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Ricardo -> RE: My Flamenco progression Log (Sep. 11 2024 12:06:25)
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ORIGINAL: Manitas de Lata
need to study some songs to improve and to have something to play from start to finish, prefer a solea but im open to anything , just something easy to play and to find on the internet (the song and the video tutorial).
Want to start building a reportoire , to practice and to play
thanks
Well, that is not how flamenco works, the forms are “open ended”. The book I just came out with has the small parts that one needs to develop, and then as you advance you draw from the material and you link them together as appropriate in the moment. Therefore, based on what you have now, why does it not “come together” for you? Do you not have enough compás patterns that are varied to link together your falsetas (Chicuelo and tomatito at this point) to make a 2-3 minute solo? Then go learn a few more until you have a 3 minute “Piece” then arrange them in a specific order if you must, so you don’t forget the order. Do the same for each palo that you have down at this point. (Should only be doing the core, Solea, buleria, Tango, Siguiriya, Alegria). If you need more falsetas for Alegria say, then go find one you can handle and toss it in the mix.
That is how it is done. I try to get students to avoid the “trap” of the old guitar methods that force watered down “pieces” such that it is always a-z, with the “lmnop” section being wishy washy, and they later have to unlearn all that practice to get the right concept. But I get it. So assuming folks get the concept of this first book I put out (Formative Works, it is called), we have the second book on the way (Vol.2 of the series, the vol.1 penned by Juan Serrano and mr. Whitehead), should be available in a few weeks. What that does is lay out the small bits and exercises etc, and gives a structured “Piece” of these elements arranged by us, to use as a singular model or basis for what YOU guys should develop on your OWN.
Dancers have this same problem. They do a class in spain, come home with a complete choreography, but no clue how it was constructed based on the small parts, and then can neither understand how to isolate and smooth out sections that are not executed correctly, adapt what they learned to other cante/guitar variations that were slightly different than that heard in class, nor CREATE their own choreography based on the elements that their teacher used to create the “model”. This means they didn’t learn a damn thing about flamenco, just a “routine” that they must adhere to or they are completely lost.
So don’t go for the “easy thing” to play, just learn the authentic and correct material and start linking it all together on your own.
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