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Sr. Martins -> RE: Vicente's new album "Tierra" is out!!! (Mar. 29 2013 22:48:29)
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I understand flamenco to be primarily rhythmic and cyclical (compas) and secondarily melodic, and modal (cante), so harmony where used is kind of bolted on. It doesn't necessarily fit with classical or jazz theory, even if some chords are borrowed from those genres.
I feel that the theory should be used to "fit" the music, not the other way around but I get your point.
When talking about instrumental flamenco records, I prefer the ones where the songs have a flow but I also enjoy the ones that are very falseta-based. What I meant is that in Tomatito's compositions the falsetas dont seem to develop within themselves. They are very rhythmic thats for sure but instead of having a flow within themselves they sound more like "here's a chord, two melody notes, another chord on the up beat, three other random notes.."
I just cant seem to find the turning point because with Camaron his falsetas were like little songs within themselves, statements if you prefer. On his albuns the falsetas are more like a soccer player who wants to drible and do lots of tricks and forgets where the goal is.
In the end its just a matter of taste and maybe one day I'll enjoy this too.
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