Guest -> RE: fandangos coplas and compas (Mar. 12 2009 10:58:13)
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Hola Fandangos compás is really easy, contrary to what I thought when I was trying to work out Juan Martin´s explanation or when I tried to play for dance students in London who had no idea where to come in. However I have accompanied many cantaores without problems and the teacher is right. The compas is basically 12s but a singer can elongate the cante and insert 6s at will. If there is no singer, even simpler, since all will resolve in 12s. The best ways to accompany this are:. Probably the biggest problem comes at the transition from the Phrygian section to the verse (major section) but 12s still prevail: E, E, Am (1,2,3) space, rasgeo(Am) space,(4,5,6) G7, F, E (7,8,9) space, rasgeo (E) space, (10, 11, 12) If the cante is to follow, a Fdim arpegio on 10, 11 12 works well. Then index, index G7 (1,2,3), space, G7 (rasgeo)space, (4,5,6) index, index C (1,2,3), space C (rasgeo) etc, changing chords with the singer. There are as many verses as the singer wants to sing, and they may change key depending on the fandango. A singer might also cut his first line to a single word, which changes the compa, but this would be unusual in a dance class. Easier to play than to write down Suerte Sean
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