Josh -> compas (plain and simple) (Jul. 13 2003 8:13:41)
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I have been waiting to start posting real questions until more people get here but im getting bored so here goes. I have asked many questions about compas before but I usually just got directed towards books or got told things I didnt understand. So I want to lay out my understanding of compas and have you guys correct me or expand on it. Currenlty I am working on the allegrias solo from FT and I am pretty much just cleaning it up and speeding it up since I have it memorized. Because it is an allegrias I use the same compas as a solea. I focus on beats 3,6,8,10,12. When I say focus I mean I do golpes on those beats as much as possible and I make it a point to make the notes or chords that happen on those beats stand out. In the entrada I do this by exaggerating(emphasizing and prolonging) the notes that end the first two bars(beats 3 and 6). Through the rest of the piece I do golpes on 3,6,8(occasionally),(I have trouble sometimes with ten because I have to play open e with my thumb as I do it) and 12. Now, I havent had as much time with the allegrias as I have with the soleares so I dont fully feel the nuances. I have noticed though that there is a real emphasis on 3,6, and 12( This could be just Dimitri's style). So, the question I leave to any one nice enough to read this whole post is "am I overanalyzing compas as a solo guitarist or am I simplifying it? The reason I ask this is because there are sections in the pieces I have worked on where golpes happened on the 4th beat and other sections where chord changes took the place of golpes. Again I thank anyone who has made it this far and I promise your replies will fall on eagerly awaiting ears. JoshH
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