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I like how he overdoes it with the falsetas at the beginning before the cantaor begins, and the cantaor looks at the camera & gives it a look of "when the hell is this guy going to shut up & let me start singing already?"
Great playing, but I don't like how they mixed the recording.
Does anybody know a method, treatise, essay or video explaining how 'cante' has to be perfomed? I mean, something about how 'cante' fits in 'compás'.
There are so many ways to do it, and it is normally learned "on the job". It depends on the specific cante. I have seen transcriptions of cante and articles describing specific performances, but no general essay...it's just too complicated a topic. I admit there is the "orthodox" way to sing for baile but again I still get into arguements about it with aficionados. Check this site especially "classifications of solea and siguiriya" sectons: www.canteytoque.es
The thing that jumped out about the accompaniment to me was how he does the F chord early almost every time. It's like ending a compas of alegrias on 9 1/2 every time. Someone who doesn't know would think that's where the chord is supposed to be instead of it being a variation. Not a big deal, but I found it distracting. I was always wondering if he was going to do it again, and he usually did.
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