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Leñador

Posts: 5237
Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

Hello from Los Angeles

Just thought I'd join the recent trend, I have little interest in learning anything about flamenco but I think it sounds cool I suppose………anyways, here I am on a flamenco forum.

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Pgh_flamenco

Posts: 1506
Joined: Dec. 5 2007
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

Boooo! Go away! Doesn't Fender have a Squire forum for people like you!?!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 17:09:50

Leñador

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Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

Does fender really have a squire forum???? lololol

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 18:17:47

El Kiko

Posts: 2697
Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

welcome L.A.....flamenco is really really easy ....its basically just E and F chords ..kinda change whenever you want ...stamp and shout OLE from time to time ...
slowly you work toward 'gypsy kings ' and thats about as far as you can go then ...l

you will probably be a flamenco teacher by then .. so leave and start your own youtube channel ...
it a hard few weeks of work , but probably worth it ...

(I'm only on the E chord so far , I cant get the F cos of that stupid Barre thing thing that you have to do with only one finger ..!)

Good luck with that one .....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 19:34:43

Pgh_flamenco

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Joined: Dec. 5 2007
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to El Kiko)

quote:

flamenco is really really easy ....its basically just E and F chords ..kinda change whenever you want ...stamp and shout OLE from time to time ...

So true! Buy "Flamenco Made Easy" and you'll be all set--you can even dress and act like a rock star:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Learn-Spanish-Flamenco-Guitar-Music-Lessons-For-Beginners-DVD-FREE-USA-SHIP-/151264478379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item233810c4ab#ht_5736wt_925

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 19:59:09

timoteo

Posts: 219
Joined: Jun. 22 2012
From: Seattle, USA

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)

I see that DVD will even teach you "Tarañtas", which as we all know is a palo in the Fandañgo family.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 20:48:36

El Kiko

Posts: 2697
Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to timoteo)

but does it tell you how to play that friggin F chord chord I'm stuck on .....??

Although I did see that one of the hidden and most guarded Flamenco secrets ,,is to not barre it at all ...just leave that finger off completely and move the E chord up and leave a few open strings ,,,,thats the kind of 'inside info' you can only get here and not from books ..!!

I suppose I'm ok to let you guys in on this info on this site ... you know ''We'd Like to Avoid Any Imperial Entanglements'...or flamenco police in this case ....

shhh ... i may let a few other well guarded secrets out here later .....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 21:34:51

guitarbuddha

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Joined: Jan. 4 2007

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to El Kiko)

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ORIGINAL: El Kiko

but does it tell you how to play that friggin F chord chord I'm stuck on .....??

Although I did see that one of the hidden and most guarded Flamenco secrets ,,is to not barre it at all ...just.................................................................... ,,,,thats the kind of 'inside info' you can only get here and not from books ..!!

I suppose I'm ok to let you guys in on this info on this site ... you know ''We'd Like to Avoid Any Imperial Entanglements'...or flamenco police in this case ....

shhh ... i may let a few other well guarded secrets out here later .....

Hey what's with the blank ? What precisely should I do ?

I mean, why can't I read it ?

D.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 22:15:14

Leñador

Posts: 5237
Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

E chords???? F chords???? This is a lot more then I signed up for...... I just wanted to have a ponytail and a shirt with ruffles......I was inspired one day when I was eating a burrito......

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 22:15:56

timoteo

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Joined: Jun. 22 2012
From: Seattle, USA

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to El Kiko)

Perhaps I can help you Kiko. That friggin F chord looks something like this:

_x_x_x_x_
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o_|_|_|_|_|
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| | | | | |

Like many flamenco chords, it's difficult to name it with conventional music theory. I suppose technically it's an F#u, although the flamencos use it as a natural Fu.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2014 22:39:06

El Kiko

Posts: 2697
Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to timoteo)

ohhh an F U chord ....deep man ........where will the conspiracy end ? and how deep does this rabbit hole go ?

So the Em must be an EMU chord ? and we consider the F to be a Gbb or more precisely a D#, ##...wow...
I know these are derived from the Augminished and Demented scales .. but F U ..!!! that will take some getting used to ///

i dunno man , this is kinda sleazy , under the counter info ,, i put up here at my own risk .. i got it from a guy with a ponytail and a shirt with ruffles...bit of a burrito fan ... more than that i cannot say ...the truth is out there ...

I got a story for you ... but ... it might cause a lotta problems ....
i'll have a think first .....before publishing ......

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 30 2014 2:41:40

Leñador

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Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

Look, I think this is getting way too deep , I just joined the forum so I could learn to play Santana songs, he's gotta be the best flamenco player ever!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 30 2014 6:54:07

Arash

Posts: 4530
Joined: Aug. 9 2006
From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to El Kiko)

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ORIGINAL: El Kiko
..stamp and shout OLE from time to time ...
slowly you work toward 'gypsy kings ' and thats about as far as you can go then ...l

somehow ruined the joke right here, cause playing rumba like gypsy kings is actually not easy at all. only full-blood rumberos with years of rumba strumming can do it like that.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 30 2014 10:37:00

mezzo

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Joined: Feb. 18 2010
From: .fr

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Arash)

well said arash.
and not only GK, strumming rumba is far than being easy. I mean to made it groovy like how it have to sound...pfff, good luck!
btw, i didn't get the joke at all here! sarcastic comments in a sarcastic thread with sarcastic answer.
that's too much for me! i'm overwhelmed

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 30 2014 15:11:33

Leñador

Posts: 5237
Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

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btw, i didn't get the joke at all here! sarcastic comments in a sarcastic thread with sarcastic answer.
that's too much for me! i'm overwhelmed

You got the joke exactly! Lol
A few people have joined recently with no interest in flamenco, I was parodying them......

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 30 2014 15:33:31

mezzo

Posts: 1409
Joined: Feb. 18 2010
From: .fr

RE: Hello from Los Angeles (in reply to Leñador)

quote:

You got the joke exactly! Lol
A few people have joined recently with no interest in flamenco, I was parodying them......

No interest, uhmmm...
When it comes to denigration I prefer talking about sevillanas rather than rumbas. But that's just personnal taste.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 30 2014 15:55:24