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JieXian
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Joined: Aug. 8 2010
From: Malaysia
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I'm very sorry but I have to ask abo...
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I have been quite suspicious and I agree with the views on this business practices and several other things that gave away something which I won't elaborate. But PDL documantaries and weird crap aside Is Ruben Diaz really teaching flamenco? Are his videos such as buleria for beginners correct according to the compas? If not, who else would be a better teacher to learn it? Juan Martin? I'm from Malaysia and no one plays it. And his tips for choosing a guitar, I have written it down and I would like your opinion, the seem logical to me: tone of g string distance between strings height of string at bridge 5mm grain spacing knocking sound/ drum - deep sound resonating at headstock, string cannot touch wood, must be free at bridge, wings different tone, test with tapping, thickness 1st harmonic vs 12th fret sound fretboard straight holes at bridge for strings to go through must be equaly aligned, flat, horizontal thickness of fretboard at body ----------- tension: ------------ angle at bridge angle at neck ------------ basics : ------- sound - treble quality comfort intonation/tune Sorry and Thank you.
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Date Nov. 22 2010 13:57:12
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turnermoran
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RE: I'm very sorry but I have to ask... (in reply to JieXian)
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to paraphrase something I heard once about Buddah and his teachings: 'follow your heart and instincts to find what is right for you. And you may find that my teachings are not right for you -and that will be right for you'. And then there's the story of a guitarist who followed Paco's ways, and then caught up with Paco and asked for the maestro's advice on his picado. He showed him the picado, and it wasn't happening. Paco asks "why are you doinng it this way". And the student says, "but that's how you do it maestro". And Paco says "so what. That's just works for me. Find the way that works for you. That is the right way - for you". (obviously, that's paraphrased too) So given that Ruben's whole thing is "do it this way and only this way - because that's how Paco does it" is a little short sighted, since Paco himself would probably say that each has to find their own path. That being said, I personally think that if you folllowed Ruben's teachings, you'd be better off than the millions of YouTube "teachers" out there - most of whom demonstrate many times over that they aren't very good players. Ruben can play! Various things I've learned from his videos: 3 golpes for ring finger - nail only, flesh and nail, flesh only. If you listen to PdL you can hear that he clearly uses a lot of the flesh-only, and just as Ruben says, Sabicas does in fact use a lot of nail-only. His compas for bulerias - it is one of many that Paco (and many others) play. I think it's a good place to start. His Fandangos de Huelva - go through his first 6 videos and you'll hear that it sounds pretty much like what the majority of modern flamencos play. But consider this: Grisha can play Paco's material note for note, and if you look at their picado techniques, they're very different. Grisha doesn't do the "lift the upper arm up at a 90º angle" technique. Also, they have very different tremolo techniques. And yet it's not like Grisha made a mistake in his choices! His technique is incredible. Like Jason McGuire says: there's a lot to learn from him. He's a little nutty, but most great players are.
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Date Nov. 26 2010 5:19:46
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