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Forum seems dead at the moment so good job keeping the fires burning.
But same note I gave before. its hard for me to tell whats happening cos of the sound, but it seems youre dragging behind the beep quite a bit. also lacks a bit of power. its a little soft.
Some nice dymanics in places but generally something lacking. I know youre not DDM but still.
I'm not sure what it is but I remember feeling like this on a previous bulerias vid you posted. maybe the metronome needs to be louder?
Seperate thing. do you often play sat on a a bed/sofa? I know you posted a bout leg pain before.
Generally you are on the right track. Only issues I have are in the details, one was mentioned. The up strokes need to come out more when you are keeping time...I see your finger moving but the top string is not driving the contra feeling because I can't really hear it ringing. Your thumb work is too close to the sound hole, you need to move it back towards the bridge and find the sweet spot where the notes don't snap so much because the strings are tighter and resist more back there. This also will make you want to play a little "harder", but I don't mean by force, but getting a firmer grip on the string with the right hand fingers before plucking the note...and this makes the notes dynamically louder. At the same time you do have some nice natural dynamics that you want to preserve so this is only going to be certain notes that need to be expressed with more conviction/confidence/strength. But again it might be you need to move the hand back toward the bridge more.
The rasgueados also tend to be "snapping" into the bass strings too much, you need to be brushing across to make a more brilliant treble sound and rounder tone out of the chords. NOT all the time, but most of the time. There are times you want that snapping sound on the low notes. So it is a lot of little details that you will likely fix on your own, the more you record yourself. And the last thing that WILL make a difference has nothing to do with YOU.....it is that you need a proper instrument. At some point.
I'm suprised a note from Ricardo or anyone else, hasn't been... about choosing this type of material.
To my mind this isn't the most straight forward buleria. Shouldn't you be honing your compas and technique on simpler stuff?
Don't misunderstand me though, I play/try to play, stuff that is beyond me all the time. So I'm not saying don't enjoy playing /learning stuff you really like or are inspired by.
But a lot of the issues here would be better fixed playing a more simple bulerias. And until you've got that down. This stuff might be a bit too soon.
But.... I'm not trying to be unkind . You're doing good! And well done for recording and uploading.
This bulerias is so hard for me and I don‘t have a right tab to learn. I tried to learn it from video but it took me a long time to follow Diego's hands. Anyway, nice play
It is indeed extremely hard. A few weeks of consistently playing this bulerias and going to back to playing PDL, the difference was significant. All of a sudden it became a cake walk to play PDL's bulerias or anybody else's for that matter
about the playing near bridge part. I intentionally play near the soundhole. When I play near the bridge, I get a dampened sound due to the thick golpeador which absorbs the sound.
about the playing near bridge part. I intentionally play near the soundhole. When I play near the bridge, I get a dampened sound due to the thick golpeador which absorbs the sound.
You can get a decent flamenco guitar for 5 or $600. If you need help let me know I will put you in contact.
it's not about the music stores but rather the fact very few stock classical guitars. Flamenco guitars are an even bigger stretch. There's a slight possibility of getting the Cordoba GK Studio provided it's preordered
the money. it costs around 65K INR here roughly 800 USD.
I played a 60-dollar Hohner HC06 classical guitar with adhesive bookcover rolls as golpeadores. Perhaps try those or a proper golpeador instead of the one you have currently, at least as an interim solution until you get a better guitar?
his golpeador is so thick that it adjusts the string height at the bridge as low as needed for flamenco. Yes, he needs another guitar. But I think at that playing level he should try to get to spain somehow.
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