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I nead help to find any basic Tarantas to start with.
I got the one from "toques flamencos" also viva de la union (pdl) Fuente y caudal (pdl) Aires de linares (pdl)
but if i want to learn form the begining what should i look for? If i were a 8 years old andalucian kid just getting my first Tarantas what would i be taught?
Henrik
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This is hard stuff! Don't give up... And don't make it a race. Enjoy the ray of sunshine that comes with every new step in knowledge.
I'd really like to help here, but dont know of an easy one.
There are a few phrases from Sabicas and Serranito that i can play well, but ive not worked on Tarantas much at all. Im not ready for an entire Sabicas work.
It would be great to find something easier that i could play all the way through, and actually do it justice.
I don't think there's something to begin with or to end, I think you should just go with the one you like more and feel it the best, music is not an competition, even if it's a paco stuff you could always make an arregement of it, you don't have to play 100 notes just because someone alse did. I think the important thing when learning is to analyze what youre doing for instance what chords does the piece have, can you call it traditional in the structure, does it change to another tonality and how does it manage to go back. This is much important than if it's difficult to play because the chord and structure will always be determinant, the technique is not that critical to be learning about a style so you can arrange things to a simplier technique.
i got hard ones to play untill the day i die. thats why im after something realy basic. I want the difficulty to be the feeling and attitude and not how many notes i can squeeze into one bar. guess the hunt goes one. But i´ll check out some sabicas and serranito also the koster book
Henrik
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This is hard stuff! Don't give up... And don't make it a race. Enjoy the ray of sunshine that comes with every new step in knowledge.
Henrik, Why not have a listen to the Tarantas from the first Paco Peña album? It's not got any of those modern "smoodgy" chords in it though.. But it is derivied from Niño Ricardo and is interesting and is played very well! I think it would suit your style. You can hear a lot of the "traditional" structure of solo Tarantas, before "the young 'uns got at it...LOL!)
Henrik, why don't you give that Isidro Munoz one a crack? It's not as hard as it sounds, no fast picados or extremely difficult fingerings. I think you could handle it in your sleep. Just a thought.
I also don't know any easy Tarantas cause I don't listen to the old guys as much any more.
Don't worry about a "piece" or how hard it might be. You are playing at a pro level, you can play ANY Taranta you want. No need to tackle an ENTIRE piece. Pick ONE falseta from Fuente y Caudal and master it. Should only take a couple of days. Then look at a different piece or player. Chicuelo's vid has some nice sections. Piece together the falsetas as you please. It is so easy if you avoid thinking of it as a "classical" piece. Before you know it, you will be tossing falsetas out more than searching for new ones. Pick an intro and ending you like to start with. Flamenco is never ending learning. Taranta and Taranto por baile can be very improvisational.
hey ...I'm trying to learn the tremolo from Fuente Y Caudal,that's mine ..learn something else :D.Btw ....though u are not allowed to learn it ,can u give me a tip on how to do some damn tremolo on a D chord :D
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thats why im after something realy basic. 
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