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John O. -> RE: To those who were at the Curso Flamenco... (Jul. 28 2007 22:21:47)
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Moraíto must be a really funny guy, the whole night he had a huge grin on his face and was joking around with his friends. I wish I'd asked him for a picture too.
You don't have to learn the things taught. Gerardo shows the group "playable" things from his repertoire for 2 hours, you can audiotape them and work on them during the day. If you take the later course with Tino you should go through the stuff so you can review it with the group, otherwise it's kind of a waste. There's no "test" though. The most experienced guitarists played along in the courses with Gerardo but didn't review.
I must say Tino was great at helping with technique and correcting things. A very nice guy, too.
I probably won't be fitting most of the falsetas I learned into my own playing, but I got a lot of own ideas through the chord structures/melodies we went through. I actually learned most outside the classes seeing the other guitarists play. All the different styles and ideas.
Most importantly, being surrounded by flamenco in it's homeland is something any flamenco musician/dancer should experience, it makes you see everything differently. It was my most important experience up to now as a guitarist and helped me figure out what I want/need to focus on in the future.
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