srshea -> RE: new to flamenco - trying to make a melody (Jan. 17 2009 18:53:53)
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David, Welcome aboard, to the Foro and to the flamenco bandwagon. All good advice from the others, and I’ll add a suggestion for an excellent beginner’s resource- a book called Song of the Outcasts by Robin Totton: Song of the Outcasts ...which seems to be out of print on your side of the pond. Totton’s an Englishman, so I figured it would be easier to find the book over there, but that’s not the case…. Anyway, it’s definitely worth tracking down. It’s a very solid, basic introduction to flamenco history, aesthetics, and structure, but what makes it particularly valuable is the CD that’s included. It has very good examples of all the major flamenco song forms, and Totton goes into a fair amount of detail in the body of the text, analyzing the various rhythmic/melodic/structural qualities of the music, citing the specific examples. This is REALLY helpful towards being able to understand what flamenco is (or isn’t), how it sounds, how it works. And if you develop an even semi-serious interest in flamenco, you’re gonna quickly find out just how “big” it is, and how much there is to learn, and I think that book/cd can make for a particularly good first step in that direction. Good luck! Adam
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