Ricardo -> RE: The True Solo (Aug. 30 2007 6:57:28)
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Anybody got any opinions. Well of course man![:D][:D] Regarding solo Guitar, tapping the foot can be the percussion to give meaning to your synchopation if you can hear the taps well. There are vids of Paco where the foot IS the percussion. Also some Audio like that. Of course if you have a more free to move tempo, you can forget the foot and just play what you think feels good and expressive. I have had to play in a bar stool and don't get to do any foot. In that case you really have to take care with spaces and play staccato and really give the audience a sense of the beat, even your body language helps. Tanguillos Old or new it should be like a mix of 2/4 with 16th subdivision and 6/8 with triplet 8ths. So always you feel two beats. The implied 3/4 by the 1,3,5, I would erase from my mind if I were you. I don't think you want to get stuck in that feel. A good exercise is to practice the same falseta and rhythm pattern, repetative, the first time as 2/4 like an 8th and two 16ths (1, &ah2, &ah1, etc), the second time as straight triplets (1&ah,2&ah). Keep the beat solid, but play around with timing of the "&" which you need to accent. It is all about where it is relative to the steady beat. When you can move it into different spots, even have it vaguely caught between the triplet and the 16th feel, but keep the beat solid, you really start to get it in control. The only thing about modern tanguillo is they tend to stick to the straight triplet feel more. But you really need to keep the 2 beat feel going. Practice with a metronome, so it is only 2 beats, and you work on changing the feel of the "&". Palmas can go a lot of ways. 2,3, 5 is good. Even in a way where 5 is a hair late, so it is more like 2/4. Vicente had the palmas go 1,2,3,4,5. Someone else I heard had just 1 and 4. Most important I think is the internal beat, or the foot tap in 2. Ricardo
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