Ramon Amira -> RE: How are you taught flamenco? (Oct. 24 2010 17:31:52)
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The lack of theory is not the problem – the problem is putting the cart before the horse. I don't think it's a good idea to be learning a new piece each week. The first thing I do with a beginner student is to start teaching him basic technique. You can't play any piece at all if you don't have the technique to play it properly. To try to learn technique by learning a piece makes no sense – it will retard the learning of both the piece and your technique. Imagine someone trying to paint a picture without first learning perspective, composition, shading, the effect of color, mixing paint colors, and even how to hold a brush and properly execute a brushstroke. Art students are always first taught to do studies, exercises, sketches, etc., before they attempt a full painting. It seems obvious on the face of it. It's the same thing. In my opinion you should first do basic technical exercises – scales to learn picado, arpeggios, thumb exercises, how to play bass and treble notes simultaneously, chords. You needn't spend forever at this, just a reasonable time to learn the basics. Then when you start learning a piece you will be able to play it without having to struggle due to inadequate technique, and at that point the playing of a piece will reinforce your technique.
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