CarloJuan -> Gaining your compositional imagination (Jan. 7 2011 4:41:57)
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I'm just a beginner in flamenco and i really haven't thought of composing yet. I am hoping to improve my skills first before dabbling with Phyrgian diatonic scales [;)] Thing is, i continue to always listen to Nuevo Flamenco, and can't help but be so amazed with the total different language it has. My puro maestro, doesn't like it cause he says it's fused with jazz scales, modes, chords. It ain't authentic, he feels it really ain't flamenco. I say, give hommage and preserve the old tradition and Old Masters but at the same time be open for new possibilites. Nuevo Flamenco is what it is..."NEW flamenco" it really doesn't sound anything like Jazz, or American, New-Orleans kinda Jazz if that's what he's pertaining to. Using M7, m9, M13, 6/9, aug, dim, m7b5 chords doesn't really mean that when you do those chords in a composition....it's jazz already. Classical composers use those chords too and they call it "Romantic" or "Contemporary", "Modern" or "Avant garde" music, but it ain't close to jazz. Anyway, i just wanted to ask if how does one gain his flamenco compositional imagination? I'm very alien with nuevo flamenco's progressions and chords. I'm excited and i'm hoping if i could also gain that thorough knowledge of flamenco harmony, chord theory, scales, etc. Thanks for the tips and advice! [:)]
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