guitarbuddha -> RE: Does playing Classical help your Flamenco? (Feb. 8 2013 1:57:45)
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I think contemporary flamenco owes more to Hendrix than is immediately apparent. Old school and Sabicas is quite classical in texure at times but modern stuff is more like Jazz chord melody. Paco was around town in the disco era and I hear a big funk influence in Scirroco and Luzia, not in the harmony or melody but definately in the use of the guitar, slides and chord stabs. Maybe learning a new style is like cooking, first you learn some classic recipes. Then you experiment. For sure at first it will be crap and only you will want to eat it. But with experience you learn what really works and how to make the best of the ingredients that you have. Study everything you like, and don't feell like you should reject anything that used to move you unless you are quite sure it is sh@t. And get as much theory as you can for sure, but not just classical theory but theory that fits all the music you play. Try and play Steve Cropper in the style of Fernando Sor and Fernando Sor in the style of Joe Pass. Yes put that green chill in a spaghetti carbonara. But, you know, just for yourself and cause thats all the stuff you have in the fridge. And if your nails are too long for flamenco they were probably too long for classical. D.
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