por ese sentido de victoria que surge de poder hacer una versión solista de un tema que previamente había grabado con 4 instrumentos. Es la gloria del músico superarse a sí mismo en lo que hace. No digo que este cover sea mejor o peor que el anteiror, pero al tocar en estilo solista, la interpretación puede ser más íntima. Ese era el efecto que quería lograr con esta reinterpretación del tema.

Espero que sea de su agrado. De todas maneras, les dejaré el vídeo anteiror para que lo vean y me digan cuál de las versiones prefieren. Nos leemos en los comentarios.

¡Manténganse creativos!

Hive Open Mic Week 145Hi there, my fellow musicians and music lovers. We're back on the stage of #openmic with a new version of a previous cover. This was was made on week 70 if I'm not mistaken. I'm talking about Venezuelan waltz "Anhelante" by José "Pollo" Sifontes. This is a beautiful piece worth revisiting. It's also a nice choice to send to someone special.

The lyrics of this song tell about unrequited love. The idea of waiting for a love that might not even happen in life, but a long for the love that will always remain. It's an idea akin to the chivalrous love from Arthurian legends.

The idea that connects my cover with the theme of this week, Glory, is the feeling of victory sprouting from the fact of going one step ahead in our learning process as musicians. Making a soloist version of a song I had previously made with 4 instruments is quite an achievement. Glory comes for a musician who keeps pushing themselves to be better. It's a personal glory. I'm not saying this cover is better than the previous one, but by playing it soloist style, I can do other things. It is more of a intimate conversation. At least, that the effect I tried to achieve this time.

I hope you like my performance. I will leave the previous video here, so you can listen to that cover. You can tell me in the comment section which one you like better. Be seeing ya!

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En este segundo episodio de Plática Seria contamos con la presencia de una amiga en común, @marvic-1194. Junto a ella exploramos un tema muy interesante y denso. Algo que quizá les llamé la atención tomando en cuenta la época del año en la que nos encontramos: las expectativas.

Nos paseamos por lo que son, cómo nos afectan y los diversos tipos de expectativas que tenemos o que los demás tienen sobre nosotros.

Esperamos que este capítulo sea de su agrado. No olviden comentarnos su opinión y darnos feedback sobre nuestro podcast. Ambas cosas son valiosas para los anfitriones.

Serious Talk | Episode 2: Expectations.We're back on the mosr sería podcast on the Blockchain!

In this second entry of Serious Talk we are pleased to have a common friend and pir honoured guest, @marvic-1194. With her insight, we explored a deep and interesting topic, especially for this time of the year, expectations.

The conversation guided us through our concepts, how they affect us, and hat expectations we hold and which ones other have bestowed on us.

We hope you find this episode interesting. As always drop a comment or feedback below. Both things are deeply appreciated by the hosts.

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Volvemos al #ThreeShortFriday. Este es el primero del año y mientras otros se enfocan en sus metas del año, yo tengo mi mente en otras cosas.

Una de las cosas más cómicas de crear contenido es ver la posibilidad de hacerlo sobre cualquier cosa. Miren esto. Nos disponíamos a preparar hamburguesas y mientras todo se preparaba, se prendió la chispa creativa. Aquí hice un short sobre hamburguesas. Espero no les de mucha hambre.

Flavour!We are back with the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. While some have their aims in the goals for the year, my mind is focused on an important subject.

One of funniest things about creating content is the window of opportunity. When we do something, there's always the chance of making it content. Take this short as an example. We were going to make burgers at home and I saw the whole preparation as a short. And I made it a short. I hope it doesn't make you too hungry.

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Buen día mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música en general. Vuelvo al escenario de #openmic para compartirles este arreglo de una de la Gaitas Zulianas más emblemáticas que existen en ese género. Me refiero a "Aquel Zuliano", compuesta por Renato Aguirre. Esta Gaita es un homenaje a su hermano Ricardo Aguirre, mejor conocido como "El Monumental de la Gaita".

En su letra se cuenta una experiencia mística que tuvo Renato cuando su hermano pasó a otro plano de la existencia. Es una de mis faltas favoritas y desde que empecé mis clases de cuatro solista había querido aprender este tema. Me tomó hasta ahora dada la complejidad armónica del mismo. Así que luego de horas de estudio y muchos intentos de grabación, aquí la tienen.

Sin mucho más que agregar, espero que este cover tan sencillo sea de su agrado. Como es costumbre, sus comentarios son bienvenidos. Espero que tengan un buen día.

¡Manténgase creativos.

TitleHi there, fellow musicians and music lovers in general. I'm back at the stage of #openmic to share this cover of an iconic Gaita Zuliana, this is genre from Zulia State in the west of Venezuela. It's called "Aquel Zuliano". It was composed by Renato Aguirre as an homage to his brother Ricardo Aguirre. Ricardo is known in Zulia as "El Monumental de la Gaita" (you could say he was the Elvis of genre).

In the song's lyrics there's the retelling of a mystical episode experienced by Renato when his brother died. It's one of my favorite songs of this genre of music. It also one of the songs I was must excited to learnt when I started my classes of Soloist Venezuelan Cuatro. However, it took me a while to finally learn it since it's a very complex song. But, alas, hours of study and recording attempts where totally worth it!

Without further a due, I hope you find this cover interesting. As usual, the comment section is open. Have a great day!

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Buen día, amantes de las manualidades y artesanos en general. El día de hoy vengo con la última parte de este proyecto que pudeiron apreciar en la última entrega. En esta ocasión, quise decir unas palabras sobre el mismo y agregar la prueba de sonido junto con una fotos y videos.

Este Cuatro Venezolano es un experimento en términos de diseño y sonido. Su interior es parecido al de una guitarra acústica. Su sonido lo hace notar. Como algo adicional, sin miedo a deformaciones o que algo se rompa, a este, se le podrían colocar cuerdas de metal si su dueño así lo desea.

Ahí tiene la prueba de sonido de la mano de mi profesor de cuatro, Alexander Mariña. Espero que me dejen en los comentarios que les parece el diseño y el sonido de este instrumento.

Si desean saberlo, este está a la venta. Tiene un costo de 300$. A continuación les dejo sus especificaciones:

Tapa armónica: Melina (Gmelina Arborea).
Aros, Fondo, Filetería : Laurel amarillo (Nectandra sp.).
Mástil: Cedro criollo (cedrela odonata).
Cejillas, Diapasón, puente y perfiles: Nazareno (petolgyne).
Clavijas mecánicas.
Cuerdas "Aquila Red Series"

Experiment One's Sound TestHi there, handcrafts lovers and artisans in general. Today, I'm coming with the last part of this project that reached its last stage on the previous entry. Now, comes the sound test. I wanted to add a few words of closure and show you the sound given by this instrument alongside some photos and videos.

This Venezuelan Cuatro is an experiment in terms of sound and design. It's insides are similar to an acoustic guitar. It's sound is a response to that. As an additional piece of information, it could use metal strings without any problems. Nothing is going to break or bend. However, that's a decision for its owner.

In the video above, you have the sound test. It comes by hands of my teacher, Alexander Mariña. I hope you can tell me your thoughts about it in the comment section below.

If you want to know, this one is available. It's valued in 300$. Here are its specifics;

Sound Board: Melina (Gmelina Arborea).
Back, Sides, purflings : Yellow Louro (Nectandra sp.).
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Bienvenidos al Podcast más serio de la Blockchain. ¿No nos creen? ¡Por algo lo llamamos Plática Seria!

¿Qué pasa cuando juntas a 3 ansiosos para hablar sobre la ansiedad? Bueno, eso es exactamente lo que verán en este vídeo. Invitamos a nuestra querida amiga, @maryed, para hablar de un tema que muchos conocemos. ¿Por qué? ¿Quién sabe más de ansiedad que una estudiante universitaria en sus últimos semestres?

Vida universitaria, la realidad del egresado, las relaciones, el trabajo y todos los temas que generan amsiedad en una plática que se nos fue de las manos.

Espero que lo disfruten tanto como nosotros y no olviden dejar su comentario.

Serious Talk | AnxietyWelcome back to the most serious podcast in the Blockchain. You don't believe us? That's why we are called Serious Talk!

What happens when 3 anxious people get together to talk about anxiety? Well, that's what you'll see next. Our dear friend, @maryed, tagged along to share her expertise in the topic. Why? Who knows more about it than a college student in their last terms?

College life, what happens after graduating, relationships, work-life and all those topics that make you shudder and panic in a talk that got out of our hands!

I hope you find it as entertaining as we did and don't forget to leave your comments!

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El noviembre del año pasado me encargaron un cuatro venezolano y me preguntaron si podría llevar un detalle floral pintado. Curiosamente, la chica que va a usar el cuatro quería unas amapolas. Como no se decidía por el diseño, me busqué a @adncabrera. La profesora tenía la curiosidad y las ganas de pintar un instrumento. Así que ambas cosas jugaron a mi favor. Aquí tiene. El resultado de su trabajo.

Sin duda tener estás colaboraciones sobre mis instrumentos es un honor. Y estoy seguro que a su dueña, le va a encantar.

¿Qué opinan ustedes?

DIY Shorts: Special Details.Last November, I received a commission for a Venezuelan Cuatro. The girl who's gonna use it asked me if it was possible to add a floral design on it. As she couldn't make her mind about the pattern, I called @adncabrera. Professor Cabrera was curious about painting one of my instrument. So put 1 and 1 together and this was the result.

It's lovely to get some art collaborations on my instruments. I bet the owner will like it as much as I do.

What do you think?

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Bueno días colegas músicos y amantes de la música. Volvemos al escenario en el Hive Music Festival para traer otro aguinaldo venezolano. En esta ocasión es uno muy sencillo de la autoría de Otilio Galíndez. Lleva por nombre "Poncho Andino".

Un poncho es un tipo de abrigo que se utiliza en los lugares fríos. Es parecido a un mantel y tiene una sola abertura por dónde se pasa la cabeza. El resto de la pieza colgando encima de los hombros y el cuerpo. Es algo muy común de ver en los estados andinos de Venezuela y algunas partes de los llanos.

Este aguinaldo en particular me remontó a mi último año de primaria. Siempre había que participar en las actividades culturales del colegio y cantar música navideña era parte del asunto. Quizá este sea el único aguinaldo que he cantado con gusto en grupo. Ah, es que cantaba todo el salón. Me imagino que es una forma de evitar sentirse ridículo al hacerlo. Aparte, ayuda a no sentirse desafinado.

La versión más común que se puede escuchar por ahí es una de Simón Díaz dónde se omite la última estrofa. Es un aguinaldo corto pero no tan común de escuchar por ahí. Hace poco ví que apareció en una cuña navideña de una tienda a nivel nacional. Supongo que se está haciendo más conocido. Aquí tienen mi presentación en versión para cuatro solista. Espero sea de agrado. Nos estaremos viendo en otra ocasión.

¡Espero tenga un gran día! ¡Manténgase creativos!

Hive Músico Festival | Week 12, Around 3 | Poncho Andino (Soloist Cover) 🎶🎵Greetings my fellow musicians and music lovers. We are back at the stage of Hive Music Festival to bring about another Venezuelan Aguinaldo. Today, my piece to perform will be "Poncho Andino" a simple yet beautiful song by Venezuelan composer Otilio Galíndez.

A poncho is a type of clothing that looks like a sheet with a whole in the middle. You lit your head through that hole and the rest of the poncho rests on your shoulders covering your upper body. It's a very common thing in the Venezuelan Andes and some parts of the plains.

This particular song took me back to my last year of elementary school and the cultural activities during Christmas. It was one of the songs we sang during the festivities. I remember it fondly. Besides, signing on group has always been something cool as you avoid feeling ridiculous and out of tune.

The most common version of this song was recorded by Simón Díaz. He omits the last part of the lyrics. It isn't a very common song. However, I listened last Christmas on a commercial by a very big store that's taking over te country. I guess it becoming a popular one. Here you have my take on it. I hope you like my performance. Hope you see you next time!

Stay creative and have a great day!

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Buen día, cocineros de la Blockchain y amantes de la comida.

El día de hoy les traigo una reseña en video. Este es un formato nuevo para mi, pero creo que con algo de práctica saldrá mejor. La comida de esta ocasión son donas. Las mismas son hechas por mi amiga y colega Génesis Rincones. Forman parte del menú de su emprendimiento de repostería conocido como Rolls and Cakes. Génesis lleva algunos años haciendo postres por encargo para los cumaneses y durante ese tiempo se ha construido su base de clientes y fans.

Hoy en día, se encarga de hacer tortas decoradas muy bellas y dulces como estás donas y otros. Cuenta con delivery a distintas zonas de la ciudad de Cumaná y siempre está buscando comentarios sobre sus preparaciones. En lo personal, ella es la descripción perfecta de un dulce. Te alegra el día con su personalidad.

¿Qué tal están las donas? Bueno, en el video lo podrán saber. Aunque les puedo adelantar que estaba algo incómodo haciendo esto. Parece que la ansiedad ante la cámara no sólo se limita a grabar videos musicales.

¿Quién lo diría?

Sin embargo, puedo decir que me divertí en el proceso. Además, ¿a quién no le gusta dulce por la tarde? El verdadero logro del vídeo es que me haya aguantado las ganas de comerme las donas antes de grabar.

¡Todo sea por el contenido!

Espero que esta reseña haya sido de su agrado. Déjenme saber en los comentarios qué cosas debería mejorar tanto en el aspecto del vídeo como los puntos planteados.

¡Manténganse creativos y nos veremos en la próxima!

Trying: DonutsHi there, Blockchain cooks and food lovers in general.

Today, I bring you my first food video review. This format is new for me, but I think practice makes perfect. The first episode of Trying is about donuts. These are made by my colleague and friend Génesis Rincones. They are part of the menu in her desert entrepreneurship known as Rolls and Cakes. Génesis has been making deserts and sweets for the people of Cumaná for several years and her cooking skills and creativity has earned her a solid following and lots of happy clients.

Nowadays, she makes awesome cakes alongside wtih donuts and other sweets treats. She offers delivery and pick up services to all the sweet teeths of Cumaná. She's always in the lookout of feedback to make her sweets better. In a personal level, she's like the baked goods she prepares, a very sweet person. Her smile and good manners will always make your crack a smile.

We're the donuts any good? Well, the video is there to answer that question. The spoiler I can give you is that I was kind of uncomfortable doing this. It seems my anxiety extends beyond recording my covers.

Who would've thought about it?!

However, I had fun in the process. Besides, who doesn't like some sweet treats in the afternoon? The real achievement was refraining from eating the donuts before recording. I deserve a medal

Content, content, content!

I hope you enjoyed this review. Let me know in the comment section what are the things I need to work to make these videos better.

Be seeing you next time. Stay creative!

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Un video pendiente sobre mi experiencia en Lechería con la compañía de @lunaticanto y @josegrech. Hay mucho para ver y contar, pero seguro el vídeo lo hará mejor. Como es costumbre, los espero en la sección de comentarios.

¿Cuál fue su momento favorito?

TitleA video that was long due. My experience at Lechería tagging along with @lunaticanto and @josegrech. There's a lot too see and enjoy. I'll wait for you in the comment section.

Which was your favorite moment?

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La Presentación es parte del RegaloBuen día a todos. Espero estén muy bien.

El día de hoy por fin logramos reunirnos para un café pendiente desde octubre. Aproveché está oportunidad para llevar unos stickers navideños de Hive y algunos de mi taller @luthier.andres.

Las compañeras de reunión fueron las Hives @leidimarc, @ramisey y @yulilemus02. Los stickers navideños fueron un regalo para están Hivers increíbles de parte de nuestra querida @lunaticanto. Todo porque no tuvimos cena navideña por acá en Cumaná.

Sin embargo, anoche mientras cortaba los stickers, me di cuenta que no tenía nada donde entregarlos. Rápidamente se me ocurrió hacer sobres, pero quería unos sobres un poco más elborados. Haciendo uso de mis habilidades para la papiroflexia y al San YouTube, encontré un tutorial para hacer unos sobre sencillos pero elegantes. Así que temprano en la mañana, antes de salir a reunirme con las Hives antes mencionadas, armé los sobres para entregar todo con propiedad.

Un regalo es en parte la presenta del mismo. Al menos, eso creo. Por esto quiero compartir con ustedes el proceso de cómo doblar los sobres. ¿Quién sabe? Podría serles útil en alguna ocasión.

Además, no quiero presumir pero para hacerlos con tan poco tiempo, quedaron muy bien.

A Gift is also the EnvelopeI hope your having a great day!

Today, we could finally get to a meeting that was due since October. I took this chance to deliver some Christmas Hive stickers to some amazing Hivers from my hometown, Cumaná (Venezuela), and othera from my workshop, @luthier.andres.

Attending this reunion were @ramisey, @leidimarc, and @yulilemus02. The Christmas stickers were a gift from our dear @lunaticanto. As we didn't have a Christmas dinner over here.

However, así was cutting the stickers last night, I realized there was no envelope to deliver them. So, I searched in YouTube for how to make some and after some thought, decided for a model. It's a strike of luck that I'm good at origami. So, I learnt how to make them and had them done by today's morning.i want to share the process of making them with you. Well, how to get all the gifts ready.

A gift is in part it's presentation. That's what I think. Here's the recorded process of the envelopes. Who knows? You may use it one day!

I don't want to brag, but they turned out pretty good!

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Buen día, colegas músicos y amantes de la música. Vengo a participar por primera vez en el Hive Música Festival. Aunque es algo tardía mi participación (porque he tenido la invitación abierta desde hace tiempo, pero el trabajo no me dejaba).

Los temas de diciembre son navideños y nada habla de la navidad mejor que los aguinaldos venezolanos. ¿Quién no recuerda alguno de estos? Todos son muy bellos y algunos tienes letras que hacen mención al nacimiento del niño Jesús.

