Ricardo -> RE: Remembering Falsetas (Jan. 11 2010 7:11:55)
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How do all of you remember your falsetas? because losing a note or 2 may make you play out of compas. Well that is just it. You need to let the compas and phrasing guide you....that way you KNOW intuitively there needs to be 2 notes there. What they are is less important than the fact there need to be 2 notes there to keep the rhythm and phrasing. If you play wrong notes, it will be obvious and next time you play it you can fix em. But too many students learn the notes first and try to force em into compas somehow. It should be the opposite. Let the compas force YOU to come up with the right notes. Practice makes permanent not perfect. If you practice wrong, then you just solidify the wrong thing, wrong tempo, wrong place in compas, wrong notes, etc. It is good idea to get feedback and record yourself soon as you can so you don't have to unlearn anything. You need to understand first how a falseta starts, how they rhythm of the prhase aligns to your internal clock, and how it ends. The rest will fall into place so long as you have that inside. A good way to think is you should be able to SING anything you play. Perhaps not the exact pitches, but the PHRASING of it you should be able to sing. That way you can easily retain falsetas and rhythm patterns, even without your guitar. It can be very mental, but that is safer then letting your fingers guide you, that muscle memory thing can really get you stuck in a corner when performing. But if the phrase is in your head and you could sing along, or without the guitar, you will never get lost. Even making up new notes by accident can be a good thing. Paco once said "making mistakes will happen to us all. but if you THINK you will make a mistake, then you are lost.". Ricardo
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