Mark2 -> RE: Switching keys within Tangos? (Jan. 27 2012 23:19:37)
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IMO, that's not their call. If you give them the right chords in the right key for their voice, you should have the freedom to play in any position you want. I know that guitarists are expected to accomadate singers, and in the case of a singer being on a higher level than the guitarist, I understand the dynamic. I've been asked to play certain falsetas, even though they weren't originally played in that position, by dancers, and that to me is lame. It's the guitarist's falseta, his time to do HIS thing, not play something just to make someone else comfortable. If a falseta had certain accents which the dancer had incorporated into her dance, that's different, but still, if you hit those accents, why not play what you want? Freedom baby! These days, with guitarists playing stuff that was always por medio or arriba, in D#, B, F#, C#, why should a dancer or singer tell you to play por medio? I really doubt Diego del Morao lets singers tell him what position or tuning to use, but who knows? Maybe depends on who he's playing for. Thoughts? quote:
ORIGINAL: orsonw She sings tangos por medio around 4 or 5 depending on the letra. She and the dancer played me a recording of a tangos letra they both want to do, its a man singing por arriba. When we had a go I started accompanying her por medio they said they prefer the colour of por arriba chords. We didn't go any further than that and I haven't sat down and worked on this at all but I think I will just play por medio and explain it's better for her voice. I am sometimes working with inexperienced singers that just sing and don't know what key/capo position is best for them so I have to try and figure it out for them. I am a dummy with theory and transposing but I am trying to learn and when accompanying singers it's very useful in finding the right key and capo position when they don't know themselves. Thank you Ricardo, as usual I have learnt something valuable from you that I can apply to this and to future situations. (one more question please?) quote:
No, it is like I said, 7 por medio I'm confused I can play along with the Monste video in standard tuning open por arriba. Isn't capo 7 por medio (E) = open por Arriba (E)?
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