En mi participación de esta semana, quiero compartir con ustedes el Aguinaldo, La Jornada. Este es de autor anónimo y es de das canciones que todo el mundo se sabe por alguna razón. En mi caso, me recuerda a las fiestas navideñas del colegio. Por si no lo saben, estudié en un colegio católico de las hermanas Carmelitas aquí en Cumaná. En mi mente hay una rocola de canciones con temas religiosos. Mis favoritas son los aguinaldos y villancicos.

Escuchar estas notas me transporta a esa época más feliz dónde toda la familia estaba reunida en la mesa y se esperaba por abrir los regalos al día siguiente. Es algo mágico. La misma canción hace referencia a un viaje hacia Belén y como unos cascabeles anuncian el tiempo de partir.

No es mi aguinaldo favorito, pero sí uno que despierta recuerdos muy bellos. Me gustaría saber cuál es su aguinaldo favorito.

Por lo pronto, me despido esperando que mi interpretación sea de su agrado. Todavía no canto, pero estoy tomando clases. Así que seguro me verán cantando pronto. Tampoco cantaría este aguinaldo porque tiene ¡10 estrofas! Por ahora, disfruten de Embla haciendo la voz.

HMF, Week 11, Round 2 | La Jornada | Soloist Venezuelan Cuatro Cover 🎵🎶Greetings fellow musicians and music lovers! Today, I bring you my first entry for the Hive Music Festival. I'm sorry for the delay (work and a lot of other stuff had kept me from recording my video).

The themes of December inevitably speak of Christmas. What is better for this than Venezuelan Aguinaldos? Who doesn't know one of these? They are beautiful and their lyrics always recall topics like the birth of Jesus and festivities.

In my entry for this week, I want to share with you one which is called "La Jornada" (The Journey). It's composer is anonymous and it's one of those songs every Venezuelan seems to remember somehow. In my case, it reminds me of the Christmas celebrations at scho. I studied at a Catholic school, so my brain is a bit jukebox of songs with religious themes. My favorite ones are all those related to Christmas.

Listening to this melody takes me back to those happy times when all the family was gathered around the table and we waited for the next day to open the presents. It was pure magic! The songs makes refenreces to a Journey to Bethlehem and some jingle bells anounce the departure.

It isn't my favorite Christmas song, but it is filled with beautiful memories. I'd like to know which is your favorite Christmas song.

For now, I gotta say goodbye, but I hope you enjoy my performance. I'm still not signing, nor would I sing this one. It has 10 stanzas! But I have to tell you my little secret and it's that I'm taking singing lessons. So you'll see me signing sometime soon. Enjoy Embla's beautiful voice.

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Estamos de vuelta con el #ThreeShortFriday. En esta ocasión quiero compartir el último post sobre lutheria que estará por esta cuenta. Todo el contenido de este tema se va a la cuenta nueva @luthier.andres. Este proceso está más detallado aquí, pero seguro que en video puede ser más interesante para algunos.

Como es costumbre, sus comentarios son bienvenidos.

Espero que tengan un buen día.

Working a NeckWe are back with the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. This time, I want to share with you the last video on the topic of luthierie that I will share on this account. The whole thing will go to the workshop account, @luthier.andres. if you want to dive deeper in the topic, I have a post on it. I consider it might be more interesting in video format for some users.

As usual, you comments are welcome in the section below.

Have a great day!

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¿Qué puede ser mejor que conocer creadores de contenido en nuestra plataforma #Hive? Pues, recibir algo de su contenido en físico. ¿Qué mejor momento que en las fechas decembrinas? El espíritu de las fiestas es compartir. En esta ocasión, @zullyscott ha compartido conmigo un poco de su arte. ¿Quieres saber lo que es? ¡No se pierdan el unboxing de este paquete en el video!

Gifts among HiversWhat could better than getting to know content creators in #Hive? Well, receiving some of their content live. And what momento could be better than December? We know the spirit of the holidays is to share. @zullyscott has shared her art with me. Wanna know what it is, don't miss it out in the video!

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Buen día, estimado vloggers y amateydel contenido audiovisual. En el vlog de hoy hay una actualización del contenido regular de mi blog además de algunos anuncios importantes. Espero que sea de su agrado. Como siempre, la invitación es a la sección de comentarios.

Por cierto, no olviden seguir la cuenta del taller de lutheria. El primero en el mundo en aceptar HIVE/HBD como formas de pago: @luthier.andres.

Enlaces relevantes/Important links:

Negocios que aceptan HIVE/HBD alrededor del mundo // Businesses accepting HIVE/HBD as payment method.

Hi there, fellow vloggers and lovers of video content. In today's vlog, I'm bringing you some updates in the content of my blog. I hope you find it interesting. As usual, my invitation is to the comments section.

Also, don't forget to follow the account for the Luthierie Workshop, first in the world to accept HIVE/HBD as payment method: @luthier.andres.

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Volvemos con la onda navideña del #ThreeShortFriday para hablar sobre esas películas navideñas que no pueden pasar desapercibidas en estas fechas.

Espero que se animen a contarme cuáles son esas películas que no pueden faltar según ustedes en la época decembrina. Los comentarios están abiertos para sugerencias. También son bienvenidos los #short contándonos sobre sus películas navideñas favoritas.

Espero que tengan un día genial.

We are back on the #ThreeShortFriday to talk about those Christmas-themed movies we love and cannot miss during these times.

You can drop a comment to tell which are yours. That or make your own #short telling us about those films. The choice is up to you!

Regardless of your choice, I hope you have a great day!

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Quiero comenzar por enviarles un saludo navideño cargado de buenas vibras para todos.

Gracias a varias iniciativas a nivel regional, existe la posibilidad de participar en eventos de Hive con temática navideña y siguiendo los pasos de @hiversbqto y bajo las ideas de creación de contenido de @hivecreatorsday presentes en esta publicación, el equipo de @hivelecheria ha planeado una cena navideña para cerrar un año de actividades y crecimiento sin precedentes.

Esto no solo seguir en el espíritu de las festividades y la creación de contenido. Compartir con otras mentes creativas es el lugar ideal para lograr nuevas conexiones y alianzas que puede seguir impulsando la adopción de Hive dentro del territorio nacional y en el mercado como medio de pago.

Sumado a esto, está la idea de lograr que este evento sea autosustentable. Para ellos, los Hivers que desean asistir a dicha cena pueden hacer publicaciones que les permitan costear los gastos de dicho día.

En mi caso, está y las anteriores están destinadas a cubrir costos de transporte, la cena y cualquier otro asunto de logística necesario para que todo se lleve acabo. Además de otras actividades a llevarse acabo junto al resto de ese increíble equipo que hace vida en la ciudad de Lechería. Y por supuesto, tengo que agradecerle a @lunaticanto por extender la invitación a este evento.

Sin más que agregar, espero que muchos Hivers se junten durante las fiestas y nos muestren el resultado de esas tertulias. Y espero que lo hagan bajo la premisa de la diversión sana.

Espero que sus navidades estén llenas de paz, prosperidad y cantidades industriales de comida típica de estas fechas.

On the Way to a Christmas DinnerI want to start by sending good vibes and a warm greetings.

Thanks to regional initiatives, there's the chance to partake in Christmas Hive events around the country. So following the steps of @hiversbqto y under the guidelines of @hivecreatorsday shown in this post, the team of @hivelecheria has planned a Christmas dinner to celebrate a year of growth and content creating that aims towards big goals.

The idea is not only to take on the festivities and celebrate content creation. Sharing quality time among regional Hivers is of utmost relevance to create alliances that might lead to great projects in the future. This is all in the plan of keep promoting Hive in Venezuela to achieve the adoption of our cryptocurrency in the national market.

Also, a big task for the event is to make it possible through the rewards made on posts like this. Hivers who want to participate only need to make a post like this and use the rewards to pay for their expenses during that day.

For me, this post and the precious one made this week will help with my expenses (going to Lechería and the dinner), and help with any other logistics. Added to this are the rest of the activities to be done together with that awesome team of Hivers. I have to extend my thanks to my dear, @lunaticanto for her invitation to this dinner and to share some time with the rest of the team.

Without further a due, I hope all Hivers around the world celebrate together during this times and show the results of said celebrations. And I hope they do it with responsibility.

Closing words are that I hope you have a Christmas full of tranquility, prosperity and tons of food!

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Buen día, mis colegas músicos y amantes de la música en general. El día de hoy quiero compartir un poco de mi experiencia musical en la #ExpoHiveSucre 2022. La verdad, es que hacía muchos años que no me presentaba frente a un público. Digo, lo hago en Hive, pero eso es otra cosa. En vivos hay muchos más factores que considerar.

Antes de contar cómo ocurrir esto, quisiera ir a un detalle muy relavante y que es quizá uno de los problemas más tontos del mundo: los dedos fríos. No hay cosa que fastidie más a un músico. Todos los problemas tienen soluciones fáciles, pero los dedos fríos no. Porque si el caso es que hace mucho frío cubrirse los dedos no va ayudar en nada. Sí, se van a calentar los dedos, pero aparte de eso una capa sirve los mismos, solo entorpece la digitación.

Un profesor me dijo una vez que me tenía que acostumbrar a esto. Siempre lo he visto muy difícil. Vivir en una ciudad costera con una temperatura media de 30°C no te permite acostumbrarte al frío. No hay manera. A esto, hay que añadirle use las extremidades se enfrían entre las lejos del centro del cuerpo se encuentren. Por eso los dedos se enfrían tan rápido.

¿Hay alguna manera fácil de lidiar con eso? La verdad es que no lo sé. Es posible que manteniendo los dedos en movimiento ayude. Pero eso desgasta. Entonces, puede que uno se canse antes de tocar. La verdad que es un tema complicado. También es bien tonto.

A esto estuve sujeto durante mi presentación más reciente. Toqué en el evento de #Hive que se llevó acabo el 26 y 27 de noviembre aquí en Cumaná. Los dedos fríos hicieron de las suyas. Pero igual cumplí con mi cometido. Lo chistoso es que no iba a tocar. Fue algo que ocurrió gracias a la sugerencia de @yulilemus02 y a la intervención de @nahupuku en el evento. De hecho, gracias a Nahu que tengo este video. Estoy muy agradecido con él por dejarme usar esta grabación. Supongo que es algo de ambos porque salgo ahí tocando mi cuatro venezolano.

Debo decir que volver a tocar en público es algo muy interesante. Antes había dicho que no lo volvería a hacer. Pero resulta que ahora soy conocido en el medio de Hive a nivel local y nacional. Y seguramente, no me pueda aparecer en ningún evento y pasar sin tocar algo. Todo un compromiso. Un reto que estoy dispuesto a cumplir.

Esto de ser artista en la #Web3 es genial.

Espero que disfruten de mi interpretación de temas venezolanos. He hecho covers separados de digas piezas, pero les recuerdo los títulos: El Diablo Suelto, El Niño Jesús Llanero, Gaita Onomatopéyica, Atardecer. Alguien me diría, ¿de qué es bueno saber tocar, si no lo haces frente a un público? Es cierto, generalmente, mi público es digital. Sin embargo, tener a parte de ese público en vivo es genial.

Espero que la presentación sea de su agrado. El audio no me es el mejor porque no estábamos preparados para grabar música. Aún con eso, creo que quedó bastante bien.

Cono siempre sus comentarios son bienvenidos.

Playing with Cold FingersGood day, my fellow musicians and music lovers in general. Today, I'd like to share some of my musical performance in #ExpoHiveSucre 2022. It has been years since I was in front of public to play as a soloist. I say this because I tend to upload covers on Hive, but that's a different thing. When you go live, there's a lot to consider.

Before telling the in's and out's of the story, I'd like to adress a very silly an important matter for musicians who play instruments, cold fingers. There isn't a thing that bothers a musician more than this issue. Other problems have quick solutions; cold fingers, don't. When there's lots of cold, covering your fingers won't do. You'll need to uncover them once you're going to play. If you don't, well, good luck trying to have a good sound.

A Music Teacher once told me I had to suck it up and bear the cold. That's a tough pill to swallow. Living in a coastal city with an average temperature of 30°C doesn't give you much room to get used to cold. To that, we need to add the fact that the farther your appendages are from your body, the easier the lose heat. That's why fingers are the first thing to fill the chills.

Is there an easy fix for this issue? Maybe, but I don't know it. It is possible to keep the fingers warm by moving them. However, this means getting tired. It isn't an efficient solution. You'd get tired before playing. It's a complex issue to say the least. It's quite silly too.

I was subject to this issue during my performance. As I said before, I played during the #ExpoHiveSucre, a #Hive event held in Cumaná during November 26th and 27th. I did my best during it, but cold fingers were an issue. The funny thing is that I wasn't going to play. It was something suggested by @yulilemus02 and that finally happened thanks to @nahupuku. It is thanks to Nahu that I have my performance on video. I'm grateful he gave me his permission to post it. I guess we could call this a collaboration since I'm the one playing.

I must say that performing live is interesting. Past are the days when I said I wasn't going to do it again. But truth be told, unbeknownst to me, I'm well-known in #Hive locally and nationally. So, I don't think I could get into one of these events without having to play something. It is an acquired challenge. One that I'm willing to accomplish.

Being an artist in #Web3 is great!

I hope you like my performance of traditional Venezuelan music. These are some of the most recent pieces I have recorded in individual covers. I'll give your their names anyway: El Diablo Suelto, El Niño Jesús Llanero, Gaita Onomatopéyica, Atardecer. Someone could say, what's the point of playing if you're not doing it for s crowd? That's right. Generally, my public is digital. However, this time I got my digital crowd live. That makes it even better!

The audio isn't the best. We weren't up for music recording. But I think it is decent enough. Besides, it's a live performance!

As always, comments are welcome!

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Esto de ser artista en la #Web3 es genial.

Espero que la presentación sea de su agrado. El audio no me es el mejor porque no estábamos preparados para grabar música. Aún con eso, creo que quedó bastante bien.

Cono siempre sus comentarios son bienvenidos.

Being an artist in #Web3 is great!

The audio isn't the best. We weren't up for music recording. But I think it is decent enough. Besides, it's a live performance!

As always, comments are welcome!

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Buen dia, vloggers y amantes del contenido audiovisual en general. Aquí vengo con un nuevo vlog.

Ya pasó una semana desde que la #ExpoHiveSucre tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Cumaná y hasta ahora fue que pude hacer algo con todas las fotos y videos que tomé. Estoy muy agradecido de haber participado. Se vienen cosas buenas. Mientras, aquí está mi experiencia sobre el evento.

Hi there vloggers and video lovers in general. I'm back with a new vlog.

It's been a week since the #ExpoHiveScure was held in the city of Cumaná. Until now I hadn't had the chance to make a vlog out of all the photos and videos taken during the event. I'm glad to have attended. There's a lot of nice things coming up. For now, here's my experience!

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Estamos de vuelta con el #ThreeShortFriday. En esta ocasión para hablar de la navidad. Aquí les hablo sobre 3 ideas que engloban la navidad desde mi perspectiva. Espero que se animen y nos hagan saber cuáles son esas 3 cosas que representan la navidad para ustedes.

¡Espero que tengan un día genial!

We are back with the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. This time I wanted to tell you about three things I define Christmas for me. I hope you come along this initiative and tell us about this 3 things that represent Christmas for you.

Have a great day!

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Music/Música 🎵🎶: La Voy a Tocar a Pie by VHG. Free Arrangement. Harmony played by me.

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Bien día, amigos. Espero estén muy bien. Volvemos con la iniciativa #ThreeShortFriday. En esta ocasión es un ejercicio de imitación. Traté de no hacer mucho de esto más que vestirme parecido al Hiver que admiro más dentro de la plataforma. Si puediera ser otro Hiver, yo sé quién sería.

Ahí les dejo algunos datos sobre este personaje. Espero que sea de su agrado.

Hi there, I hope your doing great. For this week's #ThreeShortFriday, we are on for a treat. We have an exercise of confession. If you could be any other Hiver, your favorite Hiver, who would you be? My choice is simple

I hope you enjoy this video. And we'll see you next time.

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Buen día a todos,

Estamos de vuelta con la sección Miércoles de Carpintería para mostrar el progreso de este proyecto. ¡Sin más preámbumos vamos allá!

Recapitulando La última vez que vimos este cuatro venezolano, ya teníamos listas la tapa armónica y el fondo. Aquí veremos el proceso de fábrica de un mástil a partir de listones de madera de cedro ( cedrela odonata.

Nivelación La primera fase del proceso es la nivelación de las superficies del listón. Esto se hace para poder trazar líneas por todas las caras y que todas que den a "escuadra". Este termino implica que todas las caras de una pieza de madera quedan perfectamente planas.

La manera de comprobar si esto es cierto es trazar líneas lo ancho de todas las caras con ayuda de una escuadra de carpintería y ver si todas las líneas se tocan y están derechas.

Trazo Después de nivel y comprobar si las caras están plantas, es hora de trazar las líneas para marcar dónde va a ir el diapasón y dónde se realizarán los cortes de la cabeza y los aros.

Corte Una vez que tenemos el corte de la cabeza marcado, procedemos a cortar con mucho cuidado. De esta manera, tendremos que hacer menos trabajo pegar la pieza que saldrá de este corte.

Una vez se haya hecho el corte. Se procede a limpiar la superficie cortada para poder pegarla al listón. De esta manera, tenemos lista la base de la cabeza del instrumento.

Nota: este proceso es un poco difícil de llevar acabo. En el video corte todas las veces que no me salió bien o la pieza se movía.

Estructura del tacón En el lado opuesto a la cabeza, tenemos el tacón. Aquí encajan los aros del instrumento. Para hacerlo, cortamos otro listón más corto para tener tacos de más o menos la misma longitud. Luego de emparejar las caras que van a estar en contacto, procedemos a pegar todas en un solo bloque antes de pegarlas al mástil.

La idea de tener un tacón compuesto de varias piezas es darle una estructura más sólida a la pieza. En el tacón convergen muchas cosas. Podría decirse que en el sentido estructural, es el corazón del instrumento. Así que una estructura firme es necesaria.

