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Hello... Just one simple question. What is Cierre? is it a start or ...? I'm a bit confused. thank you.
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Date Aug. 25 2005 10:38:47
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RE: Cierre! (in reply to Guest)
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Hola Cierre is the closing of a phrase. Think soleá. 7,8,9,10: F,E,F,E. This is a classic cierre. The first time I played for a friend por soleá apolá, he said "me has cerrao mucho". It took me a while to realise that the letras of this cante often use more than one compás. The guitar should follow the cante without giving a cierre of this style at the end of each compás, until the singer cierra su cante. Then, on the next 7,8,9,10, the guitar should give a cierre muy fuerte. Suerte Sean
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Date Aug. 25 2005 14:03:04
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Ricardo
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This is really important and unique to flamenco rhythm. The cierre is the "close" of the rhythm, the rhythmic stopping point. Even if the song is not over, the close forces a space into the rhythm cycle. So all the flamenco rhythms seem to have a head and a tail, where the close is on a different beat than the down beat. Most other music syles feel a stopping point on the down beat, and that is what makes flamenco unique. After one gets used to hearing different cierres, it eventually becomes a "feeling" that everyone playing, singing, dancing or doing palmas, simply senses is coming. Pretty much every falseta with compas has some sort of cierre, listen for it. (If not a clear closure, then usually a rhythmic strumming tag that has a cierre.) Learning it in the juergas doing palmas is the best way. BAM!, "why did everybody stop all of a sudden?" Ricardo
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Date Aug. 26 2005 5:28:51
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Phil
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So, what is the difference between a cierre and a remate? Could a cierre be considered a type of remate? quote:
ORIGINAL: Sean The guitar should follow the cante without giving a cierre of this style at the end of each compás, until the singer cierra su cante. Then, on the next 7,8,9,10, the guitar should give a cierre muy fuerte. What do you do on 7,8,9,10 of the 1st compas, just sit on the E for those beats? Thanks, Phil
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Date Aug. 27 2005 9:19:18
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RE: Cierre! (in reply to Phil)
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quote:
What do you do on 7,8,9,10 of the 1st compas, just sit on the E for those beats? Hola Phil The singer will determine what you play. The art of accompanying is to seamlessly accompany the cante, while unobtrusively maintaining compas. The most difficult thing is to do this with a singer who has no compas. I watched Pascual de Lorca do this once, following the cante and restating the compas strongly in the gaps. Sean
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Date Aug. 28 2005 9:36:18
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