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Schalli
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Joined: Sep. 15 2010
From: Mannheim, Germany
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Hello, I'm all new to this forum, so first of all: Hello to everybody and sorry for any mistakes in my english... My name is Tobi, I'm a 29 year old doctoral student from Germany. I never had any guitarlessons, but ca. 1 1/2 years ago I startet to practice on an old classic guitar that i borought from a good friend after i had watched the MAriachi-trilogy . I startet with some Rumbalessons from youtube and decided to make it serious, so i bought the two books by Gerhard Graf MArtinez and started practicing on my own. 5 Month ago i found a flamenco teacher at the local flamenco studio. Now i take 1 lesson a month and one time a week i go with him to the flamencostudio an play with him for the solea beginners course... so far.. I looked a while at this forum and it seems to me that i could dare to ask some Newbie questions and hope to get some answers: 1. Practice Time: I really don't have the time to practice everyday, but i practice at least 4 times a weak, ca. 90 minutes per session. because my teacher told me that the basic techniques are all important, i always start with the same program: Arpeggio: Pima (5 min), Pimami (5 min), Pami (10 min), 5 and 4 stroke rasguado (10 min), triplets with P,Ma,P (10 min) and ligados, especially with my pinky and a little pulgartechnique. The Problem: Thats 1 hour off technique, sometimes more, so there is not too much time left to practice the falsetas etc. actually the only time i really just play is the 2 hours per week, that i spend in the studio... The consequence is, that i'm learning new material very slow, cause i practice so much tech, ist little variation in my practiceroutine and I'm just getting a little frustrated... So: What should/could i change? is it enough to practice one tech per day? help! 2. I was practicing Solea for 8 month now and my teacher suggested that I should start with a new Palo, he suggested Buleria or Allegrias, to complete the most important ones at first... At the studio i heard a lot Tangos de Malaga, wich sounds great to me, because i prefer sad sounding flamenco... Would you suggest to learn the "major" palos at first? Or du you think it's ok to learn the palos first, that you prefer listening to? So, sorry for the long post. Greets, Tobi
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Date Sep. 15 2010 12:10:05
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xirdneH_imiJ
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From: Budapest, now in Southampton
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RE: Newbie Questions (in reply to Schalli)
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welcome to the foro, Tobi! 1. i'm really no teacher, but i think your practice routine is fine...and frustration is normal, be prepared that the better you play the more frustrated you become with the little things!...but it's also wise to enjoy each practice session so let's make that half technique, half playing falsetas, pieces you like etc...and the more enjoyment you have in each session the more motivated you become and the better you concentration becomes... 2. it's just my opinion, but focusing on one palo is a mistake...learning the compás of all the palos is the base you build your flamenco knowledge on, you go to a dance class and you'll be asked to play alegrías, tangos, bulerías, seguiriya, soleá, soleá por bulerías, tarantos, you'll have to know these well...i mean the compás and the 3-4 chords that come with these...no need to know difficult variations and several falsetas at this level, but it's very important to be able to recognize these whenever you hear them and play the main cycle...surely if i taught someone i would teach at least two of these and when the basics are fine i'd move on to the next two, because these are foundations that you must build on in the future...
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Date Sep. 15 2010 12:38:24
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Schalli
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From: Mannheim, Germany
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RE: Newbie Questions (in reply to Schalli)
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Hey, thats a lot of fast answeres, thank you guys! @xirdneH_imiJ: Yes, maybe I should practice half/half, that would be more fun, but i'm always afraid of learning a bad technique, so i liked to ask a few guitarists, that have more experience than i have. But please tell me, what do you mean, when you say, that i should learn the basic compas of ech Palo? In Solea I learned an Intro-falseta, 4 more falsetas, a letra (same thing as a copla, by the way?), some escobilla variations, llamada... which off these "parts" would you consider to be the basic rythm? @arsh: I'd like to spend more time, but i'm late home from work and i'm livin with my girlfriend, who wants time to @Deniz: I think i'm becoming better, buts very slow. At slow tempo i don't Have any problems with my stuff (besides the pinky ligados), but when i play a falseta with a very fast arpeggio, i feel unsecure and often make mistakes. i work on this practicing very slow, but it seems to take 1 million years to improve... my teacher is Diego Rocha, he's the guitarist from the "Tanzschule Renate Wagner" in Mannheim. --> http://www.myspace.com/diegorochapozo
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Date Sep. 15 2010 13:33:17
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