Al tener varias piezas pegadas de esta manera, podenos cruzar las fibras de la madera. Así no solo estamos haciendo una estructura sólida, también estamos preparándonos para cualquier movimiento de la madera que pueda ocurrir por los cambios de la humedad en el ambiente.

Nota: por si no lo sabían, la madera aún después de ser cortada y estar seca, se sigue moviendo. Por esta razón muchas mesas y otros muebles tienen detalles de construcción para compensar la naturaleza del material. Los instrumentos, al ser piezas de madera funcionales y en tension constante, necesitan este tipo de compensación.

Conclusión Hasta aquí llega el proceso por ahora. En la próxima entrega, veremos el resto de los procesos para darle forma al resto del mástil y trabajaremos un poco en su estética.

¡Que tengan un gran día!

Hi there,

We are back with Woodworking Wednesdays. Today, we'll take a look at the process of this project. This time we are working on the neck of the instrument.

Recap Last time we saw this project, we were working on both back and sound board. Those are done for the moment. It's time to tackle the neck of the instrument, so we can start to assemble the whole thing.

Flattening We start off by fattening all the faces of the strip of wood. This is done with a sanding block and a trick. If your draw pencils lines on the surface and sand until you remove them, the surface is magically flattened.

To check this out, we can draw lines along the width using a carpenter's square. If all lines are aligned and straight, everything is good to go!

Drawing Once all the faces are even, we can draw the guiding lines. This are for the fretboard and side cut. Also we'll mark the exact place of the head cut and the cutting angle.

Cut With the drawing in place, we can start cutting the head with a saw. If you are careful enough, we will save us sanding time. Of course, we will still need to sand some more to even out the resulting wedge.

And once the wedge is ready, we can glue it back to the neck to form the base of the head of the instrument.

Note: this process is very difficult and frustrating at times. In the video, I cut a whole lot of time. The piece moves a lot and it's hard to keep the place it should be.

Making the heel While the head glues, we move onto the heel. This is the piece where the sides meet the neck. It is one of the important building blocks of this kind of instrument. To make it, we need to cut some wood blocks of around the same length. We even their faces and then, go ahead and glue them together. Once they are one block, we proceed to glue them on the other end of the neck.

The reason behind using several blocks of wood for the heel has todo with structure. When we use pieces of wood like this, we have to make sure to make a alternating the grain of the wood. This will give us a very strong foundation for such an important piece of the instrument.

The heel is like the heart of the instrument if we are talking about it's structure. All the go glued to it. It needs to be solid. Alternative the grain not only serves this purpose, but it also prevents wood from bending when there are humidity changes.

Note: in case you didn't know wood keeps moving even when after is has been cut and dried out. The grain keeps shifting while it absorbs humidity and dries up. Many pieces of furniture have mechanism to deal with this changes. Instruments are no different. As they are always in tension, there's a need to prevent wood from moving too much as it could alter the sounds and function of the whole thing.

Conclusion. We are done for today. Next time we will see how the rest of the details are done. And we'll have a finished neck ready to start the whole assembly process.

I hope you have a great day!

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Buen día,

Saludo a todos mis colegas músicos y a los amantes de la música en general. Estamos de vuelta en el #openmic para su semana 137 con el tema "Healing" (sanación). Creo que hay un momento del año que muchos esperamos con gusto en el resto del país. Es ese momento en que empiezan a sonar las gaitas, género musical autóctono del estado Zulia. Por allá, este tipo de música se escucha todo el año, pero para el resto del país marca el inicio de la temporada navideña.

Esto tiene una relevancia particular para mi porque me encanta la música navideña. Cuando suenan las gaitas, viene acompañadas de parrandas, aguinaldos y villancicos. Es una buena temporada para ser músico.

Les traigo el éxito gaitero de los 80s popularizado por el grupo Gran Coquivacoa y luego por "Neguito" Borjas. Es la gaita más fácil de cantar porque su letra son puras onomatopeyas. Me refiero a la Gaita Onomatopeyica.

Si no sienten la sanación de todos los males del año al repique de una gaita, mis amigos, vayan a buscar ayuda profesional. Mientras, por aquí seguiremos vibrando al son del cuatro y la tambora.

Espero que esté pequeño cover de esta gaita les traigo ánimos para esta semana y que mi interpretación sea de su agrado.

Hi there,

Greetings to all my fellow musicians and music lovers in general. We are back at the #openmic for it's 137th week. This week's topic is "Healing". I think this resonates deeply with this time of the year. If there's something we patiently await in the rest of the country, is the first time gaitas are played on the radio. This is a music genre from Zulia State (on the west of Venezuela). Even though, there these songs are on throughout the whole year, we only listen to them during the last months in the rest of the country.

This holds a particular relevance to me. Since when this music is played, the rest of the festive seasonal music cones along parrandas, aguinaldos and carols. I love this type of music. So for me, it's the best time to be a musician.

Today, I bring you a hit from the 80s by Gran Coquivacoa (one of the most famous gaita groups in the country), a song that was mater popularized by "Neguito" Borjas (a famous gaita). I'm talking about a songs which lyrics you can't forget since they are all sounds (onomatopoeias). It's the "Gaita Onomatopeyica".

If you don't feel how this music heals you with its rhythm, my friend, you need professional help. While you look for it, I'll keep having my mood cleansed by the sound of cuatros and drums.

I hope you like my performance and that this gaita brings you the energy and joy needed to start the week with the right foot!

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Buen día,

Hoy estamos de vuelta al #ThreeShortsFriday con una sección sobre sobre los talentos ocultos de este servidor. Ya había mencionado en la entrevista con el amigo @palabras1 que me gusta la papiroflexia (eso que todos conocemos como origami). Quise comenzar con uno sencillo y que se pueda ajustar al formato.

Abajo les dejaré el link del video de donde saqué este diseño.

Espero que lo disfruten.

Este video está dedicado a mi amigo, @stevenson7. Le debía este origami desde hace más de un año.

Hi there,

We are back with the #ThreeShortsFriday initiative and with a new section about the hidden talents of yours truly. Back when I was on the interview with @palabras1, I mentioned that I liked origami (the art of folding paper in different shapes). I wanted to start my folding spree with a simple one.

I'll give you a link to the video where I learnt to do this origami.

This video is dedicated to my friend, @stevenson7. With this my debt o. The butterfly origami has finly been paid.

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Buen día, colegas músicos y amantes de la música. Espero que todos se encuentren muy bien. Para esta semana en el #openmic el tema es Let's Rock . No tengo ninguna canción de rock, pero si rockié al lado de mi maestro para este cover.

La semana pasada me habían dado el aviso de que hoy íbamos a grabar este aguinaldo. Se llama "El Niño Jesús Llanero" del inmortal cantautor venezolano, Simón Díaz. La primera vez que escuché este aguinaldo fue gracias a un disco de esos promocionales que vendían en las ferreterías EPA. Quizá más de uno lo recuerde. Gracias a Tío Simón, conocí varios géneros de la música venezolana e internacional.

Espero que etse interpretación sea de sus agrado. Si al profesor Mariña le gustó, seguro es por algo. Fue una experiencia increíble grabar con él. Además, la sugerencia viene no sólo como un tipo de evaluación, pero como un reconocimiento a la habilidad musical. Hoy no quepo en mi de la emoción.

Con esto último me despido hasta la próxima ocasión.

Hello fellow musicians and music lovers in general. I hope you're doing great! For this week's #openmic our topic is "Let's Rock". I don't have s rock song, but I did rock a song alongside my teacher. What could be rockier than that?

Last week he told me we were going to record something today. I was nervous about it, but studied the song as much as I could. This is a Christmas song known as "El Niño Jesús Llanero" (Baby Jesus from the Plains). The first time I listened to this one was in a CD sold by this big hardware stores EPA (Venezuelans will know the reference). And it was beautiful. It is a beautiful song from the immortal composer and singer Simón Díaz. It was thanks to uncle Simón that I discovered many genres of Venezuelan music.

I hope you like our performance. My teacher did like the recording. That must be something. It was amazing to record alongside him. Not because he's my teacher, but because this is an acknowledgement of my music skills. It was something more than an exam. Today, I'm ecstatic!

On that note, I'll take my leave! See you next time!

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Buen día, vloggers y amantes del contenido audiovisual. En esta ocasión quiero compartirles mi historia de 5 Crushes para la iniciativa #EspaCrush. Me divertí un montón recordando estos cuentos. Hay más pero este es el más loco por la condición en que se dio. No les daré más detalles porque el resto está en el vídeo. Espero que sea de su agrado.

Los espero en la sección de comentarios con sus dudas y demás.

Hi there, vloggers and video lovers. I'm back to partake in this initiative known as #EspaCrush. It was a blast to remember all these stories from back in the day. The crazy factor here is related to the situation in which the first story happened. But I won't be giving more spoilers. Go watch the video to find out more!

I hope you like it. I'll be waiting for your comments and questions!

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Banner de #EspaCrush: cortesía de @espavlog.
Música/Music: Free of copyright, here
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Español Hola a todos. Espero se encuentren muy bien. Es miércoles, lo que significa que hoy traigo para ustedes el progreso de uno de mis proyectos más recientes. De hecho,es un proyecto que no lleva nada de hacer comenzado como lo pueden ver aquí y aquí.

Lo que vengo a enseñarles en esta oportunidad es lo que está detrás de las fotos de esas dos publicaciones anteriores. Sin duda que el trabajo que no se ve en el taller es lo más relevante y delicado. Disfruto mucho haciéndolo y crear contenido en base a ello es otro nivel.

Está comisión es un cuatro básico hecho casi en su totalidad de cedro criollo (cedrela odonata.

Junta

En el video me encuentro trabajando en los detalles de la junta de las partes del fondo. Un proceso que requiere un ojo fino para saber cuándo dejar de reducir las tablas y dar con una unión que no permita el paso de luz a través de ella.

Esto nos permite tener una unión más resistente. Está se reforzará luego, pero si no es perfecta de vaba notar la unión de las maderas. Detalle que no es nada atractivo a la vista de los clientes.

Pegado

Para unir estas piezas, se emplea cola blanca. El útil de madera empleado para esta unión nos permite utilizar un cordel para juntar ambas partes del fondo con la presión necesaria para lograr un pegado correcto.

Se utilizan unas cuñas como apoyo extra para lograr que la pieza completa de mantenga a ras del útil. Esto último, nos facilita el rebaje posterior del fondo a su grosor adecuado.

Rebaje

Las suelen tener pequeños desniveles que son producto del corte. Los discos de corte y otras máquinas dejan marcas o partes irregulares. Hay varias formas de eliminar esto. En mi casi, utilizo una rasaueta y lija para nivelar toda la pieza.

La opción más fácil sería utilizar una lijadora de banda dónde las piezas son aplanadas mediante un lijado uniforme y progresivo que se puede ajustar de acuerdo a las necesidades que se tengan. En lutheria, los espesores de las piezas son específicos para lograr ciertos tipos de sonidos, pero también dependen de la dureza de los materiales.

Corte

Lo último por hacer es cortar los bordes de las piezas para darles una forma mas parecida al producto final. Con la ayuda de un arco calador manual y un util de corte parecido al que utilizan los joyeros, esto es trabajo fácil. Solo hay que tener cuidado con el cedro porque es una madera blanda. Así que hay que utilizar otra pieza para sostenerlo conrra el útil para que el corte no vaya a romper algo la pieza de manera irreparable.

Reflexiones

Dar una mirada al proceso de fabricación de un instrumento es una tarea interesante. Sin duda que era una de las cosas que más quería hacer con mi trabajo debido a que #hive es una parte fundamental de mi vida y ya tengo una mentalidad de creador de contenido muy arraigada.

Espero que está ventana a mi taller haya sido de su agrado. Los espero en la sección de comentarios.

English Hi there. I hope you're having a great day. It's Wednesday! You know what that means. It's woodworking day! So, I'm here to show you some of the thing I've been doing in my workshop during week. I have a new project. You can see some of the progress on it by clicking here y here.

I wanna show the behind the scenes of these posts and the whole process of arriving at those photos. Showing this part of my craft is interesting. Cresting content based in it is another thing. I enjoy a lot doing both.

This project is one of my basic instruments comprised almost entirely of cedar ( cedrela odonata). Hop aboard and enjoy.

Joinery

In the video, I work on joining these pieces of wood. The idea is to create the back of the instrument. The sound board is made the same way. With the help of a plane, I try to even the sides that will be in contact. First, I do both prices at the same time. Then, separately. The idea is to remove material until you can't see light coming through when you put both parts together.

Good joinery is strong and visually appealing. It will he reinforced in the inside, but making it look good is important.

Gluing

To glue these pieces we go ahead and place then on this jig. It allows us to apply glue and use a rope to keep both parts tight. This is to ensure a proper gluing of the back.

Once we have tightened the rope, we go ahead and place wooden wedges in top of the back. This is to prevent it from rising from the jig and making it uneven. It is a important measure for the next step.

Thicknessing

This is the process of making the piece even. It remove any marks of created by a cutting disc or bandsaw. There's many ways to do it. I use the manual way. That's going with a card scraper and sandpaper. The other component are loads of elbow grease to get the job done.

The easiest option is to have a drum sander. This tool provides adjustable thicknessing for any piece of wood. It is basically a sanding band with adjustable heights. This means you can get any kind of piece of wood in it and adjust it's thickness to your desire.

Sounds in luthierie depend a lot on different thicknesses and materials.

Trimming

Finally, we cut the pieces to make them resemble a bit more the shape of the instrument. We use a coping saw and an jig very similar to the ones used by jewelers. Also, we need to keep an eye for the top side of the pieces. Cedar is a particulary soft wood. It could break easily under stress while making these cuts. To a holder on top is recommended when cutting.

Conclusions

Giving everyone the chance to have a glimpse at the process of building an instrument is an interesting challenge. I've been trying to come up with new ways of showing the process. Doing it in video format is even more interesting. Cresting content for #hive helps have the initiative to do so as this platform is an important parte if my life.

I hope this glimpse at my workshop has been interesting. I'll be waiting for you in the comment section.

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Español. Buen día, mis estimados colegas músicos y amantes de la música. Hoy vengo a compartir con ustedes un cover que ya había hecho antes a dos instrumentos. Me gusta revisitar canciones que hay he tocado alguna vez haciendo uso de los recursos del cuatro solista.

Esta pieza no necesita mucha presentación. Es uno de los valses venezolanos más bellos que existen en el repertorio nacional. Se titula "Atardecer" es del compositor Lencho Amaro y tiene letra de Luis Laguna.

Según cuenta la anécdota la canción hace referencia a la la ciudad crepuscular de Venezuela, Barquisimeto. Tomando en cuenta este hecho, quiero dedicarle está interpretación a mi querida @zullyscott.

Esta maravillosa mujer es de estos artistas completos de Hive. La admiro muchísimo y esto es un pequeño tributo a esa admiración. Además, ser el Crush de alguien implica mantener ese status. Por más chistoso que suene.

Espero que mis juegos con el tiempo no molestena nadie. Me tomé demasiadas libertades para hacer este cover y entre más lo escucho más me gusta.

Sin más que agregar, los espero en la sección de comentarios.

English. Greetings, my fellow musicians and music lovers. I'm here with a cover that I had made before with two instrument. I'd like revisiting precious songs and recording then again in soloist style. It is a challenge!

This waltz needs no presentation. It's one of the most beautiful pieces from Traditional Venezuelan Music. It's name is "Atardecer", a composition of Lencho Amaro and lyrics by Luis Laguna.

There's an anecdote regarding this piece which places it as a love letter to the city of sunsets in Venezuela, Barquisimeto. Taking this into consideration I'd like to dedicate this performance to my dear @zullyscott.

This magical woman is an amazing artist of our beloved Hive community. May this song be a tribute to her wonderfulness. The added catch here is that I'm one of her Hive Crushes, a status I pretend to keep. Might sound funny, but it's true.

I hope you like my performance as much as I did while recording. But beware, I took lots of liberties in tempo and else.

With nothing else to add, I'll wait for you in the comments section.

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El pasado 31 de octubre, varios Hivers recibieron una medalla de creación de contenido por un mes. Está iniciativa es el #RetoDeOrganizacion. Creado por nuestra querida @lunaticanto, este reto tiene por finalidad optimizar los tiempos y formas de creación de contenido.

En esta ocasión me tomé la responsabilidad de hacer un cierre a la actividad debido a la Caracas Blockchain Week. Este es un evento al cual @lunaticanto no podía faltar, así que aquí les va mi idea para el cierre. Más detalles en el video.

No hay lista de los Hivers que lo lograron este mes porque son unos desordenados y no contestaron el llamado en el grupo de telegram. Ya verán esto y se aparecerán por los comentarios o no.

On October 31st some Hivers received a badge for monthly content creation. This was part of our #RetoDeOrganizacion (a challenge to get your organisational skills in order). Created by our dear, @lunaticanto, it is a challenge that find your find your path in content creation.

This time I took upon myself the task of making a closure video for the challenge. The reason behind it is simple. @lunaticanto is busy this in the crypto event Caracas Blockchain Week. So, I sorta asked permission to do this. More details on the video.

There's no list of the achievers this time because the group is a lot of thing but serious isn't one of them. They will show up on the comment section, or not.

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El sábado pasado tuve la oportunidad de asistir al evento Semblanzas Cumanesas, un concierto en homenaje a la vida del cultor Remigio "Morocho" Fuentes. Morochito, como era conocido popularmente, es y será uno de los exponentes más grandes de la ejecución de la mandolina en la historia de Venezuela. Nació en un pueblito en las montañas del municipio Montes en el estado Sucre y con su mandolina y música recorrió el mundo dejando en alto el nombre de Venezuela y el gentilicio Sucrense.

Muchos fueron los homenajes que se le hicieron en vida. Ahora, después de su partida física, muchos más homenajes se harán en su nombre. Morochito era amigo de todos y su música y ocurrencias serán recordados por muchos años.

