val -> What shall I take to work on (Aug. 20 2008 9:38:59)
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Hi everyone And especially Simon. THANKYOU. It's great to have FF up and running again, although it's taken me a while to beat my firewall and manage to log in. I'm posting a request that I put on the infamous ....net, but of course, had no replies. I'm hoping to fare a bit better this time round. After another long "rest" from the guitar, I'm off to Spain soon for a couple of months, and I promise, I DO intend to get down to some serious pratice. Re past experience, I did classical for about 4 years with a teacher (many, many years ago), did an intense year of DIY Juan Martin from his book and have danced for about 12 years since then, messing about on and off with the guitar inbetween. My compas is OK and I know and can sing (well, hum really) the various palos and can even play castanets at a fairly simple level. What I'm looking for is some guidance here - what materials should I consider taking with me to work on? I don't particularly want to be struggling for weeks on some fancy falsettas from tab, but want to learn to play the different rhythms etc that occur within a dance - bit of intro, song, footwork etc. so I can strum along if friends want to practise dancing. I fancy some Tientos with a bit of Tangos at the end or maybe some Seguiryas with a Bulerias ending. Any ideas? I can read tab and manuscript as long as it's not too complicated and find sound files helpful. I'm still stuck in the top 5 frets of the guitar (but have a nodding aquaintance the others) with and struggle to play by ear.
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