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HI. I found a dancer!!!
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RE: HI. I found a dancer!!! (in reply to duende)
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Hi Ron. I suppuse that you know what ron means in spanish...... Rum Henrik. Great. Is she from Jönkjöping as well? There are some video/DVD's on the market for dancers. They'll give you an idea of the structure of a palo, and some ideas of what to play. They are made for dancers though, so it can seem a bit pricy (18 - 20 euros each) Ask your dancer if she has some of these videos/dvd's. Happy Rasgueado
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Date Mar. 30 2005 7:57:38
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Jon Boyes
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RE: HI. I found a dancer!!! (in reply to duende)
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Henrik, I haven't done Solea with Mercedes yet, so I don't know how it would work with just guitar and dancer. She didn't seem that keen when I mentioned it, not sure why, might be that she wouldn't want to do it without a singer, I don't know. A couple of things I've picked up: -accompanying dance IS a lot slower than solo guitar palos a lot of the time - the solo compas CDs are good indicators of the tempo you need. -All rhythm guitar can get boring, and strong melodies are just as important as strong compas for the dancer to follow, esp if you don't have a singer, so you will need some falsetas but don't play anything too whacky. I go for safe trad stuff as its more likely to be recognised. -ultimately an experienced accompanist will follow the dancer, but to kick things off we do it the other way round which makes sense to me. It just means more choreographing and playing things in a set way. Not as authentic as the real thing, but hey you have to start somewhere . HTH. Jon
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Date Mar. 30 2005 10:23:34
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RE: HI. I found a dancer!!! (in reply to duende)
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Henrik. I haven't worked much with baile and only with Alegrias. You have to learn the structure of the dance. Entradas, silencio, escobilla, llamada etc. Then you can start using some falsetas. But they ARE NOT IMPORTANT. Ask the dancer to tell you how many compas's a certain part is. The problem is that sometimes they dont know!!!! They just dance, and its up to you, the dog, to follow and do the counting In alegrias you should learn some standard silencio and escobilla, because that's what they want for a start. Also be prepared to go up and down in tempo a lot, especially in Soleá. It's sometimes so slow that your falsetas are worth ****. In general, solo falsetas are not really worth anything. So now you have something to concentrate on. No time for being melancolic.
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Date Mar. 30 2005 11:16:27
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