Exitao -> RE: Is a flamenco guitar supposed to buzz? (May 29 2010 19:35:02)
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ORIGINAL: estebanana quote:
I'm sure a tiny bit of what some people might call buzz is what contributes to a flamenco's growl. Listen to Lencuona's Malaguena, Albeniz's Asturias or a bit of Rodrigo's Adagio on a flamenco compared to a classical... It's part of what defines a flamenco's sound. I think the Albeniz and the Lecuona were written for piano originally, but flamenco guitars make them come alive. They get played cleanly on classical guitars and that's cool, but it's more Muzac-y. All them did what the composer Pedrell was talking about, that is drawing from folk idioms and flamenco. All those pieces are sanitized, gussied up versions of folk music and were meant to be for clean sound delivery on classical instruments, but when the grit of a flamenco guitar is reintroduced they seem to sound better. It's as if the music is once or twice removed from where it came from and when it is repatriated to its source it makes more sense. yes /no? Yes? I think the Lencuona piece, even if it was written for piano, it was borrowed from/inspired by guitar, so it's even more of a repatriation. I think part of the buzz is like Ron mentioned, when stings are played hard on a flamenco the briefly touch the frets. Even if it's almost nothing, it's still more than a classical. I've been listening a lot more closely since I started following this thread.
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