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granjuanillo -> RE: Pepe Habichuela's rasgueado? (Jan. 22 2010 7:43:35)
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By the way has anyone ever seen the full video of this guy "Guillermo Rios" ?
I wonder if thats his REAL name.
Guillermo is a great guitarist and a good friend. He is originally from Massachusetts. We worked together with Rosa Montoya in SF for years. He studied extensively in Spain with Juan Maya Marote, and was, indeed, a good friend of Pepe Habichuela's. I saw him occasionally in Madrid in the 80s with Pepe. Like Marote, Guillermo has a large repertoire of interesting rasgueados - both triplets, that included the thumb and various 'finger' ones. When he plays this m-i-m slowly on the video, it shows how it is useful for siguiriyas, and is reminiscent of a technique Sabicas used in his siguiriyas opening. I know that Guillermo became interested in flamenco from hearing a Sabicas record and is a great admirer of Sabicas (and plays a lot of his material, as well as more modern, 80s material).
With respect to this thread, the fact is that there is lots of variation in rasgueados, and this tends to change over time. I went to Spain in the 70s using my 'whole hand' roll (p e a m i); I then changed to a much cleaner triplet ( p e i), which is what some of the Habichuelas use as an alternative to the Marote triplet ( p - m - p). My finger rasgueados still use four fingers, but few younger guitarists use more than three. On the other hand, I've seen the full hand roll making a comeback - Nun~ez demonstrates it on his video, and I believe Moraito uses it occasionally. I doubt any prescriptive, categorial statement about rasgueados will stand an empirical test.
I haven't talked to Guillermo in awhile, but I believe he is in the LA area. Like lots of us, he has his nom de guerre; his real name is Bill Glidden.
John Moore (Juan Moro)
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