Ruphus -> RE: What makes the difference between the flamenco sound and the classical sound? (Jun. 17 2015 19:31:45)
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A classical guitar can use all attributes of sonic excellence. Its finest often give the impression of a huge sound stage, and ressemble the presence of a grand piano and reverb like a hall with great sustain. The major difference among their kinds to me appears like a bell-like very pristine fraction on the one hand and a more mellow and romantic league on the other. (With the latter today being in the minority.) Flamencos again, typically are more rugged. IOW, even though their best being just as clear and immediate like concert level classicals, they unlike classical majesty come along rough, snotty, husky and gnarling. And while there are builds that bear a lyrical timbre almost like their classical siblings, I prefer those with a cheapish sonority that I call "cigar box" charme. I could imagine how the flapping box characteristics of its originally inexpensively made ancestors wasn´t really desired by the players. But it has proven to fit the music optimally and to my ears stands for the beautiful beast. With flamencas to me appearing basically as of two subspecies as well, I prefer the latter. At best all the snottiness possible under yet stellar properties of immediacy and pristiness. As life likes to pull one´s leg, my best flamencas are all of the smooth category, close to classical clarity. Sonic perfection that you just got to love. And yet, what I hunt on same sonical level is the cigar box in conjunction with a shade of romantisism. That´s where the torro puffs to me. Ruphus
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