Como anécdota personal, tuve la oportunidad de tocar con el hace un montón de años en un velorio de Cruz de Mayo en el pueblo de Mochima. Ya lo conocía porque escuchaba su música, pero jamás había tenido la oportunidad de tocar con él. Recuerdo que nos dijo a mi amigo Alberto (otro mandolinista y compañero de la estudiantina de la UDO) y a mí, "Muchacho, pero están hechos unos aviones". Es uno de esos recuerdos muy gratos sobre cómo la música une personas. Y aunque ya no toco mandolina, Morocho es una de las razones por las cuales admiro muchísimo a los ejecutantes de este instrumento.

Como sorpresa adicional, en este concierto tuve la oportunidad de escuchar uno de mis instrumentos en vivo. Debo decir que fue un Sábado muy interesante. Escuchar las composiciones de Morocho y uno de mis cuatros acompañando es casi como estar tocando con él otra vez.

Espero que su música viva por mucho tiempo más y que, en el futuro, más de mis instrumentos se sumen a la belleza de hacer sonar sus composiciones.

Las Saturday, I had the chance to attend Semblanzas Cumanesas, a concert in memoriam of Remigio "Morocho" Fuentes, one of the best (if not the greatest) mandolin players of Venezuelan folklore. Morochito, as he was best known, was born in a small town up in hill of Montes Municipality in Sucre State, Venezuela. With his mandolin and music, he traveled around the world leaving the name of Venezuela and Sucre State wherever he set foot and played.

Over the years, there's been many homages for Morocho. Now that he's departed, there will be plenty more. He was a good friend to musicians and the general public. He was a genius with his instrument. He never played the same tunes in the same way twice. His compositions and wits will be remembered for many years to come.

As a personal anecdote, I have to say I had the chance to play alongside him many years ago during the May Festivities of "La Cruz de Mayo" (a harvest festival I have explained previously). Any friend Alberto (a partner from the musical groups of UDO) was with me as well. I remember Morocho telling us he had to be careful or we would score his jobs. By the time this happened, I had never met him in person but I had listened to his music thousands of times. Getting Know him was a completely different story. It is a memory I look upon happily. Even if I do not play the mandolin any longer. He made me admire mandolin players even more.

As an added bonus to this concert, I had the chance to listen to one of my instruments on stage. I must admit it was quite a Saturday! Listening to his compositions and having one of my instruments be part of that music makes me feel proud. And it's almost like I'm playing alongside him once again.

I hope his music lives on forever and, with time, more of my instruments become part of the tradition that keeps on his compositions alive.

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Buen día colegas músicos y melómanos. Hoy vuelvo a esta hermosa comunidad para compartir este cover solista de "El Diablo Suelto". Este es un vals venezolano del compositor Heraclio Fernández. Y debe ser una de las piezas más emblemáticas del repertorio popular venezolano.

¿Qué tan emblemática? Bueno, tanto para que músico de otras latitudes la hayan interpretado. Nombres como Paquito de Rivera y John Williams vienen a mi mente. Solo hace falta meterse en YouTube y ver todas las diferentes versiones que existen de este clásico de la música tradicional venezolana.

Aquí en Hive, podemos encontrar el cover de mi estimada @mipiano, quien con su increíble técnica y recursos de ejecución nos brindó una interpretación magistral y lo hice en ambos tiempos.

A esto último me refiero a que la tocó como el vals que es y luego como se suele tocar hoy en día: muy rápido. Esta última acotación se dio desde que el grupo El Cuarteto, un ensamble de música tradicional con arreglos académicos, la interpretara de esa manera. Así que este vals casi parece un joropo hoy en día.

Mi interpretación es rápida, pero no lo suficiente. Quería lograr esto en menos de un minuto, pero todavía no me da la agilidad. Espero que de igual manera se de su agrado. Fue un intento con mucho esfuerzo. Además, esta es una de una esas piezas que quería aprender para el cuatro solista. En el futuro, espero vovler a este tema y hacer un cover más elaborado. Por ahora quise aprovechar la oportunidad de grabar esta canción.

Esto es todo por el momento. Espero lo hayan disfrutado. Les deseo un buen día.

Hello fellow musicians and music lovers in general. I'm back in this wonderful to share this soloist cover of "El Diablo Suelto". It's a Venezuelan waltz by the composer Heraclio Fernández. And it must be one of the most representative pieces of Venezuelan folklore.

How so? Well, it's been played by many artists over the years. Names like Paquito de Rivera and John Williams come to mind. You only need to type the title in the search bar on YouTube to find out how has performed it. There are tons of version of this classic of Venezuelan music.

Here on Hive we can find a great version performed by our dear @mipiano, who played both tempos. She did the waltz and the faster one. With her skills as a musician, her performance is one of my favorites of all times.

With the tempo, I mean she did what's not usually done over here. The piece is a waltz but since the ensemble El Cuarteto recorded a fast version, everyone has been playing this piece like a joropo.

My performance is fast, but not enough. I wanted to get below the minute mark, but my dexterity isn't the best. Regardless, I hope you find it interesting. I put a lot of effort in recording this and would love to revisit this piece when I'm a better player. Besides, this was one of the top songs in my list when I started learning how to play soloist. And I wanted to take this opportunity to record it.

That's all for now! I hope you enjoyed it!

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Estamos de vuelta con los miércoles de carpintería. En esta ocasión, es la siguiente parte del proyecto que vimos hace dos semanas. Ahora seguimos con lo que se refiere a la aplicación del sellador.

No había podido dar este paso porque el clima se ha portado muy mal a lo largo del territorio nacional. La lluvia y los cambios de presión atmosférica afectan a la madera y estos productos. Pero después de pedir un poco de sellador bueno a mi maestro, me dispuse a seguir con el proyecro.

La aplicación del sellador es uno de esos pasos repetitivos y no tan complejos. Es básicamente como aplicar pintura a una pared. Claro, sin repasar. Ahí es donde está clave. Ya que este producto se disuelve con thinner, repasar puede remover la capa que ya hemos creado y causar un desastre.

También es que dar con la marca adecuada de sellador ha sido un proceso de ensayo y error. La marca que utilizaba al comienzo no se consigue en esta ciudad. Y bueno, hasta ahora he utilizado algunos bastante malos. El último que usé básicamente se echó a perder. Cosa que es común en un lugar tan húmedo como Cumaná, pero que también responde a la calidad del sellador.

Además, durante el proceso he contado con las opiniones y trucos de otros fabricantes a nivel nacional y eso me ha llevado a hacer cambios en el manera de aplicar el sellador con el fin de obtener los mejores resultados. Esto es motivo de alegrías. Significa que esos días en que la información era guardada celosamente por unos pocos individuos, van llegando a su fin. Y es que guardae secretos en el oficio no lleva a ningún lado. Cada a aporte nuevo es el punto de partida ideal para otro fabricante. Siempre que se ayuda a avanzar un oficio u arte, todos ganamos.

En el área del acabado del instrumento, me he visto limitado al no contar con mi propio compresor para hacer experimentos con la aplicación de diversos productos. Pero todo se va a haciendo poco a poco. Algún día podré decir que el taller tiene una entrada de dinero que lo hace autosustentable. Hasta entonces, se seguirá trabajando la luthieria como un pasatiempo. Uno bastante costoso, pero con el potencial de producir algunas piezas muy interesantes.

¿Qué cosa es mejor para un artista que poder crear algo de arte funcional?

Mientras se acerca el final del proyecto, no puedo olvidar recordar cuando comencé en el oficio. Indudablemente, se han cometido varios errores en el camino, pero eso ha servido como el punto de apoyo para lograr avances muy interesantes.

Y bueno, este cuatro experimental me ha tomado algo de tiempo debido a otras ocupaciones, pero cada vez que puedo avanzar el proyecto, trato de llevarlo más cerca de su culminación. Lo bueno es que ya quedan muy pocos pasos para llegar a esa etapa y probar cuál será el sonido que tendrá.

Esto ha sido todo por ahora. Si tienen alguna pregunta, la sección de comentarios está disponible para todas ellas. Todos los comentarios son bienvenidos.

¡Espero que tengan un día genial!

We are back in Woodworking Wednesdays with a direct follow up of this project which was sanded two weeks ago. Now, we move in with the pore filling. In this case, we are using sealant.

Bad weather had kept me away from doing anything workshop related. All those changes on barometric pressure are bad for wood and products. Sealant and thinner are finicky with humidity. However, since I could get my hands on a bit of good sealant courtesy of my mentor, I decided to press forward.

Applying sealant is a fun as painting a wall. It is one of the least complex tasks of the whole process. It still has its nuances. For example, once you apply a coat, you should go back the same way. That's because the thinner used as solvent can remove your previous layer and make a mess.

Trying to get a good sealant has also been a problem. The brand that I sued by default disappeared from the city. That has led me to do take others for tests. They have gone their job on the spot. However, they get spoiled too quickly, which isn't weird since we live in a coatal city with loads of humidity. But it isn't fair with my budget.

Also, I've had the opportunity to have some counsel from more experienced luthiers in this specific area. This has led to sone tweaks in the way of applying sealant to achieve the best results. It brings me lots of joy. This means sharing information isn't tabu anymore. The times when people withheld information out of spite or jealousy are coming to an end. The betterment of our crafts comes from this sharing is knowledge with the newer members of the guild. It gives the the chance to start with some advantage. Thus, furthering the growth of luthierie in general.

However, I've been limited to this date. Not having my own equipment for applying the finishes has stopped me from learning new techniques and experiment on this are. But things are how they are for the time. One day, I hope to find myself having a steady income from the workshop and being able to invest in to from its own profits. Until it is self-sustainable, luthierie will be related to a hobbie of mine. An expensive one, but holding the potential to create pieces of functional art.

What could be better for an artist than being able to create such things?

And of course, this project has been delayed for quite some time. Nonetheless, every chance I get to push it forward leaves me closer to finishing it. The good news is that it is even closer to the final stages. I'm still eager to listed to this one sound.

That's been all from me for now! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in the comment section. That box is also open for any words you want to share with me!

I hope you have a great day!

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Buan día a todos. Hoy les traigo la segunda parte del conversatorio "Cuatro y Cuento" que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Cumaná el pasado sábado 15 de octubre. Este es un video más relajado con el cierre musical del evento donde tuve la oportunidad de acompañar a un ensamble de flautas y a mi amigo Rafael Becerra.

El orden de las piezas es el siguiente:

Arreglo reducido de "La Primavera" de Vivaldi
"De Conde a Principal", vals Venezolano de Aldemaro Romero con arreglo de Andrés Eloy
"Venezuela" de P. Herrera y J. L. Armenteros.
"Viajera del Rio" de Manuel Yanez.

Cabe destacar que esta es mi vuelta al escenario musical. Desde 2019 no me había presentado con ninguna agrupación ni acompañado a nadie en vivo. Así que es un gusto volver al escenario.

Si se preguntan por qué no hubo solos de cuatro, la respuesta es fácil. Estuve organizando el conversatorio y tener la opción de acompañar la música fue un respiro detrás de toda la actividad.

Espero que las piezas sean de su gusto. Si les interesa el conversatorio, está disponible en el enlace de arriba. Sin más que decir, espero que tenga un día genial.

Hi there, everyone. I'm back with part two of the event "Cuatro y Cuento", which took place in the city of Cumaná (Venezuela) last Saturday, October 15th. This is a shorter and more relaxed video. Here I wanted to show the musical closure of the whole morning. I had the chance to play along a flute ensemble and with my friend and singer, Rafael Becerra.

This is the order of the pieces:

"Spring" by Antonio Vivaldi, short arrangement.
"De Conde a Principal", Venezuelan waltz by Aldemaro Romero. Arrangement by Andrés Eloy
"Venezuela" Venezuelan waltz by P. Herrera y J. L. Armenteros.
"Viajera del Rio" Venezuelan waltz by Manuel Yanez.

I have to add that this is my return to the stage as a musician. It's been a long since I last performed on a stage or anywhere. Last time was in 2019. I'm glad to be back.

In case you're wondering why there were no Cuatro Solos, it's because I was too busy with the logistics of the event. So, when they opportunity to just play along the other musicians arose, it took a lot of weight off my shoulders.

I hope you liked all this music. If you're interested in the event, it's linked in the name. However, it's in Spanish.

Have a great day!

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Buen día a todos, volvemos con toda la actitud al #ThreeShortFriday con un tema muy útil para los músicos y luthiers. Este es mi proceso para cambiar las cuerdas en un cuatro venezolano. Es el mismo para cualquier instrumento con forma similar a este o una guitarra. Sin más que decir, sé me lancé de rebelde con el tema, pero no veo televisión, así que no tengo un personaje al que me quisiera parecer; tal vez, sí. Solo que lo sabrán en otro momento.

¿Ya grabaste tu short? ¡Qué esperás! Únete a la comunidad más genial de #Hive.

Nos veremos en otra ocasión.

Hello, I hope you're having a great day! We are back on track with this week's #ThreeShortFriday. This time I went rogue on the suggested topic to bring something useful for luthiers and musicians alike. Here's my process to change the strings on a Venezuelan Cuatro. It's the same deal with instruments of similar shapes and characteristics like a guitar and so on. I dropped the idea of the suggestion since I don't watch enough TV to think about being one of those characters; maybe I do. Who knows?

Have you made your short already? What are you waiting for? Join the coolest community on #Hive.

Be seeing you next time!

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Hola, queridos hivers de la comunidad de EspaVlog. Hoy quiero compartir con ustedes está actividad que tuve la oportunidad de moderar en la ciudad de Cumaná. Se trata del conversatorio "Cuatro y Cuento" que se llevó a acabo el pasado sábado 15 octubre y que contó con la participación del luthier Andrés Rodríguez (mi maestro) y de Rafael Becerra, cantante de la ciudad e hijo del luhtier homenajeado, Crispín Becerra.

Es un vídeo de formato largo que he dividido en dos partes. La parte musical vendrá en otra oportunidad y en otra comunidad. Pero creo que este es el lugar adecuado para toda la historia que se hila aquí mediante una conversación.

Espero que sea de su agrado y de provecho para todos los que sientan curiosidad sobre el arte y oficio de la lutheria.

Será hasta la próxima publicación. Nos leemos en los comentarios.

Hi there, hivers from this community and other places. Today, I want to share with you the activity I had the opportunity to conduct last Saturday, October 15th. I'm talking about "Cuatro y Cuento" (The Tale of the Venezuelan Cuatro). There were two special guests, my teacher and luthier, Andres Rodríguez and a famous singer from the city, Rafael Becerra, son of Crispín Becerra, a very important luthier from our city. This activity was an homage to the memory of this luhtier who passed aways last year.

I have divided the video in two parts. This is the conversation about the art and crafts of luthierie. The musical part will come in another video. I think this is the right place for the format of the activity.

I hope you enjoy it and that it might help all those people interested in the notions about the crafts of luthierie.

I'm see you on the next post and be reading you in the comment section.

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Buen día, cómo ya es costumbre de los viernes, volvemos con la iniciativa #threeshortfriday. Este semana el tema de va a aquello que muchos han llegado a sufrir. Ese abismo medio ridículo de la procrastinación. Todos sabes que la gente productiva no lo hace tanto, ¿o sí? Mi opinión al respecto es que procrastinar no es sinónimo de improductividad, pero de desorganización. Gracias a está mala práctica he aprendido muchas cosas. No todas son útiles, eso sí. ¿Qué me distrae? Pues, en el video les doy tres grandes ejemplos de cómo funciona para mí.

¿Sientes que procrastinas? ¿Qué haces cuando evades tus responsabilidades?

¡Anímate a participar y compartir tus respuestas en formato short!

Threeshortfriday is here to stay! This week we are exploring the topic of procrastination. We all know what it entails. It's this absurd abyss of avoiding your responsibilities doing something else. If we know something about it, it's that it isn't a synonym of slouching or being lazy. Procrastinators usually do a lot. I can vouch for that. I've learnt a lot while at it. Not everything is actually useful. Which are my distractions? Watch the video and find then out yourself. There are three good examples of my procrastinating habits.

Do you have any procrastinating habits? What do you do?

Gather your answers and make a short out of it. Give yourself the chance to partake in this awesome initiative!

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Hola a todos. Volvemos con la sección de miércoles de carpintería para mostrar el progreso de los proyectos en el taller. Para estar día hice un time-lapse con algo de narración para explicar un poco del proceso que estoy llevando a cabo.

Preparar el instrumento para sellar el grano de la madera es uno de los procesos más largos y tediosos de todo el proyecto, pero llegar a este pinto significa que cruzamos el límite de la construcción. Ya no hablamos de moldear el instrumento. La forma está lista. Ahora toca encargarse de la estética.

Claro, el acabado cunole más funciones que hacer que esto se vea bien. Es la capa protectora con la humedad y lo que permitirá que un instrumento se mantenga entero por muchos años de uso.

Los puntos a favor del proceso es que se necesita muy poco equipo para hacerlo. Con algunos trozos de lija basta. Necesitamos también un taco que nos sirva para mantener la lija recta y plana contra la superficie del instrumento. Esto es para remover cualquier desnivel que todavía esté presente en la superficie. Y lijar con cuidado para no hacer más desniveles. Una de las cosas más sorprendentes de esto es la utilidad de un borrador para lograr esto.

Sí, un borrador de los que utilizamos para corregir nuestros errores al escribir. Las superficies de estos objetos son planas y nos permiten cierta movilidad y flexibilidad para las zonas curvas son necesidad de recurrir a otro medio.

El truco del trapo mojado que utilizo en el video, me lo enseñó un amigo muy querido que ahora vive en Argentina. Creo que fue cuando me regaló un bokken (réplica de madera de una katana) y tenía que lijarlo para evitar las astillas. Es un truco muy bueno y aplicable a cualquier proyecto de madera.

