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This is really not enough info but I've already typed it out so I'm leaving it. That book I sent you has some great simple solea examples for compas and falsetas.
Is that the only thing needed to call something a solea?
Nooooooooooooo, it has to be played like a solea. What does that mean? I can't quite say, there's a certain "je ne sais quoi" (all the french I know) that makes palos sound like that palo, if you just play those chords in that order you'd have a decent waltz/vals but not necessarily a solea. I'll try and find some you tube videos for beginners, I feel like Ramzy's gotta have one.
From what i've learned from my teacher the essential progression is:
beats 1,2,3 --> Fmaj 7 played from string 4 to 1 (open) beats 4,5,6 --> C major beats 7,8,9 --> Fmaj 7 played from string 4 to 1 (open) beats 10,11,12 --> Remates based on the E major chord
So that's the fundamental harmony al cantaores know to sing over...
I think that Norman has a great page with falsetas & remates.
@Ricardo, That video was a lesson, so i think it's pretty normal that it's not meant to be listening material. For a beginning player like me this kind of videos (played really clear) are really nice to study. I can understand for you it's a boring video though
Something I am curious about to know from people that want to join: How long would you prefer this challenge to last?
Something I am curious about to know from people that want to join: How long would you prefer this challenge to last?
I don't know... the deadline could be in 2 months more or less. I think it gives plenty of time for beginners to learn, practise and record a 2 or 3 minutes Soleá.
Thats what I call the "adventure part". Is that the only thing needed to call something a solea?
As mentioned by Lenador chord sequences like above "adventure part" (f-c-f-e) only becomes soleares when you play variations that fit the picture.
I included a couple of those variations in the second half of a long contribution that focused on the art of gradually building up your technique/understanding by adding more and more notes to a well chosen starting pattern in small evolutionary steps.
The compas variations i included are based on what you could call the thump/arpeggio variations of f,c,f,e (which happens to be one of the basic compas variations of soleares).
The variations start after the ****** intermission line.
Today Ive listened to lots of soleas and some of them (instrumentals) dont begin on the 12 beat compas, it sounds like a free form improv that builds up to a point where the rhythm & chords of the solea begin.
Is this what Iam hearing or there's no such thing?
Not impossible, but not common. Solea phrasing begins on 1 normally though, it is played rubato a lot of times but it's not quite as free as a toque libre like granainas or rondenas.
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