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gslavonic

Posts: 13
Joined: Jul. 12 2013

Cante

I am new here and am browsing through posts and see very little about dante here. For me cante is the most important and fundamental aspect of flamenco. every falsetto, the dance, the rhythm all are rooted in the cante and it's structure. I encourage people who want to enrich their playing to listen to cante a lot. It really makes a difference in your phrasing and lyricism.
When I began playing 18 years ago a I barely appreciated it. It scared me, actually. But it grows on you. Play along with CD's and challenge yourself to distinguish variations.

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Leñador

Posts: 5237
Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Cante (in reply to gslavonic)

I'm all for cante and there's lots of people here that are straight up cante nerds, which I someday aspire to. The search function can be tough sometimes but there's some discussion out there. This is without a doubt a guitar dominated forum though, maybe because guitar players are the most likely out of all flamencos to hang out on a forum.

Two places I like:

Normans site:
http://www.canteytoque.es

Top 200 cante thread
http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=209469&appid=&p=&mpage=1&key=cante%2Ctop%2C200&tmode=&smode=&s=#

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 16 2013 3:21:14