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RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to TANúñez)
Sorry TA I a was being obscure again but I thought that the liner notes might explain that a Diapazon is an extra course tuned lower than the six courses (paired strings) on a lute.
My lute at college only had one diapazon but I believe that they could have quite a few.
Maybe it is a reference to altered tuninings ?
The rennaissance lute customerily has open strings corresponding to Rondena tuning with capo third fret.
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RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to TANúñez)
Yeah, Lara's is great! The buleria, the solea, all of it...I was out last night and had the zapateo in my head the whole time I picked it up a couple of months ago and didn't listen much but I rediscovered it this week, awesome. I'll try to get my hands on Diapason! But in the meantime, I've discovered an absolute gem in Manolo Sanlucar's Medea - put this man near a guitar and I'll be happy, but put him near an orchestra too and there's nothing more I need
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to TANúñez)
Mozart's Requiem in D-minor
can't get enough of it...so much energy, it makes me depressed, but i kind of like it.. you can feel death and dignity all over the piece, from start till end.
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From: Living in Granada, Andalucía
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to Martin)
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ORIGINAL: Martin
Vivire, Camaron de la Isla
Yeap I keep a copy of that in the car. Also spent today driving to Almería to meet up with Ailsa and Dave and listed to Fernanda and Bernarda de Utrera from the 60's with Marote playing. Great music and a great paella and we even went paddling. Will send photo with Ailsa's permission when she's back from her Spanish trip. Kate
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From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to TANúñez)
I recently purchased and have been enjoying Rubichi's "Luna de Calabozo", with Antonio Jero accompanying. This is the sort of record that usually ends up being the most satisfying for me over the long haul: straight-up, no-nonsense cante/guitar. There's not an ounce of fat on this sucker. I'm listening to some samples of that Santiago Lara on flamenco-world and it sounds pretty good to me.
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RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to guitarbuddha)
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ORIGINAL: guitarbuddha
Sorry TA I a was being obscure again but I thought that the liner notes might explain that a Diapazon is an extra course tuned lower than the six courses (paired strings) on a lute.
My lute at college only had one diapazon but I believe that they could have quite a few.
Maybe it is a reference to altered tuninings ?
The rennaissance lute customerily has open strings corresponding to Rondena tuning with capo third fret.
D.
Learn some mexican, since you like "la guitarra" and all!
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Mozart's Requiem in D-minor
Even though he only wrote like 10% of it...still pretty good.
Right now, my friends who play rumba locally, Duende Camaron, just put out a new CD I am really digging right now.
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
Learn some mexican, since you like "la guitarra" and all!
Ricardo
Yeah I am so lazy and disrespectful. All those hours wasted practicing,studying,learning to read music and searching for interesting players in all styles when all I really need is some schoolboy Spanish and I will instantly be more flamenco.
When I was seeing my Columbian girlfriend Sandra she would speak to her friends in my company in Spanish, although I didn't join in was surprised to notice that my nails grew stronger and thicker.
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to guitarbuddha)
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Yeah I am so lazy and disrespectful. All those hours wasted practicing,studying,learning to read music and searching for interesting players in all styles when all I really need is some schoolboy Spanish and I will instantly be more flamenco.
no all you need is to actually love flamenco to get excited by it, jump up and down with excitement when you find a album you like
you took this oportunity to once again proove how much you know rather then just answering the simple question
wanna be more flamenco , find a way to love it beyond needing to proove to anyone anything.
its not rocket science, its flamenco, came from gipsyes who couldnt read or write
you wont be more flamenco using your brain, you will be more flamenco using your heart.
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to Florian)
Sorry Florian but apparently I have failed to prove to you how much I love flamenco. I was not aware that this was my prime responsibility as a member but I will certainly bear it in mind.
As for my other failure in providing my favourite CD at the moment well that is simple, it changes so quickly. The recording that I admire the most over the long haul must be Cameron de la Isla con Paco de Lucia. I have also been consistantly blown away by the intensity of Paco Pena's recording of his toques flamenco book.
I genuinely thought that this Diapason may have been a reference to the lute, the Alain Faucher link to his discussion on altered tunings made referenco to Chicuelo's innovations, it seemed a reasonable assumption. The use of Diapasons on lute was their solution to expanding the bass register. I explained myself as clearly as I could in my second post because I was embarrassed that I had been obscure originally.
But well done for getting on the band wagon first, make sure you make plenty of room for others. I am sure you will feel nice and warm and supported by the weight of reactionary wrath. Spare a thought for me though, even though I have so obviously commited some heinous crimes of unorthodoxy against you all. And you in particular for whom I have obviously never offered anything of any worth.
PS I like the way you separate your empty platitudes with blank lines, it's like really deep man.
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From: Hamilton, ON
RE: What's your favorite CD right now? (in reply to TANúñez)
Calm yourself, kids!!
Isn't the name of the album Diapasion, with an "i" in the middle? I don't have it but I just looked online...is it maybe a pun to get "passion" into the "diapason", or something different?
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