NormanKliman -> RE: caracoles vid! (Jul. 27 2010 9:16:09)
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Interesting post mrMagenta, thanks for your thoughts. This is all about preference, so here's my opinion: quote:
It would be difficult if everyone had to sing like el Zambo... quote:
So I'm not saying it is easy, but would still hold that it is possible. Yes, we have to admit the possibility because to deny it would be incoherent, but basically I think everyone has to sing like Luis Zambo (at least those who can't sing like Manuel Agujetas).[:D] I agree with your analogy of learning to speak a foreign language without an accent. Pretty much impossible unless you grow up speaking it, in which case it wouldn't be a foreign language. Seriously though, soft sweet voices can work in some styles. One of the great things about flamenco is that nobody is going to excel in every style. Even if someone has the right kind of voice and solid knowledge, the singers from the region where a style comes from are always going to have a special "flavor" that you can't find outside of the region. quote:
I don't think any flamencos in andalucia learn or teach vocal technique this particular way - it's very non-gitano! Of course I don't know exactly what your friend is doing, but I've been surprised many times by the tiny details that most gypsies put into crafting their art, and the fact that they're usually very much aware of these details. There are recordings of Juan Talega teaching cante to an American woman named La Marrurra. You can hear him telling her things like, "Yes, but you have to hold your tongue further back in your mouth." Talega and even apparent "savages" like Manuel Agujetas spent/spend countless hours going over details, matching letras and cantes, making small changes to letras to better fit the melody, etc. Music, perhaps like nothing else, makes it obvious that there are different types of intelligence and that there are many unlikely looking geniuses in the world.
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