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EP 351 RAGTIME BLUES ON THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!!

Home › Forums › Showcase Your Playing › EP 351 RAGTIME BLUES ON THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!!

  • This topic has 27 replies, 14 voices, and was last updated 19 hours, 4 minutes ago by Helen Lazaridou.
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    • July 19, 2025 at 9:08 am #398213
      Helen Lazaridou
      Participant

        Hello my dearest AMers ♥️ 💖
        Here I am with something totally different in my repertoire!On my own on the acoustic 🤩🤩🤩🤩and what a guitar!!!Manolis (our school colleague who I sometimes post videos with)made it especially for me,using rare wood and great expertise!!!He is a great luthier!The best gift I could ever get!!!So I went out of my comfort zone and not only learned a ragtime blues piece but even dared to compose my own in the second part💞❤️❣️
        Thanks for watching!

      • July 19, 2025 at 9:58 am #398216
        Geoff
        Participant

          So good to have you back Helen. 😁.

          Very well played! Ragtime blues stuff is not easy to play and you nailed it pretty well especially with your own part.

          That guitar is a really beautiful instrument and custom built too. Hang onto that one , well made instruments are precious 💙.

          • July 19, 2025 at 10:48 am #398222
            Helen Lazaridou
            Participant

              Oh Geoff I remember sending it to you again again to check the sound!!!!Poor you!!!!🤩🤩🤩Thank you so much for everything ❤️ ♥️ 💖

          • July 19, 2025 at 10:03 am #398217
            Richard G
            Participant

              What a beautiful guitar Helen, I loved the ragtime piece and your composition, I thought brought the bass and middle tones out really well.
              Your recorded sound was very natural, just how did you mic it up?

              Richard

              • July 19, 2025 at 10:46 am #398221
                Helen Lazaridou
                Participant

                  Richard don’t laugh but I had to ask Mike about your question because I just played it and gave it to him on Cubase the program we use.Sohe said:he used a little high pass filter,low pass filter,a little reverb and a little compressor 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

              • July 19, 2025 at 10:39 am #398220
                David L
                Participant

                  A beautiful, well-crafted one-of-a-kind instrument, played to perfection. The tone is wonderful, and your technique, as always, is spot-on. Your improvisation was impressive and I could have listened to more. Well done, on many levels. Congratulations on your wonderful new guitar! I look forward to hearing much more on it in the future!

                  • July 19, 2025 at 10:50 am #398223
                    Helen Lazaridou
                    Participant

                      Oh my dearest David!You are always so supportive 💖 My performance was far from.perfection I’m afraid but whenever I press that stupid record button I just lose my cool!Thank you so much ❤️💞💕

                  • July 19, 2025 at 10:56 am #398224
                    JoLa
                    Participant

                      Just fantastic, Helen! Your incredible guitar chops transfer to the acoustic very nicely, your playing here was flawless! Especially that you didn’t exactly choose an easy piece to play but a ragtime with so many chord changes! Excellent work on both, your musical talents shine through as always!

                      The custom made guitar is an absolute stunner, it sounds very nice on the recording, you’re lucky to have your own luthier, wow! 😍

                      🎸JoLa

                      • July 19, 2025 at 11:43 am #398228
                        Helen Lazaridou
                        Participant

                          Ah Yola!!!!Where were you in our last Zoom meeting when I asked everyone which lesson I should start from on the acoustic???🤩🤩🤩And everyone replied,even Brian:ah!Yola should be here to answer this question 🤣
                          Thank you so much 💕💞❤️

                          • July 19, 2025 at 1:03 pm #398230
                            JoLa
                            Participant

                              Aww! 🥰🥰🥰

                              Only you can pick what is the best one for you and sure enough, it was an excellent choice!

                              🎸JoLa

                        • July 19, 2025 at 11:24 am #398226
                          JoeD1
                          Participant

                            That was beautifully played Helen. Your improv piece was spectacular too. And what a beautiful guitar which sounds great! Congrats on the guitar and playing a pretty difficult tune.

