Jon Boyes -> RE: Rasgueado Question (May 16 2006 9:19:47)
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ORIGINAL: Morgan Yes I am young, no I'm not a guy and yes it is an Explorer, not a V. But I do want a V. Think I like the first one, but am lost on why I have to chose. I think I'm still gonna learn it though. How much? I don't know but my music teacher told me there is no style you can't learn from. Your music teacher is right. The differences between styles are so big though, thats it better thought of as a different instrument altogether. You CAN learn stuff from flamenco in the same way as you can from listening to a great sax player, for example, but I wouldn't recommend holding the neck of your Explorer in both hands and blowing down the headstock to get a note - get my drift? The techniques in flamenco have evolved to suit that artform and that instrument. I think you are wasting youur time by trying to learn some flamenco on your electric guitar. Rasgueados on an electric guitar with distortion? Forget it. Personally, I think there are only a few things that you can take/adapt from flamenco with what you are doing and they are really mainly to do with the harmony. For example, lots of metal players use the phrygian and phrygian dominant mode (like Yngwie) - it won't sound flamenco, but it will give your music a Spanish flavour. If you really want to immerse yourself in flamenco, you need a nylon strung guitar at the very least, but be prepared for a style who's rhythmical and technical complexity makes metal look like nursery rhymes. Its much more than a 'guitar style', really, its a whole culture. For those of us who are bitten by this, its worth it, but many of us gave up other styles long ago just to get off first base with this stuff. Good luck. PS You don't look like a guy to me [;)]
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