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annemarie
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Hi everyone, I was just wondering if some of you guys ever try/tried to study some singing, dancing or cajón, as part of a more interdisciplinary approach to flamenco. I've started to play the guitar (some of you I know will be pleased to know that I just attempted my first Gerardo Nuñez exercise..), and even though of course I still kind of suck and I won't be starting my career as a soloist any time soon, I think it's very enlightening because it makes you see the art from a different perspective. And it makes you appreciate the hardship of your fellow aficionados, I guess. I also make attempts at playing the cajón and singing, even though the dance is definitely my main thing. I think it could make the communication between guitarist, singer and dancer easier, because you are more familiar with their points of view. Of course in Spain, so many singers can play and dance, guitarists can sing and dance and dancers can play and sing... So what do you guys think? Is it worth all the trouble of learning another discipline? PS. I personally think all guitarists should be able to do a little pataíta por bulerías, but that's just my humble opinion... :)
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Date Aug. 23 2010 21:20:53
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RE: interdisciplinary approach? (in reply to annemarie)
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Im not interested in learning to dance, but more to understand and being able to react on things in dance (as a guitarrist). Likewise a dancer does not need to be able to play guitar at all, but an understanding of music, rhythm (subdivisions) and recognition of guitar techniques certainly helps. For my own fun, i think i rather stick to guitar, coz for all the other things im surely not talented enough (except palmas, but palmas are a MUST HAVE for any flamenco anyway). once i played 2 silencios for a dancer and she preferred the one which is boring. The other one not only was more interesting but also fitted better the dance. And the best thing happened to me was, there was another guitarrist in the room and the dancer showed him a video of JUAN MARTIN as an example what she thought was a "great fandangos"! :-D I could barely hold my laugh i swear... i dont have anything against JM btw! It was just super boring, just sloppy chord strummings, not even well in compas, and the combination of that and the dancers comment was just ridiculous. ok maybe it sounds snobbish, but im sure if you were a guitarrist and had been there you would have understand it!
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