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El Becko

 

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From: Paris

More foot taping questions (farruca,... 
Hello everyone,

On what beats do you usually tap your foot when playing farrucas and tarantos. I personally do on 1 3 5 & 7 but I wonder if this is the right thing to do on these palos.

And what about tango?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Philippe
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 22 2007 7:48:27
 
Doitsujin

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RE: More foot taping questions (farr... (in reply to El Becko) 
Farruca 1 and 3
Taranto 1 3 5 7
Tango 1 3

You can tab how you like. It have to help you while playing. If you just tab 1 in Tango.... no problem. Or dont tab.
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koella

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RE: More foot taping questions (farr... (in reply to El Becko) 
I think that on a fast tango it sounds very cool to tap on 2 and 4.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 22 2007 9:51:07
 
Ricardo

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RE: More foot taping questions (farr... (in reply to El Becko) 
It depends how you count it or think of the rhythm. To me, all those rhythms are 2 beat rhythms, or I tap two beats per cycle or compas. Many others count in 4 (taping foot on 1,3), twice the speed I feel it. I like to keep my foot always as a quarter note, so Farruca or Tientos, Tangos, Taranto, is always just ONE & TWO &, my foot on the numbers, 1-2. Rumba too. Tanguillos too.

Farruca chords, E7-Am. Some dancers think of that as 1,2,3,4, on the E7, then 5,6,7,8 on the Am. I think of it as if they are counting 8th notes. So for me it is 1&2&, E7, 1&2&, Am. If I were transcribing, and found the whole piece was "cuadrao", or square, I might fit both chords into a single bar of 4/4, my foot always on the numbered beats.

Make sense to anyone????

Ricardo
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Doitsujin

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RE: More foot taping questions (farr... (in reply to El Becko) 
yepp to me.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 22 2007 18:23:03
 
El Becko

 

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From: Paris

RE: More foot taping questions (farr... (in reply to El Becko) 
OK, it does make sense.

Thanks a lot for your answers. This is very helpful.

The thing about tangos and rumbas is that the "strong beats" are then when the foot is "up" (tango) or "going down" (rumba). I tried to tap on 2 and 4 (or & and & as described by Ricardo) as I thought for some reasons that it was the thing to do, but I found it quite difficult.

Thanks again...
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 23 2007 8:34:31
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