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Playing Non-Flamenco Spanish Pieces: Malaguena and Recuerdos de la Alhambra
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BarkellWH
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Do any Foro members learn and enjoy playing non-flamenco Spanish pieces, just for a change of pace? Living in the Washington, DC area, it is my great good fortune to have Paco de Malaga as my guitar instructor. Paco is a very accomplished, first-rate guitarist and is the long-time doyenne of the Washington, DC flamenco scene. I have been working with Paco for several years, and although the focus is flamenco, he has taught me pieces such as Malaguena, with its almost infinite variations. I find it great fun to play, and one can add a flamenco touch to what is basically a non-flamenco piece, and that adds an interesting aspect to playing it.
Another piece I have attempted learning is Francisco Tarrega's tremolo classic "Recuerdos de la Alhambra." Again, it is a non-flamenco piece that would be great fun (and, to my mind, is very difficult) to master. I am nowhere near playing it well. I can play flamenco tremolo (piami) pretty solidly now, but, oddly, I find the flamenco tremolo so ingrained (muscle memory, I guess) that I find it difficult to switch over to the classical tremolo, which is required for Recuerdos. Does anyone else have difficulty switching from flamenco to classical tremolo? Or is this just something that requires practice to reach a point where one is equally adept at both. Alternatively, has anyone tried learning Recuerdos using the flamenco tremolo?
Cheers,
Bill
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Date Feb. 28 2011 14:02:37
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Playing Non-Flamenco Spanish Pie... (in reply to estebanana)
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I lived in DC for two years and took lessons with Paco. He's a great teacher. If I lived there I would still go hang with him and take lessons.
Paco is still a great teacher and a wonderful resource for learning about all things flamenco. Not only does he personally know the great players and luthiers, he knows the history of flamenco and all the subtle nuances and influences various artists had on both their contemporaries and those who followed. I'm sure you know that in his early teens Paco studied flamenco guitar under Paco de Lucia's father, as well as his brother Ramon de Algeciras. Paco is a wonderful teacher, resource, and friend. And that he puts up with me as a student demonstrates his infinite patience in working with flawed material.
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Feb. 28 2011 18:23:57
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Playing Non-Flamenco Spanish Pie... (in reply to estebanana)
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I lived in DC for two years and took lessons with Paco. He's a great teacher. If I lived there I would still go hang with him and take lessons.
Stephen,
This morning I had my weekly lesson with Paco de Malaga, and I conveyed your sentiments to him. He was very grateful for your kind words and wished you well.
I don't know if you are aware of it, but Paco sold the Guitar Gallery about four years ago and gives lessons in his home now. His wife Ana continues giving dance lessons in their home as well. The fellow who bought the Guitar Gallery, Guillermo Juan Christie, is the owner of "The Flamenco Connection."
I cannot praise Paco enough. Not only have I learned (and continue learning) flamenco guitar from him, I have also learned so much of the history and culture of flamenco. He personally knows all the major flamenco guitarists (as well as the luthiers) in Spain, including Paco de Lucia, and how they developed their technique. A couple of years ago, King Juan Carlos (via the Spanish Ambassador in Washington) conferred upon Paco and Ana membership in the "Orden de Isabela la Catolica," in recognition of their presentation of Spanish culture in the U.S. Paco is Washington, DC's flamenco gem. It is my great good fortune to count him as a teacher and a friend.
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Mar. 1 2011 17:13:20
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