Miguel de Maria -> RE: To Henrik and Jerzy (Jun. 7 2004 15:57:15)
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Henrik, according to the study I am citing, 6 hours is not sustainable, but 4 is. Therefore it will take 10 years. When I say 4, I don't mean 2 hours of scales and 2 hours of messing around or gigging. Practice. Scales, arpeggios, theory study, perfecting pieces, working on rhythm. The rest doesn't count! :) I think knowing classical is an advantage, technique-wise for flamenco. They are very similiar and such things as independence of the RH fingers would certainly be advanced. Also the chords and positions in classical are more similiar to flamenco than other styles (I believe). And of course the classical guitar is very similiar to the flamenco guitar. On the other hand, the sense of rhythm would be very much more developed in other styles such as jazz and even rock. The way of playing aggressively, so important in flamenco, is not encouraged among classicals. But I must confess that my years of playing classical were never very devoted, that is a recent thing for me about 3-4 years. Before that it was almost all "playign around," not really practicing.
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