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Gerardo's nails and nails in general
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: Gerardo's nails and nails in general (in reply to mark indigo)
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ORIGINAL: mark indigo quote:
while i'm happy with efficiency and speed, i miss the tone that i liked a lot... isn't there a quote from Paco in one of the documentaries where he says something like (this is not word for word by a long way) classical players sacrifice rhythm for tone, flamenco players sacrifice tone for rhythm... also, a friend of mine asked Gerardo in Sanlucar once (this is about 10 years ago now) how he got his picado sound, and he said something like "use a PA" - the point is, you almost never hear the tone that a flamenco player creates just from the guitar, it's nearly always mic-ed up or amplified somehow, so tone is less of an issue from that point of view.... Regarding Paco's quote he meant flamenco players are ok with MISSING notes, not hitting them good, in order to keep the tempo solid, rather than TONE like the sound of a note. Classical players might litterally adjust the tempo in order to hit the notes clean. Even John Williams does that. Flamenco's very rarely. Anyway Flamenco TONE is just as important or MORE important IMO than a "classical" tone. One is not more or less or better than an other. The issue about volume is also not so cut and dry. Some players play louder than others and more clear, regardless of playing style. Also some guitars are louder than others. Volume levels are relative to the audience and venue. Even the quietest player might be too loud for a certain intimate setting. Vice versa, the loudest player with the loudest guitar wont' be heard over a noisy troupe of dancers palmeros and singers in a big OUT DOOR venue. Ricardo
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