jtucker -> RE: cante - llamada (Jan. 20 2013 5:04:27)
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I'm with Ricardo, There really was no llamada per se at that point. In response to Mark2's point about that type of thing being BS, I completely disagree. Yes, Los Habichuela are consummate pro's and we guitarists tend to get very very wrapped up in our guitar-centric world. However, the true beauty and the true magic of flamenco (similar to jazz and blues), is the communal creation of musical expression. This wasn't a concert performance, it was a bunch of old friends jamming in a cave, where they decided to film it. The important takeaway in this video for any guitarist who wants to seriously study flamenco, is how quickly the guitarists picked everything up and adjusted to what the singer did. I agree to a point with what Lenador said, how there is a lot of pressure on the guitarists to keep everything all together. However, there's one thing: if we screw up, EVERYONE looks bad. One of the first times I accompanied a singer on my own, it happened to be a lady from a very reputable flamenco family, and I was very nervous. I basically had in my brain, "Just do your best to follow her, and stay more or less in compas, and try not to suck too bad." I hoped I would at least be able to have her sing well and I could maybe hopefully find a chord that worked with what she was singing. To my surprise, she just said, "Eh you play whatever and I'll just sing to that..." WHAT!?!?! So much for the whole, "Always yield to the singer..." adage!
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