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i'm living in fear of next friday
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henrym3483
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Joined: Nov. 13 2005
From: Limerick,Ireland
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 i'm living in fear of next friday
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i went down to the local dance centre in my university today to meet a friend and what did i hear someone playing flamenco music, so my curiosity was piqued so i went to the hall.
there i met one of the flamenco dancers from the stage show riverdance teaching a workshop for flamenco(shes from seville,if i remember), we got talking and she asked me to bring my guitar next week, so that the irish students could see guitar and dance together, and i the soft hearted and as well as soft headed fool  that i am agreed. :@]
i've never acompanied a dancer let alone play a piece over 3mins long, and the most i can play well with confidence is soleares,tangos, farruca, and 4sets of sevillanas,(the rest im working, on). i just hope i dont fall flat on my face maybe i cant tell her to follow me cause i certainly wont be able to follow her. 
ah well its gonna be a learning experience. 
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Date Nov. 25 2005 11:08:30
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henrym3483
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From: Limerick,Ireland
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 RE: i'm living in fear of next friday (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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phyrgus,
i said to the dancer that id didnt have that broad a range, have'nt even touched bulerias or seguiriyas, and thats mainly what she was teaching to beginners (which is funny cause its complicated stuff and even they found it hard) , i played for her soleares, tangos, farruca and 4 coplas of sevillanas, and it went down well. 
but when playing for the students she said just give them solo compas,something to dance to and associate with the rythm, i was bored as heck cause she said dont do any fancy falsetas cause they wouldnt understand it. 
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Date Dec. 2 2005 17:22:05
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RE: i'm living in fear of next friday (in reply to henrym3483)
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Ok got it
But hey, thats accompanymiende ... or so. I mean lol thats whats its all about, when playing especially to students who came there to dance. They only need rythm, in fact, it would be bad for them, as your friend says, if they had to dance to falsetas, at least for the beginner ones, i think.
Any compas CD would do the job
In fact my situation is worse: When i meet the guitarist and dancer there will be no dance students, no beginners if you want, and i even CANT do any *fancy* falsetas.
I just hope that they will be not too disappointed.
Maybe someone has some tips how one can create the impression to the audience that oneself is worse than the playing actually is, how to hide mistakes, how to practice special riffs, chords which are easy to play but sound more complicated than they actually are...
better help me to get some stuff on, Sunday evening is the meeting already . what can i do?!
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Date Dec. 2 2005 18:48:40
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