Anders Eliasson -> Peña flamenca de Huelva (Nov. 28 2007 10:10:50)
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Hola Amigos I´ve been going to the peña in Huelva for a bit more than a month now and its really great. The peña itself is very big and quite ugly. It is 2 floors with a big hall full of andalucian chairs. You the ones that look really cool but are horrible to sit on. On the second floor is the academy. I go there tuesdays and thursdays to have group classes in compás and accompany of cante. My teachers are "Pecas", cantaor Gitano and Antonio, one of the local guitarists who accompany cante. Tuesdays, we focus mainly on compás and accompany a bit some of the singers who are there, and Thursday we concentrate more on chord progressions and different versions of solea por buleria, tangos, alegrias and bulerias. The level is from very basic players to more advanced and everyone can join the show, but at the same time I learn a lot. There´s little theory and its more about playing and learning how to listen. Thursdays we make a round, where each of us sit with a cantaor and try our best to accompany him. Thats great and I´m completely hooked on it. I dont practice falsetas anymore, just compas, chords and fill ins. MUCH more fun.[;)] I havent had the time to go there fridays, but I´ve been told that I can sit in at the singing lessons. I hope to get the time after christmas. Also because there are shows later in the night. All in all a very nice place and everything is so down to earth where it belongs. In my 6 years in Granada I didn´t find anything like that... So I´m happy I moved. Btw. Miguel Angel Cortés has moved to Huelva and teaches here, in case anyone wants lessons.
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