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bluespiderweb -> RE: Hi from Israel (Mar. 29 2017 22:33:20)
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I was drawn to flamenco guitar rather than classical guitar because I really love the romantic type of flamenco guitar like that of Vicente Amigo, but I'm not all that into singing and dance (from what I heard so far of singers like Cameron de Isla and Miguel Poveda). Does that mean that I am doomed to flamenco hell or is there still space for someone like me in the flamenco world?
Solo flamenco guitar is fine too. I think Orhan, Todd, and Grisha focus mostly on that, and they're great.
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Ramzi
Daniel, welcome from another solo guitar appreciator, as I do in most instruments-I don't prefer to hear the mix of other instruments, especially if I am trying to learn and hear what the player is really doing, or if I just want to bask in the individual guitarist's tone. But if I am just listening, often the mix will give you a better vibe of what is really going on in the tune they are playing, singing and dancing included. I am very new to trying to play any Flamenco, though I was introduced to some Spanish music at an early age (in my early teens), and that probably helped me appreciate that influence over the years, even though I didn't really pursue it in my guitar playing until now.
Ramzi did give you 3 solo guitarists to listen to, as I've quoted him above. Ramzi also has some good guitar instruction videos on Youtube, that I will be using as well. He is an excellent guitarist, for sure. He actually inspired me to get involved with Flamenco-so look for his videos, and see what I mean.
I do like both, myself, both solo and with singing, depending, and also with the dance in videos; it is fun to listen to and watch, and there are so many different voices, and interpretations and variables, that if you look and listen, you may find you also like some of those styles, apart from just solo performance. Usually the singing guides the solo guitar work in various musical genres too, but not always either. Sometimes pieces are just composed as instrumentals, and I love that too, depending on who is playing them-and that is when it gets very personal preference in what you relate to.
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