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Iam at the moment, accompanieng, a Buleria dance class once a week. The lady who runs it usually uses CDs to accompany the dancers. I can keep Compas no prob, but without an experianced Guitarist to learn from, Iam a bit clueless, plus the fact she speaks no English, and I have no Spanish. My Question is; am I wasting my time, and 2 when, and if one uses Falsetas, when accompanieing dance. I seem to mess things up by starting a falseta, when she is doing a llamada, but I find it impossible to work out when she is going to start one, at which time if I have got it in my mind to play a faseta, then I play a falseta. To avoid this, Iam just bashing out chords, and the occasional key change for the two hour class,of which she seems happy enough, any thopughts appreciated. Cheers Dave
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Date Apr. 27 2005 9:40:33
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RE: Accompanieng Baile (in reply to Guest)
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As already stated, I would go with the chords especially at the beginning. Once you're familiar with the choreography you will be able to experiment more. (if you're going weekly you will end up knowing that dance inside out!)I would say you are definitley not wasting your time as you will become more familiar with the structures of different styles the more you do. Karenanne ps what level of class is it?
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Date Apr. 27 2005 16:36:03
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RE: Accompanieng Baile (in reply to aloysius)
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Thanks for the advice. I think it was a beginners class originally, but as the weeks go buy they get a little better. The dance teacher, teaches every day, but uses choreographed CDs for the other classes, Sevilleanas, Fandango etc, but for some reason she likes a Guitarist for the Buleria class. another point is that, I don't use amplification, which is fine for the quite bits, but when they are doing the frantic foot work, drowns out the guitar, in which case only hard rasguados seem to break through the noise. Thanks again Dave
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Date Apr. 28 2005 8:38:05
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RE: Accompanieng Baile (in reply to Guest)
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Just an advice for you: if you are really interested in Flamenco...take more classes. Once a week is not enough. I`m a Flamenco dancer and i attend classes 3 times a week . Buleria is a very difficult "palo" (style). Maybe you should try tanguillo or sevillana or Solea first. Try to attend an only technical class once a week in order to develope skills with your feet. good luck !! Gala
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Date May 2 2005 6:06:16
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RE: Accompanyng Baile (in reply to Carlos Bedoya)
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I think she uses the compas CD's, but I have heard a Cante CD track being played for Fandangos. I don't think the class is advanced enough to use choreography. Cheers Dave
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Date May 3 2005 11:32:11
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RE: Accompanyng Baile (in reply to Guest)
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Just one more question. How common is it for the guitarist to use amplification in a dance class. Cheers Dave
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Date May 3 2005 12:29:23
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RE: Accompanyng Baile (in reply to Thomas Whiteley)
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Thanks. I have found Capo'ng the guitar at the 4th fret seems to get more volume out. The hand strain is a concern, as my fore arms are totaly pumped by the end of the class. I seem to remember someone saying, that doing too much accompanieng, like all day every day, makes your fingers less nimble for solo work, is this true? An interesting tech I saw Tony Clinton use, when accompanieng dance classes, was to just use up and down strokes with the back of the fingers, and thumb, no ami. This way the only strain was on the wrist, which at full speed resembled an egg whisk. He could do this so fast, it looked and sounded like he was doing triplet rasgueados, the volume with this is very loud. Cheers Dave
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Date May 4 2005 8:27:40
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RE: Accompanyng Baile (in reply to Guest)
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Just one more question. If one was doing a Buleria using A medio and E major chords, do you ever use the D chord, or just stick to 2 chords when accompanieng dance. I have noticed on the Solo compas CDs for Alegrias, just two chords are used. A and E for instance Thanks Dave
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Date May 4 2005 10:24:32
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