Ricardo -> RE: Falsetas modern vs traditional (May 25 2010 5:57:32)
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ORIGINAL: HolyEvil thanks for the replies guys... but I'm actually not talking about Cortes vs Riqueni.. Let's just say guitarist A and guitarist B.. and ignore my naming of the guitarists. this is actually my question for discussion "Then I thought what makes a falseta modern or traditional? Is it the way it is played, accented, phrased? Or is it how the notes resolve within the chord? Or is it using non traditional way of voicing a chord? Or is it in the way the guitarist strum the compas rhythm to bring a different feel to it? " To generalize, something that won't really help you understand, I would say you have differentiate between creativity and interpretation. By creativity I mean something totally new and unique, vs interpretation which could be either note for note as recorded or a spin off or new approach to an old idea. In terms of creativity it is pretty easy to see what makes something modern or traditional, just look at the date it was recorded. Probably mid to late 70's would be modern creations, but depends on your tastes. Interpretation is a much more complex subject regarding what makes something modern vs trad. Could be only rhythmic things, could be dynamic, could be voicing or chord usage, etc etc. In this case you really do need specific examples to understand, to be sure the original idea is not simply a new take on say Ramon Montoya. (see the recent thread "too good to miss"). The pet peeve of mine is to lump things into the concept of "lots of technique=modern" or "modern flamenco is jazzy" or "jazzfusionflamenco is modern" etc etc. That is usually not true except in a few cases. Ricardo
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