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Any hopes of playing this with flamenco/fingerstyle techniques? (For Sephora - Rosenberg Trio)
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Mark2
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Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: Any hopes of playing this with f... (in reply to mark74)
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This is interesting-I've seen a lot of people play Entre dos Aguas who had zero chance of doing the fast parts. I've always thought if I can't cut the BEST parts of the tune, why would I play it? I realize that means I'll most likely never play it, but unfortunately there is a lot of music I'll never be able to play. I'm curious what others think. Is it worth it to play famous pieces even if you have to leave out the hardest, and possibly best, parts? Why? I don't know what the average Joe thinks when he hears it, but personally when I hear people play Entre, as they approach the fast picado runs, I'm waiting to see if it happens, and it's a huge letdown if it doesn't. OTOH, if they nail it, it's incredible. All those folks who say fast picado is not important in flamenco, well, I'd have to disagree. I think it's super important- not to do it all the time, but to break it out at the right time. quote:
ORIGINAL: mark74 I think this song could be covered as a rumba, but depending on your physiology and level of technique you may or may not ever be able to play the really fast parts. The question is do you love that music enough to want to play it without the flashy parts? You could just improvise around on the melody I mean why not?
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Date Apr. 5 2017 21:22:45
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soclydeza85
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RE: Any hopes of playing this with f... (in reply to soclydeza85)
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Thanks for the replies, guys @ Ricardo: I have plenty of years of playing under my belt (mostly with a pick) and improvisation is nothing new to me. I've never actually tried the solo part to this song with a pick but I don't think my ability is too far off, probably just some focused practice and speed drills would get me to doing those kinds of runs with a pick. Flamenco is my main (pretty much only, except for a little jazz) focus these days and my goal is to be able to play good flamenco, I just saw playing this song (or any other fitting song) using flamenco techniques as a good way to exercise that technique while messing around with some gypsy jazz. Of course, I wouldn't go trying Black Sabbath or ACDC or something using these techniques, but gypsy jazz (to me, especially the way the Rosenberg Trio plays it) seems fitting to play using flamenco technique, as difficult as it may be and even though it's usually played with a pick as far as I've seen. @ Mark2: No discouragement on my end; I wasn't expecting to be able to play like that using flamenco techniques anytime soon (if ever), it was just more of a "maybe one day" kind of thing, kind of a goal that would help me along with my technique. I guess my mind frame was more "full immersion leads to fluency" (in that, by trying to play even non-flamenco stuff using flamenco technique, my right hand would have no choice but to become more fluid with those techniques) but trying to tackle this song with flamenco technique would be like trying to write a great literary work in a foreign language when I'm still learning to form sentences, so to speak. In other words: you're right, I'll just use a damn pick for this song haha
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Date Apr. 6 2017 0:11:13
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