Ricardo -> RE: I'm back to Flamenco! (Oct. 6 2016 17:46:04)
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ORIGINAL: FullMetalGuitarist Hello all, I'm back here! Not sure if there is anyone who remembers me though but - Ricardo, Anders, Tod, Grisha, Eli, Ramzi, Chris - how are you? Hope you all are doing well. Anyway, long story short, I stopped playing flamenco about 3 years ago - moved to play Surf on an electric guitar and some blues-rock later this year. But, under curious, unexpected and mostly wonderful circumstances I came back to play Flamenco. During those years I put effort to actually learn some music theory and not only fingers techniques (no wonder I couldn't improvise anything without knowing scales and modes meaning), thus now I'm reading and watching tutorials about Flamenco music theory and thought why won't I ask the experts themselves: 1. As far as I understood, Flamenco is played mostly in the key of E and A (arriba and medio) but in some sources it is said to be either a phrygian major or an 8 note scale containing both major and minor (for example:E F G G# A B C D if we stick to E), and in my Guitar Pro 5 there is another "8 note spanish" which give me the same scale but with A# instead. So, it there any common Flamenco scale I can re-start my training from? 2. After being absent for some years, do you know any good sources (videos, online free courses) to learn Flamenco? (yes, I'll probably find an actual teacher this time but till then. . . ) Thanks you so much people! Cheers, Mark. 1. No, it's not modal. It is Phrygian KEY center, the same way the MINOR KEY uses accidentals, i.e. The harmonic, melodic, and natural minor scales mixed depending on harmony/melody, so does Flamenco por medio or por Arriba. If you understand the circle of 5th for it's key relationships you think of the C major position, it's relative minor is A minor...now imagine a third tier called "por Arriba" which all share the same key signature NO SHARPS OR FLATS. For F major, to the left, you have F major, D minor inside, and "por medio" ONE FLAT. Looking to the right side of the circle from C, you have G major, E minor inside, and then imagine "por Granaina" ONE SHARP....to the right again, you have two sharps so it's D major, B minor, and TARANTA, next you have 3 #, it's A major, F#minor and "por Rondeña" or "Do sustonido"...next 4 # it's E major, C# minor, and "por Minera"....need I continue for the entire circle? It is wrong to think "8 note scale or mode" just as much as it is wrong to think that the key of "A minor" needs to include a G# in the key signature of scale, because the purpose of the accidental is to allow for harmonic movement. MODAL MUSIC DOESNT USE HARMONIC MOVEMENT, IT IS STATIC BASED ON A SINGLE CHORD BASS OR DRONE. 2. Encuentro video, Rito y Geografia del cante.
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