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First ever dance accompaniment session. Help!
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Haydn
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Next week I'll be sitting in on a dance lesson, and this terrifies me. A little background: I've been playing flamenco guitar for one year (to the day actually ), and have played electric for 10 years before this. I practise a lot and feel like I'm making real progress, so I decided, a couple of months ago, to get myself a teacher. Well, look as I might I could not find one within 50 miles of where I live. That was until I stumbled upon the website of a dance studio that claimed to have not one, but three, teachers! I contacted them immediately and just received a call back: it transpires that the teaching is an on the job basis. A learn as you go situation... I've agreed to go along next Tuesday, and it seems the lady who runs it is very keen that I play. Can anyone please give me any advice, or anything to calm me down? I've never done anything like this and have no idea what to expect. The closest I've come to this is learning a Soleá por baile from the Ravenna flamenco website! Thanks! Haydn
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Date Aug. 31 2011 19:33:45
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Florian
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From: Adelaide/Australia
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RE: First ever dance accompaniment s... (in reply to Haydn)
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a dance studio that claimed to have not one, but three, teachers! I contacted them immediately and just received a call back: it transpires that the teaching is an on the job basis. A learn as you go situation... I am a little unclear...is there going to be a guitar teacher there for you to follow or does the dance teacher teach you ? if theres another guitarist i wouldn't even worry... Youl be ok, personaly i think dont even worry about a falseta this early, you will prob be too nervous to play it ...but ...even if you could...depending on the class you dont really get to do that many falsetas...if any so atm i think your energy is better spent on compas, rithm variations etc..(practice using your foot so that you play at a steady speed without slowing down or speeding up) practice your compas, rithm variations and llamada...if you haven't tackled "llamada" yet, dont worry about it ...just straight forward rithm will work for it for now...just play it louder if you not sure whats happening and they do some tricky footwork you not sure about ...you will never be wrong if you mentain the same rithm as the compas before as straight as possible....if you stay in compas as much as possible eventually they will come back and you will eventually meet back in compas where you will be if you keep it straight..(thats when using your foot and maintaining very steady compas is especially important) ps...this is not anything to fear, is something to enjoy ...its a good thing...thats where you wanna be..... right ? if you do make mistakes chances are the dancers wont even notice cause they either not listening, or focusing on themselves or are beginners ...so dont worry , just enjoy
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