Jon Boyes -> RE: flamenco arpeggio (Aug. 18 2004 11:06:50)
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OK, I think I see what you mean now. I would simply call them arpeggio licks - yes, there are common ones that crop up all the time, and that are native to a particular palo. Solea is good for these as there's plenty of time to twiddle around on the chords between the changes. I wouldn't bother analaysing them to see what chords are being suggested by the extra notes though, they are just really passing embellishments as Ron says. I think your best bet would just be to get your hands some 'old school' flamenco material (books and tabs) and listen to different players and you will soon see and hear common arpeggio licks. Paco Penas Toques Flamencos has plenty of them, Juan Serrano is also fond of twiddly arpeggios. Listen also to Sabicas, Montoya etc. There is no 'standard study' for these little licks, you just need to listen a lot and pick out the ones you like. Assuming you are familiar with the basic chord progressions of the palos, you can make your own up too, just use your ears to decide what sounds cool, there are no rules providing you stay in compas. I don't think searching for a classical guitar study is your answer. There are hundreds of aepeggio studies in the CG repertoire, and they are often designed around a particular shape (eg Carcassi Opus 60 #3 is great for PIMA), but the goals in classical guitar music are very different. You won't really find all those little embellishments that you do in flamenco, or at least not to the same extent and not played in the same way. Much better just to dig out falsetas from old school flamenco that have the patterns you want, string them together and use them as studies. Jon
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