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JasonMcGuire -> RE: Alegrias Cante Accompaniment - A free lesson (Jun. 17 2007 8:07:01)
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I wil get around to Tarantas. There is so much I want to cover. I chip away at the mountain little by little every month. Here is a general tip about accompanying Taranta/Taranto.....
In the Letra itself (not the salida) the singer will feed you D7 resolving to G maj, you have the choice in Taranta to simply wait or you can follow along with him, but your main job is to deliver afterwards a resolution back to D major (without the 7th). This feeds the singer his next tone. Now you do it again, but this time after the D7 to G major, you then resolve with the singer E7 to A major and afterward if he/she leaves you a space you can do a little A major lick. Form here you go back to the beginning....D7 to G major with the singer and resolve by yourself back to D major to deliver the tone, D7 to G major, E7 to A and a little lick again if there is space for it.............Still following me?
Next D7 to G major with the cante and directly afterwards D7 to G major again, usually a bit stronger because there is a nice powerful moment that is the climax of the letra and everything starts downhill here heading for the end.......G7(#11) the (#11) is a C# note here. Vamp on this over and over ornamenting on the 5th string with ligados between A,B and C#(while holding G on the 6th and F natural on the 4th string with the rest open). Listen for the singer to sing an A note and then play A7 resolve with him/her to G7 and then to F#7(b9,11) the true name of the Taranta chord, but wait there is a little tag at the end. There is usually also next a G7 with F natural in the bass that you give after the singer sings you an F natural and then you roll back into F#7(b9,11) and you are done. Now get a decent and not too modern recording and follow along with these notes and I am sure you will get it. (Gerardo Nunez with El Indio Gitano will be a good thing to check out.....notice how Indio leaves Gerardo no room to show off during the letra). This is however a "textbook" example but honestly just about anything can happen. By knowing this as a guide you should be able to make adjustments on the fly eventually, as long as you realize that your job is to follow regardless of whether or not the singer is "wrong". Accompaniment really takes a "lets work together toward a common goal" mentality, not a hey look at me I'm badass mentality.
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