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Ricardo -> RE: Golpe (Jan. 18 2016 20:20:34)
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ORIGINAL: DavRom
I heard Gerardo saying in a video that golpe has become increasingly less necessary in modern times with the advent of percussion like the cajón and that he plays them less than in the past
i've been thinking about this particularly because i have sacrificed broken nails at the golpe altar. it is def cool to hear Vicente come down hard with a golpe above the 6th string for a phrase ending cadence but i wonder that golpe playing is all that
to be sure, i'm not looking for an excuse to not practice playing golpes. either way i am not going to continue giving up my nails to them. i'm happy playing compas with the rasgueo climaxes ex-golpes along the way. (although i still need to find a way to protect my nails from the rasgueo onslaught, which i find is not so much an issue as long as i file away potential splits on a daily basis)
i'm interested in thoughts about this historically and going into the future
1. Nuñez was being "cute" by pointing out the old school guitarists were working very hard being supportive by filling up more rhythmic space. Modern players, especially solo players, have the luxury of playing synchopated things, focus on melody that might have a lot of cool spaces, meant to be covered by percussion (palmas, cajon, a foot tap, whatever). Basically the modern flamenco is more more "free" to be like a singer, singing off the beat and such. It is not that we must rely on percussion, notice PDL using his foot to keep time like nudillos of old days (knuckle on the table to keep 3 beat rhythm). While any modern player that is top level is capable of delivering a convincing performance without percussive backing, it is often nice to have the reference for the audience...especially with syncopated things. Further, Nuñez himself used capitalize on his vicious arpegio technique, composing very beautiful falsetas that dont' allow for any percussive hits really. It was a big part of his personal style before his injury.
2.If you splitting nails with GOLPE, it is probably because you don't use enough flesh to support the nail, or your nail is just too long and you are allowing it to get chipped. So make sure you are supporting the nail with finger tip skin. Practice doing golpes with NO nail sound too, and learn how to make deliberate use of more or less nail attack.
3. The reason the nail breaks is because of rasgueados thinning out the nail from cuticle to tip. For this reason, the glue (as advised above) functions as a second layer of skin and will wear more slowly and after lots of rasgueado wears off the glue, you can put more on, so always protecting the nail. I recommend, because of how I see it wear, to cover the ENTIRE nail, not just the tip. Otherwise you can thin out the nail behind the glue and an accidental jam into a door knob could crack it across the weak spot.
4. The reason the glue flakes off is because it has gone stale. You have to treat Cyano glue like food...store in a plastic bag and it will last months. As soon as you notice it flaking early, discard it and buy a fresh bottle.
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