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chester -> RE: Vicente Amigo's music (Jan. 20 2015 5:10:00)
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I can't find a lot of material about him, his technique, ecc.
Would anybody be so kind and suggest me a sort of a roadmap to learn a bit of what he does so maybe I can incorporate his ideas in my music?
Do you guys think it would be interesting to start learning proper techniques like rasgueo, alzapua, ecc in a separate setting and then maybe try and pick his songs by ear?
Which tunes/albums are you most familiar/drawn to?
His technique is pretty standard flamenco technique (on a very high and refined level of course).
Which 'ideas' would you want to incorporate? A melody's a melody - you can probably pick that out without learning any special technique, same thing with harmonies (although those would be harder to pick out by ear).
I'm somewhat like you, although I've been playing longer. I play a little of this and that - more interested in sounding like myself rather than following in a specific tradition. I'd definitely recommend studying some flamenco techniques/rhythms to widen your guitar palette.
Learn some different rasgeados in different rhythms - triplets/sixtuplets, eights/sixteenths, straight (alegrias style) and swinging (jerez style). Alzapua is cool but it has been pretty hard for me to do something that doesn't sound wannabe flamenco with it - but what do you have to lose? Learn those as well. Learn how to groove in a siguiriyas rhythm - the basic chords are easy. Then learn bulerias.
Just like Lenador implied Vicente's tunes are extremely difficult and his sound is full of nuance. We have a member here (luciano) who uploaded a great version of callejon de la luna, but he's one of the most technically gifted players I've ever seen (and I'm sure it took him considerable effort to learn the the tune).
Anyway, enjoy the ride. Flamenco is a whole world and may consume you (as you can see by some passionate replies here). I'm looking forward to hearing your creations (as long as there are no programmed backing tracks [:D])
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