Por ahí les dejo el dato de cuántas horas me llevó completar el proceso. No es difícil, pero sí de requiere de mucho tiempo. Y qué más contarles sobre esta parte del proyexto en particular. Es una cosa muy extraña y satisfactoria tocar la madera y sentirla suave como terciopelo.

Esto último es un buen indicador de que el acabado en el instrumento tendrá un aspecto uniforme y muy bueno. Es fácil notar cuándo hay problemas en el laqueado porque colocar una película transparente encima de un desnivel o rayón hace que esto resalte más. A fin de cuentas, la estética del instrumento es un factor muy relevante a la hora de una venta.

El sonido y la afinación siguen siendo los factores más relavantes, pero la vista es el primer sentido que entra en contacto con el instrumento y atrapa la atención de un cliente potencial. Esto hace que la shoras de liajdo sean de vital importancia para completar un proyecto.

Curiosamente, la aplicación del acabado tendrá que esperar a que la situación del clima se normalice. No se puede hacer mientras sigan las lluvias, pero eso me dará la oportunidad de adelantar otros proyectos.

Nos veremos en la siguiente entrega.

Si tienes sugerencias para el formato o algo que desees preguntar. No dudes en dejarlo en los comentarios. Con gusto responderé todas las dudas.

Hi there! I'm back with my Woodworking Wednesdays to show the process of sanding before sealing the grain of the wood. For this, I prepared a time-lapse video with some narration in Spanish to show guide you through the process. I'm going to add here a translation of some of the things I say. But images show more than words, so watching the video will explain all.

Preparing the instrument to seal the grain of the wood is when we cross the line between shaping and aesthetics. All we do from know on will be related to the looks of the instrument. So all has to be fine and dandy. And yes, this is one of the most boring processes in the build, but also one of the most important.

The finish isn't just looks. It's the layer of protection against the elements. A good finish will make sure an instrument lasts longer than it should. So achieve a good level in this step is crucial to increase the lifespan of this project.

The interesting things about this sanding marathon are that we do not need a lot of gear to do it. All we truly need is sandpaper and a sanding block. The latter will give us a flat surface to work on the uneven spots of the instrument. This will ensure flat furnaces to apply sealant. Sandpaper is here to do that work. It is now when we have to try to remove every little scratch and uneven spots in the surface of the build. But we also need to keep our eyes on the work since we do not want to create new uneven spots. A good block for doing this work is an eraser.

Yes, the same eraser we use to erase mistakes while we right. They usually have flat surfaces and they give us the element of flexibility to work of the curves of the instrument.

I'm using an old trick of a wet cloth to remove the splinters of wood. A dear friend taught me this years ago. Now, he lives in Argentina, but this happened back when he gave me a bokken (a wooden replica of a katana) and also some sandpaper to finish it. Basically, humidity makes wood fibers rise and you can remove them with sandpaper. That way this won't hallen when you apply your pore filler or sealant.

In the video, I explain that getting to this stage took me 7 hours of work. All this time standing by hand is worth it when you end up with a surface as smooth as skill. This is last part is a good indicator of an even cost of finish. Yes, it's a lot of time but it's is worth it. It also implies a lot of trial and error and touching and watching your work carefully.

Doing all this makes sure the coast won't highlight uneven spots or scratches. Once you apply your varnish, lacquer or polyurethane, everything in the surface becomes more evident. So it's better to make sure there are not any mistakes on the instrument before arriving to this point. You could always remove the coats, but time isn't renewable. And good aesthetics are important to attract new clients.

Sound and tuning are the golden standards for musical instruments but we all now we always see things first and then try to get the other information. That's how our brains work. So a good sanding gives a good chance of catching eyes.

However, the sealing of the grain will have to wait until the rain season is over. It would be a really bad thing to have this pore filling process ruined by the weather. But this will give me time to work on my other projects.

That's been all from me for now! See you next time.

If you have comments, questions or recommendations, feel free to leave them in the comment section. I'd be more than happy to answer all.

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Buen día amigos, de EspaVlog. Hoy vengo a contarles un poco de mi taller y en específico quién es la persona que me ayuda a conseguir muchas de las cosas que son imposibles de comprar aquí en Venezuela. Además, hay coroticos nuevos. ¿A quién no le gusta eso?

Este video esta dedicado a mi prima, Anna, por toda su ayuda. De verdad que sin ella, no tendría ninguna de las herramientas que he adquirido. Ella es el capital humano que impulsa mi proyecto mientras Hive es el capital monetario.

Hi, there EspaVlog. Today, I'm coming with a story about my workshop. Specifically, who helps me with my purchases. To get those things which are impossible to acquire in Venezuela. And also, there's new thingies. Who doesn't like new shiny stuff?

This video is dedicated to my cousin Anna, who is the human capital behind my project. Without her, I wouldn't have half of the things I have purchased in these 3 years of work. Hive is, of course, the source on income.

***Video y fotos tomados con mi teléfono inteligente Redmi Note 8.

Portada hecha con Canva.

Edición del video realizada con Capcut.

Música libre de copyright.

Photos and video taken with my Redmi note 8 smartphone.

Cover photo edited with Canva.

Video editing made with Capcut.

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¡Estamos de vuelta en la comunidad de cortos más activa de Hive! Y como siempre es un gusto participar en la iniciativa de #ThreeShortFriday. Esta semana tenemos la oportunidad de presentar el corto con la misma idea de la semana pasada. Debido a fallas técnicas, 3speak no estaba disponible para nosotros el viernes pasado. Pero eso es historia. Hoy volvemos con toda la actitud para hablar sobre nuestros 3 hobbies favoritos.

¿Qué tal?

¿Cuáles son los tuyos? ¡Anímate a participar!

Como siempre espero que mi video halla sido de su agrado y nos vemos en la sección de comentarios.

We are back on the most active shorts community in Hive! As always it's great to partake in the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. This week we are able to pick up where we left on previous Friday since 3speak wasn't available for us. But that's history. The topic this time is about our favorite hobbies!

What's do you think about mine?

Which are yours? Come on, try to make s short telling us yours!

As always I hope you liked my short and we'll see each other in the comments section!

***Videos y fotos tomados con mi teléfono inteligente Redmi Note 8.

Edición del vídeo realizado con CapCut.

Imagen de portada y final del vídeo hechas con Canva.

Música libre de copyright.

Videos and photos taken with Redmi Note 8 smartphone.

Video editing made with Capcut

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¡Buen día, geeks de todas las edades! Es un gusto saludarlos nuevamente. Paso otra vez por aquí para traerles el unboxing de estos audífonos, marca Maxwell, que adquirí el lunes. Como mencionaba en el video, necesitaba estos para participar en una entrevista para nuestra querida plataformas de Hive y no tenía unos. Así que toco usar algo de HBD para hacer la compra y justo ahora les diré que otras cosas aprendí sobre ellos.

Comodidad El diseño es bastante cómodo y creo que se ajustarían al cualquier tipo de oído. Digo esto porque yo sufrí un accidente en mi oído derecho y el canal auditivo es más angosto que el izquierdo. Entonces, suelo tener problemas con el ajuste de los audífonos. Siempre se sale el derecho. Es un fastidio.

Además, estos cuentan con imanes en el reverso de las bocinas. Esto los hace muy fáciles de guardar y recoger en el momento en que queramos llevarlos a otra parte. Los audífonos sueltos se suelen enredar en algo y terminan por romperse. Me ha pasado cualquier cantidad de veces y es bueno tener un tipo de prevención ante esto.

Calidad de audio y micrófono. Aquí tenemos otros puntos fuertes. Las frecuencias de reproducción están muy buenas. En especial los bajos, me gusta escucharme música instrumental y estos audífonos parecieran hechos para esa clase de música. También su forma les da cancelación de ruido.

Esto es un adicional para las llamadas. Ahora podré participar en la curaciones en vivo sin problema.

El micrófono también es bastante bueno aunque sí que capta más ruido del ambiente de lo que me gustaría. Pero no parece ser un problema muy grave. De cualquier manera no es un micrófono especializado, pero hace el trabajo para el que fue diseñado.

Longitud Quizá sea uno de mis puntos en contra. Miden un total de 125 cm. Me gustaría que la medida total fuera de metro y medio como mínimo. A veces es necesario. Pero es un tema personal. Creo que la costumbre de usar audífonos inalámbricos ya me hace sentir algo raro al usar unos con cables otra vez. Y creo que debería añadir que el tipo de cable tejido se siente más resistente que los audífonos convencionales.

Precio Aquí voy con el otro punto en contra. Creo que 10$ es un gasto un poco elevado para esto, pero tomando en cuenta los puntos anteriores quizá sí los valgan. Eso ya lo dirá el uso y su duración. Igual creo que fue una inversión que tuve que hacer con un poco de prisa dadas las situaciones. Pero hasta ahora no he tenido problemas con ellos. Solo estoy tratando de no usarlos mucho y tenerlos exclusivamente para cuando necesite usar un manos libres. Después de todo, los audífonos de cable siguen teniendo la ventaja de no necesitar carga. Y tampoco tienes que escuchar la voz china en inglés decir que el dispositivo ha sido conectado o se desconectó. Y menos aún escuchar la alarma de batería baja.

Conclusión Si disponen del dinero y quieren algo un poco más caro y resistente. Estos son una buena opción. También hay más colores para los gustos de cada quien. Y bueno, con esto me despido.

Espero que tengan un día excelente y nos vemos en el próximo unboxing y reseña de producto.

Good morning, geeks of all ages! I'm back with an ubxoing and review of some Maxwell earphones I bought on Monday. As I said in the video, I needed some hands free earphones to take part in an interview for a blog here on the Blockchain. Fortunately, I had some HBD to solve this issue. Let me tell you some things I learnt about them!

Comfort Some years ago, I suffered an accident that led to the shrinking of my right ear channel. This has been a pain in the ass for using earphones. The right one always drops down. It is annoying. However, the design of these seems to be a blessing for my ears. They are comfortable and I haven't had this issue since I started using them.

Their reverse also has a magnet. So you can join the earphones, thus making then easier to store or move around. There's nothing worse than having your earphones get stuck on something and breaking. It has happened to me more times than I would like to admit.

Audio Quality The are geared towards booting the bass. This is great, but it doesn't mean the other frequency suffer much from it. It fantastic to listen to instrumental music with them. Also, the offer some measure of sound cancelling, so while you're in a call, you will not suffer from environmental interferences.

This is even better. With them, I'll be able to participate in live curation in discord servers.

The microphone works well too. It takes a bit more of environmental sounds than I would like, but it performs well. Needless to say it isn't a specialized gadget for recording or podcasts.

Cable length This is one of the negative points. I would like the full length of the earphones to be aroudn 1,50 metres. It is only 1,25. It seems like a weird to say, but this extra chord would make then even more comfortable. Of course, I'm talking form the perspective of someone who I used to wireless headphones and earphones. So, this might not be the worst thing in the world. Speaking of cable, I should add that the entwined threaded cable is a plus. It feels sturdy and might add to the overall lifetime of the earphones.

Price At 10$, this are some expensive earphones. So you might consider it better when you try to buy for something like this. There's a list of pros and cons to make the choice. However, I think having something at this price should at least be considered when buying something you feel is going to last for a long time. I had to buy them in a rush because there was no time, but I haven't had more than petty complains about it. One important pro for them is that cable earphones do not require charge. It's a plug and go situation. You don't have to listen to the annoying voice saying connected or disconnected so many times. Even better, there's no alarm for low battery.

Conclusion If you have the money and wanna invest in something a little bit better, these are a nice choice. They also come in different colours.

I hope you liked my review and unboxing and I'll see you next time!

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Estamos de vuelta en el escenario de #openmic para comparitr una participación. En esta ocasión el tema hace referencia a la creatividad y el estilo libre.

No sé cuánto haya de eso en este cover solista. Aunque, me gustaría argumentar que la creatividad es un tema parecido a la belleza. Algo muy subjetivo. Podría ser que a alguien no le parezca muy creativo lo que voy a hacer. Sin embargo, podría ser que otra persona de interese en el arreglo de esta canción.

De nuevo, traigo mi cuatro venezolano para tocar otra canción de la tradición. Esta es Criollísima, un merengue venezolano de Henry Martínez con letra de Luis Laguna. Esos dos nombres tienen una relevancia enorme en el ámbito musical venezolano porque esos señores se encargaron de darle una imagen totalmente distinta al género del merengue venezolano. Bajo sus ideas y pluma, la música y letras de las canciones sufrió un cambio radical.

Gracias a ellos existen merengues que como este que interpretaré para ustedes que son unas verdaderas cartas de amor a la música. No hay tal cosa como una versión oficial de la canción en la web, pero si un montón de versiones. Muchas son cantadas. Entonces, ahí podrán escuchar la letras de está hermosísima canción.

Espero que mi arreglo e interpretación sean de su agrado y los sin más que agregar, los espero en la sección de comentarios.

We are back on the stage for #openmic. This week's topic is "Creativity and Free Style".

I don't know how much of that is present in this soloist cover. However, I could say that creativity is subjective like beauty. Some may think there's none in my performance; others, might applaud my effort in making this arrangement.

Once again, me and my trusty Venezuelan cuatro will sing for you a beautiful song form traidion. Criollísima is the name of the Venezuelan merengue composed by Henry Martínez and lyrics by Luis Laguna. These two manes are of big importance for this specific genre of traditional music. Under their ideas and writing, the popular Veneuzlen Merengue suffered a radical change.

It's thanks to them that songs like this one exist. True love letters to the music itself. There's not an official version of this song online, but there's plenty of versions. Lots of them are sung. With one of them, you can get a glimpse at the beauty of this song.

I hope you enjoy my arrangement and performance. With no more to add, let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

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¿Qué tal geeks de todas las edades? Un gusto saludarlos. Por primera vez en mi vida de gamer (que tampoco es que he sudo tan gamer en mi vida), decidí grabar un vídeo de una partida. En esta ocasión, es Call of Duty Mobile. Juego que empecé hace años, creo que durante los inicios de la pandemia. Ustedes saben. Eran los tiempos oscuros de jugar Ludo (parchís).

Así que durante esos tiempos comencé con este juego para teléfono móvil. Yo siempre he sido pésimo para los shooters. En mis últimos días como gamer de PC, jugaba Warframe y ahí hacia más utilizando las armas de cuerpo a cuerpo y otro montón de cosas. Les recomiendo aquel juego ciua descripción es Ninja Space FPS. Sí, así de exótico.

En fin, jugar esto me trae gratos recuerdos. Esto era una de las cosas que solía jugar con mis primos antes de que se fueran para Argentina. Luego, con mis primos en Caracas. Y bueno, ya es algo que se da. Pero así es la vida.

Bueno, Calm of Duty es de esos juegos que no necesita demasiada presentación. Es un juego de armas y disparos que para consolas generalmente se clasifica cómo FPS (first person shooter/tirador en primera persona). Está ambientado en temáticas de guerra y ejércitos. El más popular ha sido el Modern Warfare II. Hasta la fecha han salido muchos. Este para móvil tiene una perspectiva en tercera persona (algo popularizado por el juego Resident Evil 4).

En sus modoa de juego, contiene dos formas. La tradicional, que es un duelo por equipos en mapas cerrados. El otro, es el battle royal. Donde en un mapa abierto se hacen equipos de 4 y gana el último equipo en pie.

Pero suficiente de fichas técnicas. Yo soy un jugador de puzzles y sandbox. Estos FPS me dan una ansiedad terrible y mi puntería se torna tan mala como la gente que no puede batear la bola de gas de Maracaibo con las puertas de la catedral. Pregunten a un marabino sobre estos datos. He hecho el intento de hacer este gameplay como manera de explorar otras posibilidades de contenido.

La verdad me he divertido mucho a costillas del autobullying. Si no me voy a echar vaina a mi mismo, a quién. Lo peor de todo es que mis armas favoritas en esta clase de juego con los rifles francotiradores. O sea, me gusta irme por lo difícil. Ya verán a lo que me refiero en el video.

También me gustaría hacer la salvedad que es el primero e intente hacerlo tan sencillo como pude. Como grabo todo desde el teléfono, no tengo la opción de colocar mis reacciones en tiempo real en video. Y si notan que el audio está un poco fuera de tiempo es porque fue grabado encima del video con la ayuda de la app Capcut.

Sin mucho más que agregar, espero que disfruten mi falta de manos para jugar esto. Quizá haya momentos de risa o no. Cualquier recomendación, no duden en dejarla en los comentarios. Espero poder volver con más contenido de este tipo y otros contenidos tecnológicos.

PD. Si les falta un manco como yo en su equipo, no duden en mandar una invitación. Estoy bajo el seudónimo Skifbladnir.

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Woodworking Wednesdays are back. There's been some busy days at the workshop preparing more instruments and getting others closer to their final stage. That's always a lot of fun and it's been better to share some of that progress with you. Today, we are on for a treat. I wanted to start making some videos like some of the luthiers I admire. They are not on Hive, so it's my chance to make the breakthrough in the web 3.0. With no further a due, I'm gonna show you how I place the frets on an instrument and the position markers as well.

Volvemos a las sección de miércoles de carpintería. Han sido unos días algo atareados en el taller armando algunos instrumentos y llevando otros proyectos a sus etapas finales. Eso siempre es genial, pero es mejor cuando puedo mostrarles algo de este proceso. Hoy, tenemos una ocasión especial. Desde hace tiempo he querido hacer videos como mis luhtiers favoritos. Ellos no están en Hive así que tengo la oportunidad de ser el primero en crear este tipo de contenido en la web 3.0. Sin más preámbumos, les mostraré como coloco los trates y los puntos armónicos en uno de mis instrumentos.

Frets / Trastes

Frets are these metal pieces we find on instruments alongside the neck on the front of an instrument. They divide the fretboard into sections which are also called frets. It's kind of confusing; their function isn't. Placing your fingers in one of these sections makers the strings shorter, giving in a higher pitch sound. Thus, you can make more sounds. That's instruments' mechanics 101. Placing then is not enough. Since they are made of metal, we need to file the edges and then give then a bevel on both ends. This will prevent and cuts in the musician's fingers while they play.

