Ricardo -> RE: Solea composition (Nov. 7 2008 7:48:48)
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Solea is not structured in any special way. The smallest piece to understand is a simple letra. It is a 3 liner, and this about it. Meaning a total of 4 compases. That's a solea plain and simple. A singer can repeat the last 2 lines if he/she wants or not, repeat the first line, or leave a space....or not, or stretch it out by holding and embelishing a note. Then he/she can do another letra or not if they wish. So you have letras, and the singer improvises both the structure of those as I described. It is most typical in a single performance of Solea cante to do 3 or more letras, and the more valiente or high pitched ones toward the end. The actually ending may or may not be "por bulerias". So you have LOTS of room to improvise inother words. Interms of guitar, you just have the basic compas and falsetas, again you improvise which ever how you like. If with a singer, the falsetas can start or go between the letras as you feel. A guitar solo is nothing more than a personalized mix of falsetas. Like the cante, it maybe typical to end "por bulerias". That is about all there is to structure. The dance however is usually very structured. The basic skeleton of the dance is: Falseta intro Singer temple or warm up with ay ay ay llamada Letra (slow) Falseta or llamada Escobilla llamada for Solea por bulerias letra of Solea por bulerias Escobilla Build into bulerias rhythm Bulerias. That is typical, at anytime special falsetas might be used, or extra letras of Solea, for example instead of first escobilla, a long llamada will go to a more valiente letra of solea. Likewise, there can a couple letras of Solxbul. There can be a "solo de pie" in there after or in place of an excobilla, bulerias letras added in to the escobillas etc etc, depending on what the dance wants. Point is, it is structured, and the above is just a blue print. Ricardo
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