Music88 -> RE: Flamenco techniques but not flamenco! (Apr. 10 2014 12:35:45)
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Thank you guys for the welcome! No surprise to read such friendly and informative replies, it has to be said. Erik and Ricardo made a very good point. Each music style has its own flavor, its own authentic sound...along with its techniques which, the techniques, should be no more than tools to express the music.. right on Ricardo when you said the music gave birth to the techniques. I love flamenco music and, admittedly, I'm impressed by the techniques.. but I surly won't study flamenco guitar for the techniques.. that would be silly! To rephrase the point I was trying to make...I think the nylon string guitar has been used in different types of music..flamenco, bossa and brazilian music, cuban music, classical, some jazz...etc. That said, and despite the different colors and expressions, and from a technical point of view [;)], I can only see, IMHO, two main big styles or two big different approaches to playing the nylon string guitar..the flamenco way and the classical way... Now, though I tend to think, and some people here would agree too, that holding the guitar, strumming and fingerpicking the nylon strings the way the flamenco player use is a better and more versatile way to express yourself on this instrument, whether you're playing flamenco or non-flamenco music... I still hear many people recommend learning classical guitar techniques, even if one is not interested in playing classical music, that is to learn the sure and time-tested way to play the nylon string guitar! Sounds familiar? Why not recommending learning flamenco guitar techniques in such example or situation.. Could be ignorance maybe as Ricardo already said.. Regardless, I'm happy to be here. [:)] Cheers!
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