Los trates son estas piezas metálicas que encontramos al frente del instrumento a lo largo del mástil. Estos dividen el diapasón en intervalos exactos. Estos espacios también se llaman trastes. Es algo confuso; su funciono no. Si colocas un dedo sobre una cuerda y pisas, te darás cuenta que ahora la cuerda es más corta y el sonido más agudo. Por lo tanto, hay más sonidos. Es un ejemplo del funcionamiento básico de un instrumento musical de cuerdas. No obstante, al estar hechos de metal hay que limarlos y biselarlos en los bordes para evitar que el músico se corte mientras toca.

In the video, you can see how I changed my approach at fret placing. Optiong yo cut the length needed instead of trying to keep the fretwire complete. It is easier that way. I guess that's why many luthiers do so.

En el video pueden observar como cambié el método para colocarlos. Cortar la cantidad de traste necesaria para cada ranura es más fácil que mantener el rollo completo. Supongo que por eso muchos luthiers lo hacen de esta manera.

Position markers / Puntos armónicos

They are optional but useful. These come in different shapes and materials. The idea behind these is to place them as marks on key frets. That way a musician has a resource to locate certain notes while playing. In the Venezuelan Cuatro, the common frets for them are the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th and 15th (but that also depends on the number of frets).

Estas piezas son opcionales pero muy útiles. Se pueden hacer de diversos materiales y formas. La idea es tener una marca en una posición de referencia para el músico. En el cuatro venezolano, las posiciones comunes son en los trastes 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 y 15 (aunque depende de la cantidad de trates).

To place them, I first marked the position on one side of the fretboard. Drilled a hole for each position markers (two at fret 12 since that's the mark of an octave). Then, put some cyanoacrylate in each hole and started to place this piece of aluminium, tap it with my hammer and they cut it with pliers. After each piece was in place, some filing and sanding did the work.

Para colocarlos, primero se marcó la posición a un lado del diapasón. Se hicieron agujeros para cada punto armónico (dos en el traste 12 para marcar la octava). Luego, se colocó cianoacrilato en cada agujero. Para terminar, se colocó un trozo de aluminio en cada agujero, ajustando cada uno con el martillo y cortando con pinzas. Posteriormente, se utilizó una lima y lija para terminar el trabajo.

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On September 12 I had the chance to attend to a very special masterclass dictated by our Jorge Glen. Yes, the guy you saw palings the Venezuelan Cuatro in the video.

This was a thrilling ocasion for our city since Jorge doesn't live here. He moved to New York years ago and he's been doing amazing things with that instrument. What kind of amazing things? Well, to make the list short, I'll mention two. First he was part of the show in the Hollywood Bowl alongside Gustavo Dudamel (another Venezuelan). Second, he recently pskyed at Carnegie Hall and has a photo with Anne Hathaway. That's a long was from four little and sad city by coast.

This was my view. There were a lot of musicians present. Some if then traveled from the other coast.

The idea of this class was to inspire younger musicians and maybe have then learn something.

My goal during this class was maybe get him to play one of my instruments. However, the week prior to the event, my teacher, Jorge's godfather warned about the amount of people that would be attending. And without getting too crazy, the number of musicians in the class was around 250. I think it was more than that. And we were cramped up in a small place at Guaqueri Park.

The park was in awful conditions. Nowadays, it looks more like a swamp than a park. It rained that day. And I achieve my mission. I was there at the back of the rows and could only attend to the class until 6:00 p.m. Another important thing is that the park has no illumination whatsoever. I was over encumbered that day, so I wasn't going to risk my luck.

The Masterclass itself

The camas started with the song you heard in the video. It is a composition of Jorge, a joropo known as "El Pez Volador" (an homage to the flying fish we could see in other times flying near the coast of Cumaná). The lesson went on going through some basic knowledge of the instrument. The ins and outs of melody and harmony. But then it transformed into a concert. The reason if this is simple. All levels of students were present in the class. We mjgbt as well have been there without any instrument as the playing we did was so little. The guy is an excellent musician. But the organisation of the whole event was weird.

However, when I mentioned this to a friend the Saturday of that week, she told me fair and square that the idea wasn't the class per se. She catalogued the thing as a PR Stunt. And I see the gist of it. He got some publicity of good cause behind him. The private sector businesses did too. And this served no actual purpose.

A lot of us left the place astonished by Jorge' skills, but that's something you can also do by watching him play on YouTube. Though I have to admit that watch him create a whole set of music with just a Venezuela Cuatro and a looper is some amazing thing. It's way better live! And sorry no video, I was too busy being amazed at the fact that one person can create a while Salsa percussion orchestra with just one instrument. And that's the tip of the iceberg!

A Saving grace

I wouldn't throw all the idea into publicity. The guy doesn't need it. Maybe the stunt was pulled off by lther people trying to use his fame to capitalize on something. But Jorge came with an interesting message to all musicians present. It was simple, yet beautiful. To paraphrased it went something like this:

Music is not a race. Each time we see someone in trouble, we ought to ho that person without judging them not mocking them. As musicians, we all add to the art. And when we help others, we add even more to it. Those who receive ho today, will multiply this. Just imagine how further we might get of we helped each other to be their best instead of focusing on our own selfishness.

The message wasn't that long, but that's all what it encompassed.

In the end, it was a weird day. I went back home thinking about how I brought too many things with me for nothing. The message makes it worth it. That and the juice box they gave me as part of the refreshments for the attendees.

Some friends were joking about what we had learned. I published a cover that week, I think. They were joking about how my playing got better just from going to the Masterclass. I guess the jokes about it make it worth my while too.

But the funniest joke was the people form El Sistema tried to make it look like they were in charge of the while event while it was clear they had nothing to do with none of it. That's a classic move of anything related with the government.

What do you think about it?

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Para esta nueva edición de la iniciativa #ThreeShortFriday continuo con mi contenido sobre el cuatro venezolano. En esta ocasión, aprenderemos un poco sobre una de las partes de este instrumento. ¿Para qué sirve? ¿Por qué está ahí? ¿Cómo se puede usar? Todo eso y más en el cómodo formato de menos de 1:20 minutos.

Mi idea con estos cortos es seguro difundiendo información sobre el instrumento nacional venezolano. Al ser el único luthier haciendo contenido de su trabajo en la plataforma, siento que es mi responsabilidad hablar sobre estos temas y el formato se presta para hacerlo con bastante precisión.

Espero que sea de su agrado.

Como siempre, sus sugerencias son bienvenidas en los comentarios.

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Espero que todos se encuentren muy bien. Hace poco terminé mi primera serie de instrumentos y había grabado unos vídeos hablando sobre estos, pero no había conseguido el tiempo para terminar de editar un poco y subirlos.

Se trata de el número 8 y el número 10, parte b. Dentro de los vídeos hablo de sus características de construcción y hago una prueba de sonido muy corta.

Ambos instrumentos se encuentran a la venta, por si les interesa. Y sí, se aceptan pagos en HIVE y HBD y cualquier otra cryptomoneda. La solicitud puede venir por el discord que se encuentra al final del post.

Sin mucho más que agregar, espero que el video haya sido de su agrado. Sus comentarios son bienvenidos. Y será hasta la próxima.

I hope you're having great day! A while ago I finished my first run of instruments and I had recorded these videos to showcase them. But other things kept me from editing and uploading them.

These are number 8 and 10, part b. In the videos, I mention some of the features and run a little sound test.

Both are part of the workshop's stock, thus available for sale. And yes, I accept payments in HIVE, HBD, and other cryptocurrencies. There's some contact info at the end of the post.

That's all from me. I hope you enjoy watching these two. Your comments are always welcome. Until next time!

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Es un gusto volver por acá con la iniciativa de #ThreeShortFriday. En esta oportunidad @lililuki nos ha invitado a participar con un corto en el cual hablemos de 3 temas que nos gusta publicar. Creo que es fácil adivinar lo que voy a hablar, pero siempre es interesante hacer algo así sobre nuestras pasiones. Todavía no estoy muy diestro en el tema de la edición, pero poco a poco los vídeos van mejorando. En este caso, tomé el acompañamiento de un Joropo Oriental creación de mi primo Francisco "Chico Mono" Cortesía para acompañar mi video. Si se preguntan quién toca el fondo, soy yo. Espero que les guste y que se sumen a la iniciativa.

It's always a blast to come back here with the #ThreeShortFriday initiative. This time my dear, @lililuki has given us the task of talking about 3 topics we like to post the most. I think mine are pretty obvious, but it's always nice to talk about our passions. I'm still not great at editing, but little by little I'm getting the hang of it. I also went I step forwards and recorded the harmony of a Joropo from my cousin Francisco "Chico Mono" Cortesía and that's what you listen in the background. Yes, that's me playing the cuatro. I hope you enjoy this and try to make your own short for the initiative.

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Es un gusto saludarlos en este día. Espero estén muy bien. En este video les quiero mostrar algunas cosas que adquirí luego del reto de creación de contenido. Hace tiempo venían pensando en comprsr algunas cosas para mejorar el contenido del blog. Bueno, esto es solo el primer paso. Ojalá este video tipo unboxing me haya quedado bien. Estas dos cosas sumaron un total de 20$ al cambio y 5$ adicionales con el envío por la empresa de encomiendas.

Aquí adjuto algunas fotos de cuánto llegaron. Y quiero hacer una acotación pertinente. En el video hago mención del problemas de los carros pasando frente mi casa. No se escucha mucho por la música de fondo. Pero no vayan a creer que estoy loco por decir eso. Ya lo estoy, pero lo de los carros también es cierto. Bueno eso es todo. Agradecimientos especiales a @lililuki por darme la idea de hacer este video. Si no la siguen, ¿qué esperan? Su contenido es genial.

¡Hasta la próxima!

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After some weeks off, I'm back again. Hello, there fellow musicians and music lovers. This week's topic of #openmic goes over a concept know as Tevazu. A word that translates to humility and modesty. I would like to ask how much do we practice this as artists. There's a lot to be said about the whims of artistic life and how it engulf us. Some of the vest artists go beyond the scope of this word. Perhaps they think the world owes them something. But who knows?

I'd like to take this chance to go over a song I first recorded years ago. The results weren't good. I suffer whenever I see that video. Yet, it still exists. Locked in my YouTube profile. It is a reminder of how work ought to be done in order to achieve better results. Some classes ago, my teacher came with the song. I was laughing when I listened to it. But I took as a chance to remind myself of the concept of humility. Going over my previous attempt in order to make something different and better.

I think that's the case. Here I made a new cover of a Venezuelan Waltz by César Prato, this one is called Media Luna Andina . It is a beautiful song. It has won many a singing festival. And in retrospect, it would've been better for another topic, but it's here now. The better version of it at least. This one has rain drops and a car in the sound. But that's what I get from recording in the front yard. I'm not free from ambient sounds yet.

I hope you like it. And as always, your comments and welcome.

Después de unas semanas ocupadas, volvemos al ruedo. Espero que todos los colegas músicos y amantes de la música se encuentren bien. En esta semana exploramos el tema Tevazu . Este concepto se traduce como humildad o modestia. Me gustaría saber cuántos practicamos algo de esto. La vida artística es un vendaval de emociones. Aquellos en la cima a veces olvidan estas ideas. Quizá creen que el mundo les debe algo. ¿Quién sabe?

En lo que a mí respecta, quiero aprovechar esta oportunidad para otro intento en una canción que ya había publicado hace años. Esta existe en los fondos más recónditos de mi perfil de YouTube y ahí se quedará como un recordatorio de cómo hacer el trabajo para tener los mejores resultsdos. Hace unas semanas, mi profesor salió con esta canción en plena clase. Un ataque de risa después, ví la oportunidad de prepararme para esto. Parte de la humildad es reconecer nuestra necesidad de mejorar. Así que aquí voy a enmendar aquella grabación.

El tema en cuestión es Media Luna Andina, un vals venezolano del compositor César Prato. Es una canción hermosa que se ha ganado más de un festival de canto. Quizá hubiera encajado mejor en otra semana, pero ahora el momento se dio ahora. Espero que mi nuevo intento le haga justicia. Dentro del acompañamiento tengo gotas de lluvia y un carro. Son cosas que no puedo dejar por fuera por los momentos. ¿Qué se le va a hacer?

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For the artisan, craft is an end in itself. For you, the artist, craft is the vehicle for expressing your vision. Craft is the visible edge of art. -David Bayles

The weekend comes by and I fell like I'm making a post about my last days of the week with the intention of pondering upon the future of the workshop. It seems like G-dog knew something. He has an oracle's insight sometimes. There are also plenty of interesting topics to address in this #weekend-engagement initiative.

With no further a due, let's dive in:

First Run of Instruments

As some of you might know, I'm a luthier. That means I build musical instruments. My area of expertise is the Venezuelan Cuatro for the moment but my sights are into expanding my crafting repertoire. I think every maker of cordophones (strings instruments) ought to know how to build guitars. They are the most popular instrument in the world. But I digress.

My first big project was completion 10 instruments on my own. On Thursday, during the religious celebration that takes place on September 8th each year, I found myself making the last bits of work to accomplish this goal.

Yesterday, I made the last pieces for the instruments and got the tuning machines and strings on them. They were number 8 and 10 part b. These were the last two of the first batch. And the results were incredible.

After going over some final details, I can make a list of the things I've learnt on this two years of work making these ones:

Lessons

Trust your instincts when building. A lot of experienced people will like to tell you what to do. Listen to them, hut not to their egos. And there's a lot of ego among artists.
Be in the search of your own aesthetics. We want our instruments to be recognized wherever they stand. They are a represebtstiin of your ideas and self. Stay true to that. Imitation might help you understand the process, but there will be a time when you need to break the mold
If you don't feel like working, don't. Rest is important. The art is taxing for body and mind. Taking a break from work will be for the better of any project.
Never let a "client" try diminish your work. Making an instrument requieres a lot of time. If they don't have the money and would argue about your prices, send them to hell. But do it politely.
Trust you selection of materials. People will want to tell you how to do your job. Nod in agreement and keep doing your thing.
Accept advice whenever needed. Don't let th bego of others cloud your judgement. But don't let yours do the same. If you don't know something and need to ask, do. And thank the person who gives you th answers.
Always make your keep a spare time to observe th development of your instruments. Wood moved and shifts according to the weather and tension. Unfortunately, a lot of the issues with an instrument are only visible once the strings are on. This is the time to fix any details.
Be flexible with payments, but don't let people take advantage of this. You can have as many payment methods as you need. But let people know your work is not for free and they need to pay in order to see the results.
Don't stop studying. Crafts need a lot of hours in both practical and theoretical knowledge. Don't think you know everything. There's always something new to learn.
Never. Never. Never. For any reason in the world accept a request where the client states they will bring the wood. Why? Simple. Choosing the right woods for the project is part of the process. You could get the most beautiful exotic and expensive woods. And the build might results deaf. This happens because of a plethora of reasons. To put it simple and technical at the same time. There should be a difference on tones between the back and sound board. If they have the same tone, frequencies will cancel themselves out. Thus, the instrument will lack volume and projection. Thusz you'll have a nice piece of stringed furniture.

Words for the future.

So 10 lessons for 10 instruments. I don't want to go into crafting details since I have a whole section of the blog for that. That reminds that I need to create collections of posts for each build. Or at least one in which we have all the instruments.

The aftermath of this first run has given me insights about the business and how to make the instruments. I need to build lots of things to make my work easier, just all in due time. Meanwhile, my weekends will be full of more woodworking and more instruments on the making.

Showcase

So you might be wondering how these instruments look like. Don't worry. I'm here to show you some photos of my instruments.

This is Dis. Number 10 part b.

This is Ask. Number 8

A Saving Grace

It might look like I'm chestkng, but here's some footage of the work I was doing to finish this two. I also added mounting the strings on Ask. Moreover, yesterday I went to my teacher's house. The music teacher. And he tested both. I had some fixes to do on Dis but he fell in love with Ask. That latter part is really cool. That means it's quite s good instrument. And that's just awesome and something to brag about.

While you read this, I'll be working on more projects over the weekend. New and better instruments are on the making. And I'm glad to be able to share them around here.

Have a great weekend!

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Estamos de vuelta en esta gran iniciativa de #ThreeShortFriday y hoy quería comentarles un poco sobre este acabado que logré en este instrumento. En el vídeo hago énfasis en lo lento que seca el barniz. Y es que el barniz es muy pegajoso y seca muy lento. La laca es más práctica. Me la recomendaron demasiado y al fin hice la prueba. ¿Quieres saber cómo queda? En el video está y en poco más de un minuto. ¿Te lo vas a perder? Me está gustando está modalidad de explicar temas de lutheria en menos de un minuto. Es un reto, pero eso lo hace más divertido. Pronto volveremos con más. Mientras sigo disfrutando de terminar otros dos instrumentos. Es que estoy como en Hive. Solo que soy el bot que construye cuatros. Por ahí entenderán la referencia.

¡Qué tengan un buen día!

We are back for another instalment of #ThreeShortsFriday. This time I'm talking about the finish of my instruments. On this one in particular, I dropped the varnish which is sticky and dries really slow for lacquer (nitrocellulose lacquer). It is beyond a lot of details a really good product. I had plenty of recommendations to use it in the past, but I finally made up my mind to use it. Wanna know the results? Just watch the video. It's a bit more than a minute. Are you gonna miss it? This whole idea of going over luthierie topics in short videos is amazing. It is a challenge but that makes it way better! I'll be back with more. Meanwhile, I'll keep my streak of finishing instruments. Now, I'm full on bot-mode on real life as well. Some will get that reference.

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Welcome back to Woodworking Wednesdays, the weekly digest of ongoing projects in the workshop. In today's issue, let's have a look at the development of some projects that were out to the sideline.

Almost there.

