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Ricardo -> RE: Lateral tautness (Dec. 15 2025 15:24:44)
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At around 31:50 and 38:50 Hurtado uses the word pulsar and pulsacion. In what context?
I believe pulsacion doesn't mean action.
As Richard pointed out, he is using the word as a verb, not really different than the word "action" in English, such that it is about the way you play, in terms of your physical expression. To use colloquial "play it with balls, play it like a man", is a sexist cliche that leads to an impression that one is to play with stronger/louder dynamics, perhaps with an attitude of confidence or aggression. In context he was just talking about Miles Davis' version of Soleá and Saeta being flamenco forms interpreted in a jazz way, and generally the "way you play" a Soleá etc., would make the more "flamenco" expression distinguishable. The interviewer is asking super general questions that these guys are trying to explain but there is tons of nuance and depth to the true answers. The second occurrence was in regard to the distinction between playing guitar for cante vs baile. Again the same word and same issue, he means when you get experience for dance your "way to play" (the Compás is mainly what he means) is different, again what that is, is you play more aggressively as I said before, than you need to for cante or guitar solo (concert playing).
Now I don't have a problem with connecting the "way you play" to "THE action" of a guitar, and it's set up. The difference is we don't say "I play with a hard action", or "I will play this piece with a soft delicate action", we use terms like dynamics or the colloquial I explained to get that information out. But if they were to start talking about GUITAR SET UP, the word comes back into play, and the same dynamic adjectives get utilized..."Hard action" or "soft action"...doesn't necessarily mean the guitar set up has to be for one way of playing versus the other, but it COULD. As I explained earlier in this topic, I prefer the harder action guitar for lead playing, and the softer for rhythm, and the delicate precise balance in ONE guitar is what we are all after to cover both extremes. It does mean that the "soft action guitar" tends to FAIL when we play more aggressively, and Paco has famously stated that his main guitar is stiff but he NEEDS that due to his nervous stage energy, where as at home he prefers softer easier guitars on the couch. Next we could have a discussion of the word "flamenco" what that means to playing, musicality, guitar set up, etc. etc. These words are catch all expressions to convey a general idea. We need to keep the context clear for the usage, and in the case of this word umbrella "pulsación" the SPECIFIC usage by Amalia Ramirez clarified the issue perfectly.
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