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guitarbuddha -> RE: what typifies flamenco (Nov. 23 2013 18:08:05)
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ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson
Just remember one thing David
Flamenco is the expression of Andalucian people and even more of Andalucian gipsys.
Their ethics should always be taken serious. Its their music. the rest of us are just visitors who are welcomed with open arms, but I dont think we should call it our music.
Flamenco has its own Andalucian feel and richness, its Andalucian soul. I´m not talking about oldschool versus modern etc. Its not really important. You can find players playing traditional flamenco that do not have that soul or feel just as you can find modern players with a ton of it.
Just as Irish trad is traditional music with a certain set of Just as Irish trad is Irish, with a certain Irish set of rules. I was thinking what is it that makes Irish trad sound like Irish trad. Is it the rools, the bow triplets, the swing. No, its the capacity of playing something sad that makes you feel happy. rules. I was thinking what is it that makes Irish trad sound like Irish trad. Is it the rools, the bow triplets, the swing? No, its the capacity of playing something sad that makes you feel happy.
All kind of ethnical music work that way. If not, its not ethnical.
You mention that you played a lot of Bach in your youth.
Do you feel that your right to have an opinion on his music is undercut by the fact that you are neither ethnically German nor have set up home in any of the regions in which he was educated ?
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