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Capo when accompanying cante
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Ricardo
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RE: Capo when accompanying cante (in reply to HemeolaMan)
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ORIGINAL: HemeolaMan so i guess in a way, flamenco prizes its tenors? i mean, i hear alot of guys singing who just push higher and higher.... most of them shouldnt be lol. i know in classical music, a tenor is worth more than a bass lol. what i don't hear alot, is flamencos trying to sing wayyy low. albeit, low voices wont cut thru the crowd sounds, so maybe its more a result of tradition, and atmosphere........ any thoughts? Flamenco is not meant to be a "chorus". You mainly have individual singers, and the capo adjusts to fit the range. Tenors vs Basses are meaningless because you will not have harmony going on. On singer will sing more or less the same range of notes as another, just it will be a few steps different depending on what is comfortable. Also you won't see an emphasis on technique like you do in opera or chorus singing, or even pop. Basses need to learn to project sound, tenors learn to lighten up on high notes so they are not yelling. In flamenco, you have guys that are very loud projecting with diaphram, and others very quite and sing with the throat only. It is what ever the feeling and personal style is, and ultimately that the flamenco sound is achieved. The sound of the voice is the main thing, more important than most comfortable range. For example in Heavy metal, you have guys with low speaking voice who sing VERY high... like Priest, Maiden, Queensryche, etc. The reason is because of the sound the voice will make in that range. Vs say a male Country singer will keep a range much closer to his speaking voice range. Flamenco is somewhere in the middle there.
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