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Ricardo -> RE: taranta-mineira question; cante accomp (Jan. 28 2014 18:11:26)
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It's hard to search for specific topics like this. Here is a condensed form of my opinions.
Cante: Minera is a melody, part of cantes de la mina family. Hard to distinguish from Taranta and others as it follows much of the same form. Taranto is the most easy to recognize in the family I would say, and is often the least ornate. Others that use a different harmonic structure such as Cartagenera are also a bit easier to pick out. Understand that during a single performance, artists such as Camaron will mix serveral different song forms in a performance as they feel, and the guitars just accompanies all in the same key as the first cante. But as a label for the performance only ONE of the cantes will take over....for example...perhaps he sings taranta, minera, and ends with Cartagenera...it just gets called "TARANTA". Guitar might accompany, depending on vocal range and falsetas desired, in Taranta key (F#), Minera key (G#) or even Granaina key for females (B).
Baile: Taranto is the catch all name for a dance that might use a number of the above cante de la minas, but set to a rhythm of 2/4. Often the feel of tientos/tangos is used and even cante por tangos or even rumba can end the dance after speeding up with footwork. THere may also be free cante sections that my use other cante de la minas forms such as cartagenera or levantica. THe Taranto melody tends to work best for the 2/4 slow section as it is least ornate and easy to manipulate over the imposed compas of guitar. But there is no rule, and taranta, levantica, minera etc can be used if done with skill and taste. For sure it is more constraining way to sing and I have seen so many second attempts to mesh best with a dance choreography during rehersals.
Guitar: Typically we base solos on the traditional keys, F# for Taranta free style, if you put a little 2/4 into you can call it Taranto, Minera in G#. Modern approaches use alternate tunings or modern keys (such as C# for minera, or Tomatito's unique taranta tuning).
As discussed above, playing for cante depends more on the singers range and either F# G# or B granaina can be used for any of the cante de la minas.
Ricardo
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