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devilhand

 

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Which technique is most often used? 
I wonder which technique is most often used in flamenco overall? It would be interesting to know how many seconds or minutes a certain technique is played overall, for example in 5 minute flamenco music. Maybe you can be more precise and give an estimate for each palo. A ranking for each technique would be cool.

Many thanks in advance.

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Ricardo

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
1.rasgueado
2. Arpegio
3. Pulgar
4. All the rest.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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I wonder which technique is most often used in flamenco overall?

Rasgueado, Pulgar, Golpe, Alzapúa, Arpegio, Picado, Trémolo

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
Fretting the strings with the left hand.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to Ricardo) 
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

1.rasgueado
2. Arpegio
3. Pulgar
4. All the rest.

What I thought was arpeggio or alzapua would top the list. I haven't expected rasgueado there. But who am I to judge. That's why I'll leave it to those who have been in flamenco for many years.

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Rasgueado, Pulgar, Golpe, Alzapúa, Arpegio, Picado, Trémolo

Is it a ranking or did you name them randomly?

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Fretting the strings with the left hand.

As for the left hand, that's the thing one has to consider. Indeed, left hand fingers are active all the time. Left arm flexor muscles must be strong for that. In rasgueado, the opposite is true. I watched on youtube Pepe Romero saying that rasgueado is the technique that uses the extensor muscles extensively.

Edit: In alzapua, thumb upstrokes use extensor muscles as well.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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What I thought was arpeggio or alzapua would top the list. I haven't expected rasgueado there. But who am I to judge.


Your question wasn’t specific of what you meant regarding “5 minute Flamenco music”.... is that accompanying or solo? For example the most often played rhythm for BAILE will be Bulerias, lots of rasgueados, hours and hours worth. But if I’m playing say, a solo like Guajiras de lucia, well that thing has zero rasgueado.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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for example in 5 minute flamenco music.

which 5 minutes?

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Which technique is most often used? 

how long is a piece of string?

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to Ricardo) 
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ORIGINAL: mark indigo

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for example in 5 minute flamenco music.

which 5 minutes?

quote:

Which technique is most often used? 

how long is a piece of string?

I knew that this question will go nowhere.

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Your question wasn’t specific of what you meant regarding “5 minute Flamenco music”.... is that accompanying or solo? For example the most often played rhythm for BAILE will be Bulerias, lots of rasgueados, hours and hours worth. But if I’m playing say, a solo like Guajiras de lucia, well that thing has zero rasgueado.

Since I'm into accompaniying, I would say 5 minute cante. But it looks like it's hard to tell which technique except picado which is rarely used during accompaniment.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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5 minute cante. But it looks like it's hard to tell which technique except picado which is rarely used during accompaniment.
post a video from youtube and ask what the technique is from a specific time frame, otherwise it's mostly rasgueado of some kind for the cante, and whatever technique for falsetas - could be any of the techniques, including picado - who says it's rarely used?

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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I would say 5 minute cante.


Which cante? Which form I mean?

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to Ricardo) 
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Which cante? Which form I mean?

Solea, Buleria and Alegrias.

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For example the most often played rhythm for BAILE will be Bulerias, lots of rasgueados, hours and hours worth.

Another reason one has to avoid accompanying baile. It will not do anynone good except for meeting other guitarists and learning from them or just watching them. In rasgueado, we use muscles we've never used before. It can lead to injuries very easily.

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including picado - who says it's rarely used?

I read many times on the foro. My listening experience proves this too.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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Another reason one has to avoid accompanying baile. It will not do anynone good except for meeting other guitarists and learning from them or just watching them. In rasgueado, we use muscles we've never used before. It can lead to injuries very easily.


You are a novice and need to learn to take advice rather than dish it out. Although Pohren made a similar ignorant statement in his book, no doubt because he injured himself using bad technique.

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Solea, Buleria and Alegrias.


Solea will use a high percentage of arpegio, but the other two can be done 100% rasgueado with no other technique needed. Solea por medio can also be done only rasgueado.

Here is solea cante accompaniment...except for a few brief arpegio passages from 7-10, and a single compas of pulgar/index, it’s all rasgueado:



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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to Ricardo) 
From what I see, the ranking would be Rasgueado Index Pulgar Arpeggio. Is it me or does this solea sound a bit faster than usual? On which beat do you start at 0:28?

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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ORIGINAL: devilhand

From what I see, the ranking would be Rasgueado Index Pulgar Arpeggio. Is it me or does this solea sound a bit faster than usual? On which beat do you start at 0:28?


Regardless of what finger strums a chord, any direction, it’s part of “rasgueado”. It’s fast as it ever was in the old days. I am keeping muted rhythm constant at the start... when I stop muting its beat 10.

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RE: Which technique is most often used? (in reply to devilhand) 
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one has to avoid accompanying baile. It will not do anynone good except for meeting other guitarists and learning from them or just watching them. In rasgueado, we use muscles we've never used before. It can lead to injuries very easily.

where do you get these garbage ideas from?!

if you want to get good at compas and rasgueado, go sit in dance class. most flamenco guitarists have spent at least some time accompanying baile.


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picado which is rarely used during accompaniment.
quote:

I read many times on the foro. My listening experience proves this too

EDIT: sorry, bad day, ill-tempered comment withdrawn here...

When a guitarist accompanies they won't use picado while the singer is singing, but when a guitarist chooses a falseta they can do what they like. Watch Pedro Peña or Pedro Bacan accompany cante on the Rito y Geografia films. EDIT: also Ramon Montoya, Miguel Borrull, Sabicas accompanying cante....

I have been asked to play specific picado falsetas for dance accompaniment during escobillas.

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