Mark2 -> RE: Few questions about flamenco guitar (May 2 2014 23:53:36)
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Compas is strict in that it's always there. It's sort of like a train rolling down the tracks. You jump on, stay on, and your good. Lose it and it's like falling off the train. Accents are different. You don't have to hit the main accents all the time-it would be extremely boring if you did, both in falsetas and rhythm. But as a newbie, you don't want to be randomly trying out new accents. You want to focus on simple standard ways of expressing the compas, and simple falsetas until those patterns become part of your DNA. Then you'll start to hear other ways of doing it. You'll start to hear when a player, singer, or dancer does something that's a little different, and you'll appreciate it for the cool variation it is. In flamenco, it's way more important to be spot on in the rhythm, than it is to play super clean. Better to fluff a note than to play it clean but fluff the rhythm. Compas is going on all the time. It's already there. You just have to learn to hear it, then play it, then play with it. Great flamencos toy with the rhythm like a cat toys with a mouse. they decide to accent 4 maybe in this part, then 7 1/2. the listeners hear him sorta going out, but then he plays a phrase that clears everything up, and it's like a resolution. But that's all for later. Learn it solid, then you can slowly vary the way you accent a particular phrase or rhythm. quote:
ORIGINAL: ZaidRockso Right so i'm relatively new to flamenco, trying to read and learn as much about it. Ok so my first question is regarding compas , is Compas 100% Strict? I mean i'm trying to learn compas one by one so i get an understanding, rather than mixing up between all of them , and i'm looking into Alegrias now, So the compas is 1 2 THREE 4 5 SIX 7 EIGHT 9 TEN 11 TWELVE . Is this strict? I mean does the thre 3 6 8 10 12 have to stand out / be accented? Will the 1 2 4 5 7 9 11 never be accented ? I sometimes listen to alegrias pieces and i can a 1 being emphasized or a 7 and a 9 being emphasized, and at time i can't even pinpoint the 3 6 8 10 12 because i don't hear any accents, either they're even, or silent. Now falsetas within an alegrias composition, Do these also have to obey the compas , where it accents and where it doesn't? Thanks i realize my question is broad, but i think this is a good place to ask!
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