                            Joe

                            The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
                            Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
                            --Graeme Edge

                            • July 19, 2025 at 12:22 pm #398229
                              Helen Lazaridou
                              Participant

                                Thank you Joe💕💞❤️

                            • July 19, 2025 at 1:46 pm #398231
                              James B
                              Participant

                                Great choice of a lesson to introduce your new guitar, Helen. I love ragtime music and you played it very well. How cool to have a luthier friend to make you a lovely instrument. Play us another one soon.

                                James

                                • July 19, 2025 at 3:31 pm #398247
                                  Helen Lazaridou
                                  Participant

                                    Thank you James!!!!❤️💕You’ll see something very different in a while 🤩🤩🤩🤩

                                • July 19, 2025 at 2:36 pm #398237
                                  charjo
                                  Moderator

                                    Marvelous playing and composing, Helen. Your new guitar looks and sounds beautiful.
                                    John

                                    • July 19, 2025 at 3:30 pm #398246
                                      Helen Lazaridou
                                      Participant

                                        Thank you💞

                                    • July 19, 2025 at 2:53 pm #398239
                                      Guido
                                      Participant

                                        Congrats on your new luthier’s acoustic guitar, wonderful! I immediately noticed that is a 12 fret guitar, uncommon for a steel string guitar and very special with a great sound. And your playing for this great and not easy lesson is absolutely brilliant! Loved to listen to it and very inspiring!

                                        Guido

                                        • July 19, 2025 at 3:29 pm #398245
                                          Helen Lazaridou
                                          Participant

                                            Thank you so much!!!You are right!!!It’s 12 fret and Manolis told me that this was the standard one in the 30ies !But now it’s becoming popular again because of its unique tonal qualities!!!and it’s body is small,so it suits me perfect 🥰 💞

                                        • July 19, 2025 at 3:47 pm #398248
                                          AndréM
                                          Participant

                                            Wow Helen I want one,lol
                                            Awesome playing my dear.
                                            That guitar sound very nice.
                                            Seemed to have a good action too.

                                            AndréM

                                            AndréM

                                            • July 20, 2025 at 6:29 am #398276
                                              Helen Lazaridou
                                              Participant

                                                Thank you Andre 💓☺️

                                            • July 19, 2025 at 5:26 pm #398252
                                              Garry
                                              Participant

                                                Wow Helen, a guitar made specifically for you. What a privilege! Looks and sounds fantastic and it’s really great to hear you on acoustic. Specially loved the bends around the 2.08 mark. All the best! 😎🎸😎

                                                • July 20, 2025 at 6:30 am #398277
                                                  Helen Lazaridou
                                                  Participant

                                                    Thank you so much Gary!Bends are really difficult on the acoustic aren’t they????

                                                • July 19, 2025 at 8:40 pm #398260
                                                  John H
                                                  Participant

                                                    Helen
                                                    Wonderfully played! Congrats on the guitar and playing outside of your comfort level. You must be really excited. I love acoustic-its more earthy, simple, authentic and on and on. I love the reverb on the second go around. Nicely composed. Can’t wait to hear more.

                                                    JH

                                                    • July 20, 2025 at 6:32 am #398278
                                                      Helen Lazaridou
                                                      Participant

                                                        Thank you John 💓 I begin to understand why the acoustic is so appealing!and you are a true master at it❣️💖

                                                    • July 20, 2025 at 2:24 am #398269
                                                      Dieter
                                                      Participant

                                                        Great Ragtime feeling and picking.

                                                        Dieter

                                                        • July 20, 2025 at 6:32 am #398279
                                                          Helen Lazaridou
                                                          Participant

                                                            Thank you 💓

                                                        • July 20, 2025 at 10:37 pm #398323
                                                          Liam Innes
                                                          Participant

                                                            That was simply brilliant Helen.

                                                            The timing and execution was spot on and the sound from that acoustic – superb.

                                                            Ragtime is pretty difficult but you nailed that no doubt and you can tell on your improv that lesson inspired you.

                                                            And what a gift having a local luthier build that for you. It must have been like Xmas!

                                                            Liam.

                                                            “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

                                                            • July 21, 2025 at 6:21 am #398340
                                                              Helen Lazaridou
                                                              Participant

                                                                Thank you for your encouraging comments Liam!!!!Christmas indeed 💗❣️💕💞

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