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Goldwinghai -> RE: What to expect and how to prepare? (Nov. 10 2018 16:48:23)
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The following is the learning experience described by an aficionado, new and green in Flamenco.
The arrangements I made with the school was 90 minutes each day with a guitarist and a dancer joining us in the last 60 minutes of the session. I told the teachers that I like Alegrias, Farucca, Solea and Fandango. Bulerias is too fast for my fingers so I didn’t bother to mention it. They suggested that we do Alegrias for 2 weeks. Since I have only two weeks, we decided Alegrias week 1, Solea week 2.
Week one was just finished. The first 2 days we spent on strumming the alegrias compas with emphasis on playing in tempo. Occasionally a falseta was thrown in. I learned several variations of strumming the 12 beat compas, sometimes with silent, no strumming, on beats 4,5,6 followed by heavy rasgueado attack on beats 7,8 and 7,8,9. The dancer showed me the basic palmas and I followed with the guitar. She did 2 claps on beat 7, one on 8, 2 claps on 9.
Days 3,4: We continued.working on the opening or introduction to the dance, ti ti ti tran tran tran something like that. I started having a rough time on changing chords on the correct beat count, especially when the dancer counted 9, 10, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3... instead of 9,10, 11, twelve...When I played the falsetas from Nino Ricardo’s Chiclana a Cai, she danced fine without foot stomping but she emphasized that I should play in tempo.
Day 5: The guitarist sang, the dancer danced. All these “distractions”, singing, palmas, foot stomping, I was lost on the counts and chord changes very quickly although the guitar teacher was helping along.
Overall, I really enjoyed the learning experience and got a little flavor of what accompaniment is all about. The teachers were very patient and constantly encouraging.
Now on my way to Granada. It’s cold. I see snow on the mountain.
Sent from my iPad
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