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Ricardo -> RE: Opinions- does this stuff work or not? Oudi SpB (Jan. 10 2023 15:48:53)
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“Yawn” and “doesn’t do it for me”, are not very helpful critiques…we can leave it at “he sucks” or “its not flamenco”, equally non constructive. “Doesn’t have cajones”, is a bit better, as in it points to a real problem, which is dynamic expression which could possibly be addressed by technique as in “play stronger” or “play harder”. There are of course some students of guitar that don’t understand what that means exactly, because they think that THEY are in fact playing as hard as necessary or they are capable of. This is frustrating for instructors who usually believe this a “feeling” of expression that one either has or doesn’t have, or refuses to tap into. I have found, as an instructor, that people are capable of taping into the feeling subjectively by addressing technical aspects directly. For example, the way to strum, the stiffness of the finger, or the degree of plant is done on an apoyando stroke. Sometimes mechanics that drive the sound, etc. When guitarists reach an intermediate level, especially in flamenco, they often feel like things will work themselves out overtime, because they have conquered important obstacles and eventually they will sound more like Moraito or whichever ballsy guitarist. This won’t happen if they rest on their laurels and don’t address fundamental issues directly.
Or maybe he should just listen to the cante?[8D]
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