Guest -> Playing with other guitarists (Nov. 7 2010 12:14:43)
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Thought i'd try this as a topic.. First thread i believe...been here over a year... This time of year i find about 70% of my flamenco playing involves working with another guitarist usually in dance classes/rehearsals/performance... This is a great thing is these players have alot more experience and are passionate and inspiring players.. as a second guitarist either in classes or in performance find i am often given a fairly free reign in terms of extending the chords and harmonizing falseta's and picado runs etc... I try to get a handle on the falseta's they play and work on these things in practice, some i can play... but when we play together there is often a different part i create...usually a result of improvisation until the ideas are solid or familiar.... with compas i am becoming familiar with breaks, llamada's.., baile and cante..in a variety of palos...knowing what to play and what not to play one guitarist i work with has a fairly traditional rep while the other is modern in approach guess i get the best of both worlds...great place to be in your hometown.. so the point of this is i realized my background in jazz/world and brazilian music is influencing my approach and learning of flamenco guitar in terms of harmony etc...a type of mindset in terms of analysis and possibilities.. so there's always this uneasy feeling that i'm not really playing flamenco... only those around me are!... guess i'm a realist and know that my flamenco playing will never be traditional or as mindblowing as some of the artists at foro...but certainly want to understand the essence of the art and respectful of the tradition... so if there is anyone out there who works regularly with another guitarist would be interested in sharing any approaches to working with two or three guitars, creating parts and ensemble playing guess this is the space to share..any thoughts, theories..criticisms...process's...
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