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Ailsa
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From: South East England
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Gerardo masterclass (in reply to henrym3483)
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Apparently his concert was fab. I've just come from his masterclass which was really good. He got through a lot of material - Bulerias, Rumba, Guajiras, Columbiana, plus some technique stuff - rasgueado and alzapua. He was very relaxed, nice personality, no airs and graces. There were 6 guitarists and about a dozen observers. Three of the guitarists were forumites, who did brilliantly, and here is a pic of Luke, David (buddha) and Henry. Sorry it's really shaky guys - my camera is crap in less than brilliant light. This was before I'd had a drink, honest!
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Date Nov. 2 2008 5:27:22
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henrym3483
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From: Limerick,Ireland
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RE: gerardos concert and class (in reply to Ricardo)
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Any concert reviews? yup, it was a cracker, jesus mendez and rafael de utrera were singing, they did a tonas piece (a cappella) and solea por buleria (a cappella knocking on a table) they sang through the show, great singing. carmens dancing was spot on, and she stole the show, the sevillanas she did with a bata de cola dress was amazing as well as the solea por buleria, and buleria. gerardo was on top form, he did loads of improv and the master class was great, i had a great weekend hanging out with luke as well in ashford, big up the ashford.
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Date Nov. 3 2008 5:27:09
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mark indigo
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RE: gerardos concert and class (in reply to henrym3483)
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i saw him last night in bristol, awesome show, he was just brutal at times with the guitar, really ferocious, but with really tender moments interspersed - that's something i really like about gerardo's playing (and in flamenco playing generally), the contrasts of aggression and sensitivity he opened with the sol por bul from andando la tiempo with D# tuning (Templo Del Lucero?), with letras from the singers and a footwork/dancing section with Carmen worked in. they did tangos por medio with gerardo and the singers, gerardo played some falsetas he taught the one class i did with him way back they did jucal buleria in D# which then dropped into the piece sevilla which Carmen danced to, then into buleria in B phrygian, then buleria in E por arriba first half closed with gerardo and singers doing alegrias second half opened with gerardo playing rondena, then into rondena buleria en el arco, unaccompanied, then faded back into rondena, got up and walked off as one of the singers came on in front of the mikes and sang what i think must have been martinetes (which i 'fess i only guess at from the siguiriya like finger snaps), then he swapped with the other singer singing nana... then i think must have been the bit where the table roadie came on with a table and the singers and percussionist rapped on it while the singers took turns singing bulerias/soela por bulerias (i guess...) then i think was the solea (in E por arriba) with Carmen dancing i think they must have closed with bulerias por medio from gerardo and singers, 'cos he played a falseta that i know from gallo azul somewhere in the set lasty night! but maybe they did this after the table roadie came on and took the table off again and before the solea.... ....and then there was an encore where they all came stage front and gerardo played some great trad sounding (to my ears) but funky jerez style bulerias falsetas standing up off mike, and they all, singers, cajonero, carmen, and gerardo took turns to dance some bulerias i've seen gerardo play entirely solo before, and what was really great about this for me was to see him play not only without 2nd, 3rd etc guitars, bass, flute etc. etc. which don't do much for me at the best of times (ok, 2nd guitar is fine!) but to see him accompany dance, which he did with finesse and such relish, he seemed to be so enjoying himself it was completely infectious.... and i got some nice ideas for varying the basic F, C, F, E chords in solea footwork too! takitaka you in for a treat tonight!
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Date Nov. 3 2008 6:17:58
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