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AntonioM -> RE: La Barossa out of tune? (Feb. 9 2009 6:16:05)
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I lecture on flamenco at a master class for classical guitarists once a semester at a local university. If I were to sit opposite this young man and give him advice, I would say: "Young man, you have a lot of talent. Your technique is very good. However, you must pay more attention to tunning your guitar each and every time you play. (I could not play anything, even for myself, if my guitar was out of tune ).
I would also tell him to play with more feeling. You must play from the heart with more emotion. When you feel this emotion, you must transmit it to those listening to you buy playing with more sensitivity, shadding, and presence.
I think this young man was playing mechanically and his mind was somewhere else. We change with age. As we get older, our life experiences, especially suffering, plays a part in our emotions and how we relate to things. We become more sensitive.
I personally did not like the golpeador on his guitar. It is a huge, thick looking, one piece of white plastic, instead of a smaller 2 piece tap plate. It seems to cover more than half of his soundboad. I wonder what the guitar would sound like without that huge piece of plastic dampening and absorbing the vibrations of his instrument. My guitars are French polished.
This young man is a diamond in the rough. He has a very nice technique and a huge potential to be a first class guitarist, which I am sure, will come with age and maturity. Just paying a little more attention to tunning would have greatly improved this performance
We guitarists owe it to our public to be the best we can be.
Beethoven once said:
"MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE OF GOD. WE MUSICIANS ARE CLOSER TO HIM THAN ANYONE CAN BE. WE HEAR HIS VOICE AND THROUGH OUR INSTRUMENTS, PASS IT ON TO OTHERS".
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