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paleto3 -> RE: Accompaniment Book (Aug. 15 2012 4:39:08)
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On the one hand, any place is a decent place to start. But Ricardo is right, it's way more complicated than any single book can cover.
Although Ricardo is much more experienced than I am, I can say from what experience I do have that every singer is different and there are tons of variants within every song form.
Another way to begin without buying a book is to find some songs on CDs you have that you like and learn the chords by hearing the changes in response to the changes in pitch the singer does. Getting used to those changes, and when they happen, is key. You will start to hear the chord before you play it once you have done it enough times.
Having Transcribe! is worth every penny of the $40 it will cost you to buy the software. You can loop it, control the tempo and even change the pitch.
First, figure out where the capo is set by knowing whether the guitarist is playing por medio or por arriba (the vast majority of cases will be por arriba for soleá, por medio for siguiriya and so on). Then, find the compás in a single verse and start learning on which beats the chord changes. Once you figure out one verse, the next ones will get easier and easier.
Stick with one song form for a while until you get used to it.
A fantastic way to start is with the CDs by Diego Clavel, for example start with his Soleá CDs, a 2 CD set of all soleá variants. Most every one is played por arriba, and all you have to find is the fret where the capo is and it will be pretty easy. It comes with the lyrics/letras and the playing is quite traditional, so you're getting useful knowledge you can apply immediately if you have the opportunity to play for a live singer.
You will mostly play, Emaj/flat9, Fmajor, Gmajor, Cmajor, Aminor, an odd B7, and only one or two other chords. You just have to learn when to switch. To learn when to switch is key. You'll learn from what you hear on a CD, but a live singer will have both major and minor differences in when they switch. This is where a lot of the artistry is in accompaniment.
By doing this, you'll know the names of the variants, which is very important and buys you credit with a singer.
Clavel recorded CDs also of siguiriya, cantes de las minas, another of malagueña, one of fandangos which is hard to find now, and a new one of sevillanas, which is also probably worth the $$.
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