Holiday falseta: bulería romanceada

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Norman Paul Kliman

Posts: 59
Joined: Dec. 5 2023

Holiday falseta: bulería romanceada

This year’s Christmas decoration of my website is a falseta inspired by a bulería romanceada (romance por bulería) that Manuel Agujetas recorded with Periquín in Paris. The letra that Manuel recorded is actually a villancico (flamenco Christmas carol) with a long history in Spain. I’ve uploaded a score in standard notation and tab, a video of me playing the falseta and a letra of mine that I wrote specifically to be sung as a bulería romanceada. Enjoy, and happy holidays!

http://canteytoque.es/xmasbul.htm

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 23 2023 15:35:18

Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: Holiday falseta: bulería romanceada (in reply to Norman Paul Kliman)

Thank very much sir, very nice!. For those that want to hear the cante and read the letra in one window:

The melody of these Romances, I believe, are similar or same as the “Giliana”:

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CD's and transcriptions available here:
www.ricardomarlow.com

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 23 2023 18:01:58

Norman Paul Kliman

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Joined: Dec. 5 2023

RE: Holiday falseta: bulería romanceada (in reply to Norman Paul Kliman)

Thanks, Richard. My playing’s kinda rough (you’d do it better) and I had to spend a few days recording it. I settled on this take out of five or six because the end is the clearest and most concise. I chopped off the sloppy start and used the rest in the video, but some of the other takes have a better feel, when the falseta is repeated a few times, along with a few short ideas. Over and over, like most of those romances. I haven’t heard that kind of singing at a party or anything, but I’ll bet it’s pretty exciting.

You should give that falseta a shot, with the repetitions. It would probably sound a lot better than that video.

Giliana, eh? I’d have to hit the books to be sure, but I think that became a style when some flamencólogo (or singer, maybe Pepe el de la Matrona) said fast soleás used to be called gelianas, and el Lebrijano made that recording, but it’s one of those lost styles, isn’t it? I don’t think there are many or any examples in pre-vinyl recordings. I remember giving it some attention a long time ago, and it just sounded like a romance to me.

Many versions of that letra online. One page in particular has seven or eight examples, mostly from northern Spain and handed down (oral transmission).

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 23 2023 19:53:55