Ricardo -> RE: S. Papas Music (Jan. 6 2013 16:32:53)
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ORIGINAL: wedge Hello, I typically play Spanish and South American pieces, and I've had limited instruction and practice with flamenco. I asked a friend his recommendation for some short, beginner/intermediate flamenco solo pieces and he recommended Sophoclese Papa's short book of 5 - 6 solos pieces; he said they were classic pieces. I enjoy them, and the book includes a series of variations. I would like to present them as authentically as possible, so I have some fairly easy questions: 1. Is this fairly representative of standard flamenco pieces, or can you recommend others? 2. The variations - separate pieces, or should they be played together since they're pretty short? 3. Should I view these pieces as foundations and improvise off them, or are they adequate as written? Thanks. 1. Absolutely not. I don't recommend any book really, flamenco is based on song forms not "pieces" as you are thinking of them. 2. Again the term variations is correct interms of what flamenco guitar forms are....but Papas was not a flamenco player and didn't know really know any authentic variations. Idea would be that you could "in theory" put any "soleares varations" all mixed together in a random improvised order...so long as they make sense and you use taste (not possible for total zero beginner players until after some years of listening and learning and practicing). 3. THe titles of some of the pieces are authentic form names....that's about all you can use but notes written it would be safe to ignore all. Ricardo
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