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ToddK -> RE: Studying Alegrias. (Apr. 24 2009 17:47:34)
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I think you do need to be really familiar with the traditional alegrias,
however, the new school alegrias is alot more syncopated, and
complex.
So even if you know the traditional stuff upside down, and backwards,
you will still need to do a ton of studying the modern style.
Understanding the traditional style will help you understand the modern
style more quickly, but it will still take time and patience to really internalize
the modern stuff.
The Tomatito Alegria is a good study candidate, becuase it has some fairly
traditional, elementary remates, comping of compas, etc. but also has some extremely complex note groupings, and slippery phrasings too.
Its a very decieving piece. When you first listen to it a few times, its like, Ah, its not too difficult. NOPE!![:D] Its a really tough piece. You need to have
your thumb technique DOWN to nail this Alegria. And though it might not seem
to tough to "get through it", However !when you actually record it, and compare it to Tomatito's performance, as far as Tone, projection, and dead on timing/rhythm, you really get the picture.
To play it anything like near the original, you need to be a pretty damn ferocious player, period.
To those of you in the competition, i would highly suggest you start recording
this piece IMMEDIATELY, and reviewing your recordings. Dont judge yourself by
just sitting there playing along to a compas track, or playing along with Tomatito's recording in Amazing Slowdowner.
Make practice recordings NOW, while you still have another month to go. If you wait until the last week of June to sit in front of the microphone and hear your playback, you're gonna be in the sh!t, trust me![;)]
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