There were two instruments left for finish. On my last visit to the workshop last Sunday, I had the chance of starting this with some lacquer and have them almost ready. There are missing nuts, saddles, tuning machines and strings, but that means they are almost there in regards to completion.

It's always great to come back to the place where I learnt to make instruments. Each time I'm there, I learn something new. This time it was about the properties of lacquer. I found out that this thing dries almost as fast as you spray it. It's crazy! You apply it and you needn't wait for to long. This means I'm saying my farewells to varnish. It might be brighter, but the fast drying time is way better. Beisdes, finishes can be tweaked. So the instrument could shine or not. That depends on the buyer. Or in this case of me. Since these do not have a buyer yet.

After the lacquer is on, the process is the same. We smooth the surface with fine-grit sandpaper (I used a 1500 grain) and water. We just need to be careful because lacquer is way thinner than varnish. It is also easier to smooth. So the use of sandpaper should be very light. Then, we can apply as much polish as we want to make it shine!

Bridges

This is my dose of adrenaline of the month. Since we are starting I had a double shot. After the polish, we need to remove the finish from the place where we are going to glue the bridge. Yes, it is weird, but it would be weirder to have the bridge hit your hands while you are playing. Ok, that could be a really funny thing to watch. Regardless, the idea is to make the are free of any material so you glue wood with wood.

Once the area is clean, we can drill holes through the bridge and sound board to make some anchors on the bridge. This will help us keep it steady after applying the glue. Also, it will be fixed in once once we apply pressure to glue it. Here I used a bike's inner tube to hold the bridge in place and some pieces of wood for extra pressure.

Showing off a bridge

So I wanted to show a bridge I made out of a piece of wood I thought I had ruined with my router. It tunrs out it only needed some work.

I'll be showing the whole process on video. I'm trying to record more of my work to show around here since I think this series needs a revamp. In these photos, I wanted to show the finish of this purpleheart. It looks amazing!

A different desing

Going off from these two instruments, let's see how the concert ones are doing. Let's start with the one I showed last week. It needed an adjustment in the headstock since the whole are is smaller that what I usually do. So I went ahead and make it more modern .

I've plenty of similar designs, so I wanted to try one myself. It was easy to do with my router and files.

Fretboards

Since my mitter box broke, I was worried about how to make th fretboards. But I went back to a very traditional way of making them. I show a lot of this process on this short. But here are some photos too. The idea is simple. You need something to keep your saw straight. With that you can do the rest. But it is a long process since you need to readjust everything for each fret slot.

And just like that you can make 4 fretboards. Some luthiers use a saw disc for this. It saves a lot of time and you can make plenty of pieces in just one day and store them.

Speaking of fretboards, I went ahead and glued two of these on some of the projects that needed them. But those photos are for another post.

Preparation

Other two instruments got their bindings channel as well.

You only see one here because the process is the same. And this one you see is my second concert-trype instrument. It has a red cedar top as well. It will back some black bindings and mahogany purflings. And it's going to be a sweet instrument. It's also going to keep me busy for the rest of the year like its counterpart.

And that's been all for today's entry. I hope you liked some of the projects show around here.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Comments are always welcome.

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Después de todo el trabajo de cumplir con el reto y tomar un descanso, pero sin dejar de publicar, les traigo mi experiencia sobre el #retodecreacion de contenido patrocinado por la comunidad Aliento. Me alegra decir que fui uno de los soldados que logró cumplir con el reto. Y la satisfacción de hacerlo va más allá de ganar la medalla y demostrarme a mi mismo que es posible. Conocí a personas increíbles que hacen contenido maravilloso y tuve la oportunidad de interactuar con ellas. Todos nos brindábamos apoyo. Parte esencial del reto fue tener un grupo de apoyo por Telegram. De lo contrario, seguro la historia hubiera sido otra. Extiendo mis felicitaciones otra vez a todos los que cumplieron con la neta y a todos aquellos que asumieron el reto de publicar con más constancia. Nos leemos por acá.

After taking a break without stopping my publishing streak, I come with my review of this content creation challenge sponsored by the Aliento community. I'm glad to say I was able to achieve the goal. Moreover, I love the feedback and chance to meet some great content creators in the platform. Mutual support was the name of the game. Thanks to our Telegram group we were able to encourage each other to follow through with this challenge. Naybe the results would've been different if the group didn't exist. Again I extend my congratulations to all the participants. To the achievers and specially to all those who took upon the themselves the mindset of publishing with more consistency. Be seeing and reading you all!

Gracias totales a estos usuarios. Seguro se me escapa alguno y me disculpo por eso.

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Después de ver cómo mis fabricantes favoritos hacen maravillas en sus redes sociales con los videos, decidí sumarme a esto. Compré un aro de luz con un trípode para tener las manos libres y seguir trabajando mientras grabo. Luego, se me ocurrió hacer un short para mostrar parte del proceso de fabricación de un diapasón. Todavía lo me acostumbro a la aplicación para hacer esto, pero es cosa de práctica. Pronto vendrán más shorts y hasta vlogs con más detalles. En esta ocasión utilicé efectos de sonido de Cap Cut. Pero alguien me dijo que debería hacerlo en formato ASMR. No sé que opinen ustedes. ¿Será que así queda mejor o con el fondo musical es más llevadero?

Se aceptan las criticas y sugerencias en los comentarios. Esto de editar videos desde el teléfono es algo nuevo para mí. Pero ojalá lo disfruten tanto como lo hice tratando de crear el vídeo.

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After a break for two weeks, I'm back on this wonderful community to share my entry. In this opportunity, the song I'm playing needs no introduction. It is a classic of singing in Spanish. It's crazy the number of artists who have sung this one. It is called "La Bikina". It was composed by Ruben Fuentes in 1964. I'm playing a Venezuelan rendition of this Mexican song changing its rhythm to what we know as "Onda Nueva". This is a genre that envisions Joropo in an urban setting. It's more or less a mix of Joropo and Jazz.

The song the story of a woman who is looking for the love that left her. I bet that if she could find it, we could do anything. Love is the real of possiblity. Nothing in impossible in the idea of love. Even of that is a cruel design of fate. I hope you enjoy my performance. It took me s lot of tries to get a good video of this. But it was totally worth it!

As usual, my trusty Venezuelan Cuatro, Embla does th singing for me. It is also the first time I'm doing a proper solo since I'm playing with variations on the theme applying some chord melody. Hope you find it interesting.

If you liked my performance and have anything to say about it, why not drop a comment? I'd he more than glad to read it! That's all from me. Have a great day!

Después de tomarme dos semanas fuera de esta ventana, vuelvo para mostrar mi participación en esta comunidad increíble. En esta ocasión, la canción no necesita nucha explicación. Se conoce como "La Bikina" y fue compuesta por Rubén Fuentes en 1964. Si revisan los datos, está obra ha sido interpretada por una gran cantidad de artistas. En esta ocasión, tocaré una versión venezulana de esta canción mexicana. Para esto, lo haré en el ritmo de Onda Nueva, una versión citadina del Joropo. Algo así como la mezcla entre el Joropo y el Jazz.

Esta canción cuenta la historia de una mujer que busca al amor que la abandonó. Creo que si lo encontrará todo sería posible. El reino del amor es el reino de la posibilidad. Por amor, muchas cosas se vuelven posibles. Espero que disfruten de mi participación. Me tomo muchos intentos llegar al resultado que ven aquí.

Cómo es costumbre, Embla, mi cuatro venezolano, hace todo el trabajo por mi. También es la primera vez que hago un solo de cuatro con variaciones sobre el tema principal. Todo gracias al uso de la melodía armonizada. Espero que sea de su agrado.

Si tienen algún comentario o recomendación, no duden dejarla en los comentarios. Con mucho gusto estaré contestando a todos ellos. Esto es todo por ahora. Espero tengan un día maravilloso.

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Meet "Ju" Venezuelan Cuatro number 10-A.

We are back with updates from the workshop. That's right! Woodworking Wednesdays is back. Today we will see the last bits of work on a project that was on hold for quite some time. If you wanna know which project was it, you just need to click here. Today, we'll see the last details of Ju , one of the two projects that finishes my first run of instruments.

What was missing?

To recap this project, I had build two instruments as number 10 of the first run of Venezuelan Cuatros. However, I couldn't finish them since I can't work the varnish form home. Thus, both have been sitting in the couch with number 8. But last week, as I finished a quick commission, I had the chance to varnish one of these. And with that our of the way, there's was little left to do.

Making a bridge.

I used more purple heart since this is a wood already on the project. Gave it the shape and learnt to do some shaping by file. It is quite some work. However, this wood is very dense and doesn't chip or breaks easily. So you can use your strength without fear. Once we have the shape, the channel for the saddle and the holes for the stirngs, we proceed to sand the whole thing and seal it with teak oil.

Setting the bridge.

The piece that connects the movement of the strings and sends the vibration into the body. Placing this isn't for the faint of heart. Fist, we need to address the distance from the fretboard. We are using a new scale length. Thus, the bridge is placed 276,05mm from fret 12. However, this is the easy part.

Now, we need to place the bridge in place and use some masking tape to border its perimeter. With this in place, we use a knife to mark the said permiter. Once this is done, we need to scrape the are inside this rectangle. This is to ensure the bridge will glue to the sound board. We go one step further and make some anchors so it will sit in place once we apply the glue.

After gluing the bridge, I left it alone for 48 hours since I was working on there instruments. And this was the result.

Nut and Saddle

This two pieces are some of the last things we will place on the instrument. They are the pieces that hold the stirngs above the frets and sound board. The nut is the the one that hold the strings apart; while the saddle determines the action of the strings. These are also the modifiable pieces. They can be removed and changed according to the needs of the musician.

Tuning machines and Strings

What's a stirngs instruments without the stirngs? Maybe it's a decoration. A weird one. The last step we take are placing the tuning machines with the help of a drill and the screws that come with them. With these in place and nut and saddle resting on the fretboard and bridge respectively, we proceed to knot the strings on the bridge and wind them on the tuning machines.

This is also the moment when we make sure to check the tuning of the instrument. The strings will also tell us if the bridge is safely glued in place. After taking all the steps and modification in need, the result is this:

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Sin duda cada trámite que es un suplicio. Es que vivir en Venezuela con toda la burocracia es una cosa. Pero que la burocracia cobre más de lo que debería es otra totalmente distinta. Lo peor del caso es que en muchas ocasiones no hay de otra. Esto es un poco del recuento de mi experiencia con este pasaporte. Cabe destacar que esto lo pagué gracias a HIVE.

Y el trámite inició con el pago para la cita en abril. Si mal no recuerdo fue el 14 de abril y el jueves de la semana pasada por fin pude retirarlo. Me tomó alrededor de 4 meses. Tiempo que pasé pensando en todo lo que podía salir mal. Sobran los cuentos sobre problemas en el trámite. Extorsión por retirar el documento y otro montón de cosas. A veces la suerte sonríe, pero luego te la cobra con otras cosas. Y por suerte, me refiero al gobierno.

No puedo hacer más que alegrarme de tener esto. Es que me siento como si fuera el Rey Arturo y hubiera recuperado la vaina de la Excalibur. O aún mejor, encontrando el Santo Grial. Esto es un trámite del que lo tendré que preocuparme en una década. Solo espero poder usar el dichoso pasaporte antes de que llegue la fecha de vencimiento. Pero eso es un cuento para otro día.

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A short sound test because strings are fresh out the box and tend to fo down in tone.

We are back with Woodworking Wednesdays! The recap of a week of work in the workshop. In this entry we'll see what happened to the commissioned project that was pending.

Back home

Each time I go back to the workshop of my master, I feel like there's something new to learn. It's like going back to school if school only had the things you like. I was on a quick visit since I needed to finish a project and do some work on others.

So we go hands to work and I could get space for the bindings and purflings in two instruments. It was quick work with a router.

But of course the main course was getting varnish of two instruments. That's was the whole goal of my visit. Once this wes done, I left the instruments there so the varnish could dry properly before going back the next day to pick them up.

A dose of adrenaline

Getting the bridge on the instrument is not for the faint of heart. You need to scrape the varnish on one section of the instrument so the glue can work properly. It is the closest thing to surgery that luthiers do. Once we take care of this, we can move on to the gluing of the bridge. This is a crucial step as it needs at least 24 hours. Applying tension to this piece before that happens night end in a bridge coming off. And that isn't good!

Why adrenaline then? Well, the timetable for this instrument was short. It was supposed to be handed a week ago, but many things had happened during the last few days do I could only get it ready yesterday. Fortunately, it worked out.

Finishing touch

Once the bridge is on, we can move ahead with the tuning machines, nut, saddle and stirngs. This finally gives us the last bits of work. We screw the former in the back of the head stock. Set or but at the top of the fretboard; saddle goes on the bridge. Stirngs come about. We tie a not on the bridge. Put the other end on the tuning machines and wind them to get the stirngs in tune. Since these are new, they won't hold the tone. That will come after they are stretched enough.

A final look

When a project is finishes, it is impossible not to look back. The whole steps taken for its completion. There's a lot to ponder. Each piece gives us something to improve and other things that are getting to the place we like them. As I prepare this instrument so it can get to its final destination, I hope its owner receives it well and also takes care of it.

Go to your new home, my dear Corocoro.

Cococoro is the name of a fish that's very popular in my hometown. It even has a song about eating it's head.

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A bit of history.

Maracas are some of the oldest instruments in the world. The earliest record of its existence goes to the Taino tribe from Puerto Rico. These instruments were used in rituals. Its use in music outside religion starts after the colonisation.

Type of Maracas in Venezuela. There are at least 3 trypes of Maracas that are used in Venezuelan music. Musician refer to them according the the region. We have Llaneras, Orientales, Tuyeras (centrales).

Maracas Llaneras

The popularity of music from our plains has led to the stylisation of these maracas. They are painted. Their sticks are turned to be on different shapes according to he maker. Its sound is supposed to imitate a horse galloping. This is probably because people from this regions are usually great horse riders and their Identity has been codified in their music.

The calabash is usually smaller and the filling is mixed. This means the sound isn't too bright. The seeds used for maracas in general are called "capachos" or "achira". The English name of the plant is Indian Shot.

Manuel Rengel is one of the best Maracas players in the world!

Maracas Orientarles.

Bigger in size, these maracas are meant to imitate the sound of waves crashing on the shores. Since the east of Venezuela is know for its beaches and fishing and ses life is an important part of this region, the sea has gotten a spot on its music. It makes even more sense since a lot of our instruments came by sea until they were adapted to our music.

The sound of these maracas is more open and they have a lot more volume. It's playing style also requires more use of the wrists in order play them properly.

After a brief introduction, you can listen to José Rivas (+) "Pijillo" playing the maracas.

Maracas Tuyeras.

Smaller in size and usually played by the singer, these maracas have the toughest playong style. Singing and playing them is a challenge. Joropo Tuyero isn't a widespread genre of music. That's the reason why not a lot of people knows how to do this.

Joropo Tuyero is a difficult genre of music. It is played by two people. One plays the harp; the other, sings while playing the maracas. This alone is a challenge to keep track of time measures.

An example of this style.

Maracas can be adapted to different kinds of music. They are a rhythmical instrument. Their size and filling are changed to fit any kind of music. Ernesto Laya is one of the musicians who has paved the way for maracas getting into world music.

This is all for now. Do you like this instrument? What do you think about the differences between them?

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Welcome back to another entry of Tuesdays Try my free-topic section in this blog. It is funny how this week aligned into consecutive music entries. Once you see what I have right here, you'll understand why.

During the last days of April, I was looking for a musician to entrust one of my instruments. Someone gave me a good review of a young musicians from town and how having this own instrument would be a great fit. So I didn't think it twice and got in contact. The Venezuelan Cuatro was delivered and he's been enjoying it and doing some great things.

Besides myself, only my teacher has appeared on videos doing some sound test on instruments. This time I bring something different. My friend Saul, owner of Venezuelan Cuatro number 7 (Mardi), recorded himself playing soloist style. Needless to say, there's no comparison to be drawn between the two. He's way younger than me and has had been playing since very early age. He also studied music since is part of Alma Llanera, the section of El Sistema dedicated to traditional Venezuelan music.

The skills he displays bring out all the good qualities of the tool I made. There's no greater joy for a luthier than watching an instrument made by effort with one's own hands getting played with such passion and technique.

Looking back the time when I didn't know what to do with that Venezuelan Cuatro, I don't regret one bit entrusting it to Saul. He's been using it day and night to keep learning new things and developing his skills as a musician and Cuatro player.

In the future, I wish I have the resources to help some our young regional talents like I did here. I mean just look at the guy playing. If you were a luthier wouldn't you want him playing one of your instruments?

But let's talk about the performance. It's been so long since I did a review. I hope it's half as good as the ones I used to make on comments for my dear @mipiano.

The piece Saul is playing is a part of a larger concert called Aires de Venezuela . A piece composed by Jan Gerard Pam. It is comprised of segments of different genres of traditional music. The first time this song was played was as a zarzuela (think about an Opera but in Spanish) in 1914. It's popularity grew so much over the years that the segment later referred as Alma Llanera (the Joropo at the end of the piece) is considered Venezuela' second National Anthem.

About the arrangement played here, we can see the use of arpegios to make a string start. It is similar to what a harp or bandola would do in the first measures of a Joropo. Then, Saul makes a nice addition of his own. He plays a golpe (anñ fixed chord pattern) common for traditional music in the east. That one is called Golpe de Arpa. Afterwards, he goes into the actual song.

The technical aspects of both hands are incredible. The independence of each one is on point. Also look the right wrist doing all the work for that hand. That's something many professional players do for playing so fast. And I can see he's learn some tricks to keep the sound clean in the higher positions. It might be difficult to spot, but when playing the high notes, he changes the strumming motion to the index finger alone. This isn't just for showing strength, but it makes the sound cleaning for the treble.

Tempo stays consistent on each of the parts of the arrangement and the addition of the percussion at the end is a nice touch to highlight the versatility of both instrument and player.

