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XXX -> RE: What the heck happened to Marija Temo? (Oct. 28 2010 17:18:59)
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ORIGINAL: romerito
Taken out of context. Read the post. Many FLAMENCO guitarists, including Paco, would sing if they could. For a more recent quote see Javier Limons quote at flamenco world. He would not be searching for Buzuki players, and by inference, playing the guitar, "if he could sing like Potito."
(just to avoid misunderstandings, it should be clear that whenever i say guitarrist, i mean flamenco guitarrists......................)
I have no doubt that some or many guitarrists, and other flamencos, say this in interviews, in small talks, or in other contexts. But i doubt the honesty behind it. If i should be wrong, i want somebody to explain to me why on earth they dont learn singing. All singers had to learn it. No singer woke up one day and "could sing flamenco" out of nothing. The training in Spain is less formal and more cultural i agree, but nonetheless it is a TRAINED and LEARNED ability, just as guitar. You will not find 2 people with identical hands, or muscle response, or whatever ability is relevant for guitar playing either.
What im saying here HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOLO GUITAR. Im talking about the role of guitar in general (accomp+solo) in comparison to cante, which is to be said what "IT IS ABOUT" (see your quote of Paco, Gerardo above).
My view is that guitarrists are guitarrists because they chose to be so. If they rather wanted to be singers, they would have learned that. Simple as that.
That said, im not implying anything like guitar would be more important than cante or anything. I just think its time to reflect that people can be attracted by different things in flamenco and that every discipline (cante, dance, guitar, palmas) is influenced by each other.
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