flyeogh -> RE: Jumping in (Mar. 5 2006 9:28:06)
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Update on first session “Flamenco guitar accompaniment” Well the day started well. I saw the baggage handlers at Luton handling my Anders with due care. I arrived in London 2 hours early. The dance studio (Latin Quarter) looked after my dirty socks (been working in Scotland last week) and my guitar. Then I saw the second half of Chelsea vs WBA on an enormous plasma in the pub while taking a burger and a little dutch courage - never been to anything like this before[:o]. Convenient having such a pub next to the dance studio. Down in the basement of the dance studio I met Tomas (Jimenez) and Marie Jose. Ian was the only other student. Professional classical player with years of experience. So chalk and cheese took our seats and tuned up and we were off. Now I won’t bore you all with the details but: The session was relaxed and informal. It was all Alegrias I just strummed a few E, B7, A (*) occasionally in the right order – listened and learnt. Tomas and Maria Jose went through the: pasear, cierre, llamada, marcaje, pasolento, escobilla, castellana .. Hope that’s right but I recorded a video so not to worry. Great interaction, some laughs, really enjoyable. Now for beginners like me it was great. The structure explained with a real live dancer made sense of all that stuff I had read and seen and heard. We didn’t have a singer but Tomas even had a crack at that to help explain the relationships and interactions. It all sort of comes together. The hour just flew by. Afterwards we took some notes. Although my playing is not up to the necessary standard to accompany any dancer (gracias to Maria Jose for suffering so – she must have the patience of a god) you learn so much I just can’t wait for next week. So if you’re a beginner like me I recommend you “just jump in”. This course by Tomas is for four weeks but you can just drop by for one, pay a tenner, and enjoy. More next week perhaps with a little video [:)] * thanks duende for the material. It really helped
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