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Another installment of Music Mondays comes by and I try to set it on a different community to get a chance to participate in #openmic. This week's topic is Emotion. And several ideas come to mind. The one which took the cake was remaking my performance of Sombra en los Médanos, a Venezuelan Waltz.

This piece is a classic of traditional music in my country. It's also one of those firsts songs in lesson for many instrument players.

The idea of emotion and music has such thing walls that one could not talk about one without the other. Music is something that calls forth emotions. I could tell it forces them out of you, but that wouldn't be right. Melodies and harmonies have an effect of the body and soul. They get you tuned to some primal forces of humanity and life. The result is a spring of feelings bursting forth. This fact tends to make difficult concentrating while playing or singing. That's another reason musicians practice a lot, to learn how to channel all these emotions.

But for the rest of us, we might plead guilty and let the emotion run rampant. Many if us have found ourself dancing or signing without a care in our homes to particular tunes. It is absolutely normal. Our ancestors must have done the same during the stone age and with more basic music. That code is written in the collective unconscious of humanity in the same way music is on the code of the world.

Stand up feel the emotion of the performance and how they affect your mood. It is a great exercise for music appreciation. It is also an excellent way to support each of the other content creators that put their soul into each entry for this wonderful initiative.

To fill in the technical facts, this song is a Venezuelan Waltz by composer Rafael Sánchez López. It has lyrics, however, I don't sing and let Embla do all the signing for me.

The last time I tried this was so long ago that I had trouble finding the post. Hive Open Mic is an interesting opportunity to try new formats for previous attempts. I always considered this 4-mandolin versión of a song was too trebly. Maybe if I had one instrument of each kind on the mandolin family the sound would've been better.

I hope my performance of soloist Venezuelan Cuatro is better than my precious attempt and that emotions run through you as I play like they do as I record this.

You never know how many attempts it takes to get something like this recorded.

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Another Music Monday comes by and we are here to talk a bit about the life of María Rodríguez, a famous singer from my hometown, Cumaná.

She passed away 8 years ago, but her voice and personality still echoes through the streets of this city. María was an important voice for our regional music. Her voice wasn't kept for us. She traveled the world her songs and tales always representing the image of our folklore.

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María was born in Cumaná on July 22nd of 1924. During her life, she was knows by several monocles, these include: La Sirena (the mermaid), La Mariposa (the butterfly), La voz de Cumaná (the voice of Cumaná). And from a young age under the tutlage of Aurelia Rodríguez, she was introduced to the world of traditions in the city. Later, it away the poet Santos Barrios who brought her unique voice to the radio.

Jumping forward to the 60's and her first recordings had been made. It's during that decade that her most famous song La Oración del Tabaco became well-known by the public. It based on the tradition of protective magic some women are able to do using tobacco as the main catalyst. In the song, it is said that with a prayer and this medium a woman is able to repel witchcraft.

The songs she compared and sung are full of themes of orak traditions and customs of her time. There are protest songs and others that exalt the heroic past of her hometown. Her discography as a soloist includes 13 Long Plays, and 3 CDs.

Her voice and personality gave her international fame in festivals all over the world. To mention a few of them, she was invited to "Un Cantar del Pueblo Latinoamericano" (Cuba, 1975); "Carifesta" (Jamaica), in Barbados and Trinidad; Memphis May International Festival, Tennessee (USA, 1980). She also sang in Europe, in London; and Lisbon (Portugal 1986).

Her works earned her the distinction of Patrimonio Cultural Viviente del Estado Sucre (a distinction given to folklore keepers who have lived their whole lives in order to preserve the culture of a city or town) in February 1994. She also received the Premio Nacional de Cultura Popular Aquiles Nazoa by the Ministry of Culture in 2008.

Last Tuesday, we were at the house of the poet Ramos Sucre to listen to stories of the life of María Rodríguez told by no other than her pupil and confident, Domelis. This lady is a niece of the aforementioned singer and she accompanied her in many of her travels.

We were delighted to listen to all of the things we miss from just listening to the music. She was colourful character. A lot of other people already knew about these stories, but the younger generations do not. This is a way pass the touch and not karting culture fade away into time.

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And thus the whole life of María Rodríguez was told in the perspective of Domelis and a few annotations of some of the musicians and other personalities in the room. Among the interesting and charming traits of this singer are the fact she named everyone by something that happened or a physical trait. This nickname-giving shenanigans didn't always get her good things. Also, she got into trouble more than once for problems in her love life. And I'm talking about breaking-the-law kind of problems.

My favorite story was at an important festival held in Caracas. It is said she was in this fancy hotel. The restaurant had all these utensils. The thing most people wouldn't recognize like a salad fork and else. When good arrived, she told someone "I'm not using this". And started eating with her bare hands. People around the table look at this gesture and laughed and proceeded to do the same. They claimed that we spent too much time with etiquette where it's not needed. There most be some truth in it.

Of courae talking about a singer isn't enough. After the whole story was told, there was time for music. I like to think the spirit of any musician is there whenever their music is performed. In a kind gesture, before her departure, a festival was held on her name at one of our local schools. María couldn't help but cry in joy. She couldn't believe the younger generations liked her music. And we still do. We have a sample of this here. There was a lot of songs played, sing and danced that day. This is my favorite.

From Maria Rodriguez, in the voice of her niece Domelis accompanied by the group Ensamble Bandola Oriental, "La Tremenda". I hope you enjoy this Merengue as much as the people dancing. And we'll see each other again next Monday!

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We are back with another instalment of Music Mondays. Today's topic is practice.

I would like to start with a simple question to all musicians reading this: did you practice today? . If your answer is no, well, you are not on vogue. Have you all seen the new trend of how to impress someone who isn't a musician and how to impress a musician? Tell no, please. It is silly. But cringy silly.

However, after watching a lot of people doing a short video with this trend I realized time was going away with those things. And I grabbed my trusty Venezuelan Cuatro to get some hours of practice. These were interrupted by intervals of work. I have to tell you. There's something weird about practicing with your instrument right next to another's instrument of the same kind you're building. I think this is the parallel to soothe a baby along with their brother. A charming image on itself.

Back with practice. I have read that the best way to practice is to divide the things you want to achieve in different days. For example, if your goal is to achieve dexterity, you would add dexterity exercises to each study session. Doing the same kind of thing during one session is boring and can lead to fatigue. Physical and mental.

During a period of time your goals might change, but there are some key elements that should never be neglected during a week of study. Ear training is one of those and having some theory in the mix is another.

On the other hand, giving yourself time to enjoy your instrument is key. That's the actual thing that would keep you coming back to grab it again tomorrow and practice some more. This free time could be anything. Perhaps there's a cool exercises you like to repeat over and over again because it is funny or challenging. Maybe there's a song you love and it's the whole reason you started to play in first place. You know the equivalent of giving yourself a treat after doing a task.

So today, after going over my finger dexterity exercises, use of the thumb to fret notes, strum control, bars, cycle of fourths and arpeggios, I gave myself some time to check to songs I'm still polishing. One got my particular attention because it is a waltz I used to listen a lot. It is lovely and I wanted to record myself playing it to have a reference for future study and development.

I'd like to share it with you.

First, I have point out some mistakes about the performance. The relevant one is the used of arpeggios for fill the gaps on the melody and harmony. I tend to forget I'm playing soloist and need to do both parts without leaving too many silences. It's not like I don't need, but it is noticeable that something could be stretched over these intervals.

Another relevant point, and this has to do with the camera, is the angle of recording. I think I need to use an approach similar to my dear @mipiano on this. Why? I look uncomfortable with the camera in front of me. I think another angle would help me relax and have a better performance overall.

Do you have any pointers or would like to tell anything about your practice session? Feel free to drop a comment.

The waltz I'm playing here is called Brisas del Zulia . It music was compared by Amable Espina an its lyrics written by Gloria Alba Molero. I will come back to this piece sometime soon and talk a bit more about it. For now enjoy a practice recording.

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We are back with another installment of Music Modays. This week's topic is practice.

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English This is the last post regarding this Venezuelan Cuatro. That is of course until it finds a home. This experiment started with the idea of making an instrument inverting the colors that are usually seen in this kind of cordophone. After looking for the options, I decided that samanea saman was the wood for the sound board and the whole venture stated. You can check out the whole construction process by clicking here.

Here are the results of the whole process. I can say I quite like the timbre of this instrument. It is bright but still keeps those round notes that are so common in Traditional Cuatros. In the recent days, I've been tuning up some of the details of this instrument. Some time has also been spent in social media promoting it. And it seems I have a potential buyer. But I'll wait until the money is in my hands to call it a sale.

I would also like to point out that so far my clients have been women. It is an interesting fact and it also feels so nice that all of them are people whom I've known from way back when I was in college. Seems like this idea of Friends hardly becoming Clients isn't always appliable to businesses. And I'm thankful for that. I hope you enjoy the sound of this little one that has had hours of my time and a lot of effort put into its birth.

Spanish Por ahora, este será el último post sobre este Cuatro Venezolano. Eso será hasta que se consiga un hogar. Este experimento comenzó con la idea de invertir los colores que se suelen usar al construir esta clase de cordófono. Después de buscar opciones, el samán parecía la madera adecuada para la tapa armónica de este proyecto. Pueden revisar todo el proceso de construcción haciendo click aquí.

Estos son los resultados de todo el proceso. Me alegra decir que el timbre del instrumento es interesante. Es un sonido brillante que se mantiene redondo como suelen sonar los Cuatros Tradicionales. En estos días, he estado afinando detalles del instrumento y promocionándolo por redes sociales. Hasta ahora parece haber un comprador potencial. Pero no lo contaré como venta hasta que el dinero esté en mis manos.

Un detalles interesante sobre la vida del taller es que hasta los momentos todos mis clientes han sido mujeres. Además de ser curioso, el hecho de que sean personas que he conocido desde mis días en la universidad lo hace mucho mejor. Parece que esa idea de que es difícil que los amigos se vuelvan clientes no aplica para toda clase de negocios. Estoy muy agradecido por esto. Espero que disfruten este sonido por el cual trabajé y me esforzé tanto.

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This is technically not a fusion of styles, but I got into the challenge and needed to get something done. A simpler video was the thing because the internet is the old new problem around.

The idea behind this comes from back when I was learning how to play Mandolin and I was looking at a music sheet of a Brazilian Valsa. I asked if this was the same as our waltz. The answer was that it is. Actually, it is a genre that exists in Brazil because of Venezuelan music. Then, I had the other insight that as in Colombia and other countries around here, Waltzes are played with the same European rhythm. So, we have two genres that are actually the same Vals Criollo and Pasillo.

Added to this, the father of my teacher told me that it doesn't matter if you want to mix the rhythm of something like a Brazilian Waltz with the Venezuelan Cuatro Strumming Pattern. It will fit just right. But it will sound different. That's the neat part.

And thus, you have the idea behind this. Also, I couldn't let my dear @mipiano down with this challenge. It's a fine idea to keep adding interesting content to HIVE in our own accord.

I'd like to see what someone like @edenmichelle can do with the original idea of Fusion of Styles. As a music producer, I bet we could see something mindblowing coming that way. Of course, participating in this is voluntary.

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I think the key of going on working on a piece is having another to keep the study interesting. Hence, here is the better version of El Becerrito in soloist Venezuelan Cuatro. You can listen and see the rehearsal here.

This is a complex song with more progressions and demanding tempos. But that makes it even more beautiful. Alís Cruces always has a way to get the best out of these songs from Venezuela tradition. This song by Simón Díaz isn't the exception. Even though, the solo is a didactic tool to help newcomers to the playstyle get their bearings into the many chord changes, it shines with rich voicings.

Lyrics of this song talk about Mariposa, a cow, who now has a calf. There's some implications about the animal hidding its offspring because of the cruel destiny of the cattle. However, nature seems to favor this creature and receives it with its arms wide open in scenes of greenery and crystaline rivers. The idea of giving a name to a farmstead animal isn't weird around Venezuelan plains. Tonadas are tunes sung to cow to get milk from them. It is supposed to sooth the animal and help the whole process. Many of these songs are about cattle. Others, tend to talk about the plains, children and more topics. The latter is what you would call a work tune something similar to railroad songs, miner songs and similar songs. This means that in essence these are sung with no more than the sounds around taking on the function of accompanient.

The 5/8 time signature makes the piece more complex, but there's a certain freedom implied in this version. I hope you find it interesting and enjoy it.

Spanish Version Creo que la clave de aprender una pieza es tener otra para mantener las cosas interesantes. Por lo tanto, aquí está una versión más fluida de El Becerrito de Simón Díaz. Pueden escuchar el ensayo aquí.

Esta canción es más compleja con su progresión de acordes y tempo. Eso la hace más bella. Alís Cruces tiene el ingenio para resaltar la belleza de las canciones venezolanas en sus solos. Aunque el solo es una herramienta didáctica para ayudar a los solistas que están empezando entender cómo moverse entre los acordes, se destacan las voces de la melodía.

La letra de esta canción habla sobre la vaca Mariposa y su ternero. Como este animal sabiendo de la suerte que depara a su cría, la escode. También hay imágenes sobre la belleza del llano en respuesta a una nueva vida. Las Tonadas como esta son caciones que suelen cantarse a las vacas durante el ordeño. Y la idea de ponerle nombre a los animales como estos no es rara en los llanos venezolanos. Estas melodías se utilizan para tranquilizar al ganado durante varias cosas que se pueden hacer con él. También son cantos de faena similares a las canciones de ferrocarril, mineros, marineros y otros oficios. Esto significa que las versiones originales de estos cantos no tienen más acompañamiento que el sonido del trabajo.

La medida de 5/8 aumenta la dificultad de la pieza, pero la libertad del solo compensa esto. Espero que mi intento sea de su agrado.

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It's been roughly over a week since I posted a video rehearsing this piece. Well, here are the fruits of all the time invested in exercises for dexterity and taking on the chord progression for this solo. If you don't know what I am talking about, you can see said video here.

The piece is a famous merengue from Venezuela called El Norte es una Quimera, composed by Luis Fragachán. This solo is by Alís Cruces. This is an interesting song as it talks about the warmth of home and the coldness of foreign land. It takes into consideration how people have gone up to the north and had ended up suffering. However, if we take a closer look to the things said in the song, we can find that his is about the culture shock implicit in any migration. Some of the verses tell about the laid-back nature of latins and how the clockwork-style-of-living in the USA (the north in the song), isn't suited for us.

It goes further as to explain a sense of pride hidden among lies. People lie about what their job was if it was something unpleasant. This calls to our present situation. Many of our countrymen have migrated looking for better opportunities and economic stability. They go on taking jobs they would've never done around here. You know those jobs: waiters, cleaning, working the land, construction. However, it just says how people lie. Maybe they washed dishes and they said they work with silver (this is a wordplay in Spanish as working with silver is what we call platero, and a dish is plato). Regardless of this saying it never goes on saying jobs like these are bad. It's just that some people do not like to admit the things they had to do in order to keep their bellies full.

Going back to the playing part, the chord progression moves on the key of D major using inversions that help bring out the melody of the song. The time isn't too fast as merengues like this have lyrics and are made to be sung. However, it is a common thing to find faster versions. I believe there's a value in interpreting things trying to keep you focus on the melody.

I hope you find this interesting and let me know if you think this attempt is better than the previous one!

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An immortal piece. Composed by Simón Díaz,, this song has been subject to versions and arrangenments. I always felt guilty because I didn't know any song by Tío Simón. I mean I know the lyrics of a lot of them, but playing one was another deal.

This version by Alís Cruces sounds incredible and it's simple enough for me to tackle. Well, I'm still learning it, but once I'm through, it will be permanent part of my repertoire. Yes, gonna play it till it makes people around me sick. It's unlikely, but who knows?

Though it follows the 5/8 time signature typical of Merengues and Aguinaldos, this piece is a Tonada. These are working tunes from the plains. Working in the sense people sings this while doing their daily jobs: milking cows, moving them, going on horseback a and everything else. Allegedly, these are especial for milking cows since each animal has a particular tune that soothes it while the process is taking place. A truly remarkable use for a song.

There are Tonadas as there are inches of fields in the plains. Most of them haven't been written and are only known by those who sing them. The work of Simón Díaz was preserving this genre and bringing it to the mainstream of Traditional Venezuelan Music. Nowadays, it is thanks to him that many artists venture to sing these and even compose them.

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It's usually during the weekend that I tackle this kind of thing. The Venezuelan Cuatro is a truly remarkable instrument. It's pitch it's unique with those middle and treble sounds. It lacks bass which limits it a way, but not entirely. This style of playing, what you could call chord melody, was developed by players like Angel Melo and Hernán Gamboa. Later, it would be taken to new heights by Asdrúbal "Cheo" Hurtado. Then, La Siembra del Cuatro started and the level of players came out of the chart. Nowadays, there are incredible cuatro players around the world. A lot of them are the product of La Siembra. But all players are the sum of tradition and musical studies combined.

I take some time every once in a while to tackle this kind of repertoire. By the way I play, I bet you can tell I don't practice enough. That's true! But I don't pretend to be Daniel Requena or Jorge Glen, or any other of the great players. Solo Cuatro is a hobby for me. I enjoy trying to get these pieces right. This arrangement comes by Alís Cruces, a winner of the La Siembra festival. He has a YouTube Channgel dedicated to teaching Soloist repertoire in a simple way. He also teaches Bandola llanera and the easier way of cuatro playing, the one that only focuses in harmony and rhythmic patterns.

I hope my practice doesn't trouble you much. There are spaces between the notes. It is isn't as fluent as I would like. However, like languages, fluency will come with practice and patience. I hope more people get a cuatro in their hands and try to play it. that would be great. For the moment, let's see when I can post the thing sounding smoothly.

Have a week!

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My first musical production. It was quite a challenge to put all the pieces together. But for first tries this ended up pretty good

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For the ones following my series about making this Venezuelan cuatro, here you can have a sample on how it sounds.

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