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DrStrangelove24
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Glad to Join Your Flamenco Community
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Hello everyone, For a while now I've wanted to integrate myself into the conversations going on here, but I figured I should first provide an introduction. I'm 29 (almost 30!) and from Wisconsin. I do not have a musical background and my professional life is as far away from music as you can get. Nevertheless, about a year ago I became anxious to start learning guitar. I'd always wanted to and I knew things would not get easier as I got older. So, I got a rather crappy steel string guitar and started learning my favorite folkrock songs (in the realm of Simon & Garfunkel). But then I came across Paco de Lucia on youtube. The music infected me like nothing else before. I was amazed by the spectrum of expression contained within Flamenco; its seeming ability to oscillate between absolute lament and jubilation. I loved the attitude and confidence of the music. I loved the dissonance contained within it at times. From that moment, about 8 months ago, I've tried to use any time I've had for music to saturate my mind with all things Flamenco (i.e., not just guitar, but also the cante, the history, the culture, the language, the different personalities and pioneers, etc). I decided to use Juan Martin's books to learn technique. And, of course, I've benefited tremendously from this site (thanks everyone!). I'm pretty good at self-learning, and I'm fairly confident in my ability to teach myself about Flamenco. And yet, I remain very aware of the fact that traditionally Flamenco solo guitar was taught by a teacher, not out of a book. And in that vain, I'm somewhat afraid that I'm forming and cementing bad habits without knowing it. My plan now is to keep improving hand strength, agility, and general knowledge and then eventually hire a teacher to help me iron out my rough edges. But I'd also like to start participating on this site and hopefully pick up some pointers from you all. So, that's me. Thanks again and I look forward to joining your community!
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Date Oct. 18 2013 16:04:47
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DrStrangelove24
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RE: Glad to Join Your Flamenco Community (in reply to Brendan)
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Hi Brenden, Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I haven't found anyone doing Flamenco around here, despite looking. My plan was to take lessons from a teacher online starting in December, at which time my schedule is going to open up. That wasn't a list of "limiting factors" as much as a general statement of what I'm working on now. I could have been clearer. By saying "hand strength, agility, and general knowledge" I mean to include: right hand technique (picado, tremelo, apregios, alzapua, golpe, etc) and left hand technique (ligado, barre, slides, muting, etc), playing in compas, internalizing the major, minor, and phrygian dominant scales, and learning the different parts that make up a palo (llamadas, falsetas, ending phrases, etc). I did join this site to learn though, so perhaps you could suggest a better way for me to hone my focus? Cheers
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Date Oct. 19 2013 21:24:44
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