Tam DL -> RE: lattice bracing for flamenco? (Jan. 4 2011 9:36:37)
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So true. I didn't mean to imply there wouldn't be anything they could do, just that as far as the current project in classical performance is concerned there are specific reasons, that may or not translate. And as you point out there are what might be new demands on a lattice braced system, though unless you are striking the guitar far from the bridge, it might actually be stronger, and have a very different tone, since the top is extensively braced. Also, if I could just wander off down my own path of prejudice, I love the Spanish guitar, but part of what holds it back (if anything actually is), is possibly it's Spanishness. Classical music has roots in many countries, but in performance there is a kind of dignified veneer, the black dress, the visual tone of the various instruments, heck the lack of NASCAR like advertising. Then there is the Spanish guitar, it sometimes feels a little like a guy in a kilt with bagpipes. Builders and players, at the margin, have tried to move away from that. Playing Bach test pieces, and with guitars like Kasha and maybe the Smallman sound if not look. So far Spanishness is winning. Anyway, I don't see a trend to undercut the Spanishness of Flamenco. It remains fully branded, vibrant, pulsing. Does it need a classical guitar, meaning a guitar that like the violin or the piano, has origins, but many countries? Just my little bit of nonsense.
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