Farruca Foot Tapping (Full Version)

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srshea -> Farruca Foot Tapping (Dec. 1 2008 9:33:32)

I’ve always just tapped a straight forward 4/4 in farruca, but I’ve been working through Chuck Keyser’s material and he taps on the first and third beats of each measure. I tried this out last night and it really threw me. The feel is totally different and was hard to adjust to. Tapping straight fours has a bouncing, forward-moving feel, while tapping every other beat creates, for me, a really odd rocking back and forth feel. I could get the hang of it during strumming, but when I tried playing falsetas I got caught up, like I was getting tangled in a jump rope.

Are either of these tapping approaches “right” or is each valid depending on the feel you’re going for?

Thanks,

Adam



Ricardo -> RE: Farruca Foot Tapping (Dec. 1 2008 13:39:21)

If you get to accompany dance, you will discover that it helps to be able to tap both ways. Because that awkward feeling needs to be...not awkward. It makes it easy to jump to a half time or double time feel with no problem...and that happens A LOT with flamenco dance accompaniment.

I prefer to do slow steady foot tapping all the time if I can. Just 1 and3 of a 4/4, or just 1,3,5 of a 6 beat rhythm, or just 1 of a 3 beat rhythm, etc.... it seems harder because you are feeling more subdivisions of the beat, and in the end, that will help your groove a lot IMO.

Ricardo



srshea -> RE: Farruca Foot Tapping (Dec. 1 2008 15:21:50)

Thanks, Ricardo. That’s all very helpful. I’ve never accompanied before, but I did just get a lead on someone who’s doing a beginning dance class here in town, so I may get a chance to do so in the near future. At any rate, learning to tap both ways sounds like a good plan.

And to clarify regarding this:

quote:

just 1 of a 3 beat rhythm


So you just tap the first beat in sevillanas?

Thanks again,

Adam



mark indigo -> RE: Farruca Foot Tapping (Dec. 2 2008 12:37:03)

sometimes you get an irregular half compas/bar whatever ie an "extra" or "odd" 2 beats here and there... i'm not saying in dance, but i think from what i remember there's a couple in paco's "farruca de lucia"

just though i'd throw that in....



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