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RE: La Barossa out of tune?
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AntonioM
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From: Linares
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 RE: La Barossa out of tune? (in reply to Arash)
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I lecture on flamenco at a master class for classical guitarists once a semester at a local university. If I were to sit opposite this young man and give him advice, I would say: "Young man, you have a lot of talent. Your technique is very good. However, you must pay more attention to tunning your guitar each and every time you play. (I could not play anything, even for myself, if my guitar was out of tune ).
I would also tell him to play with more feeling. You must play from the heart with more emotion. When you feel this emotion, you must transmit it to those listening to you buy playing with more sensitivity, shadding, and presence.
I think this young man was playing mechanically and his mind was somewhere else. We change with age. As we get older, our life experiences, especially suffering, plays a part in our emotions and how we relate to things. We become more sensitive.
I personally did not like the golpeador on his guitar. It is a huge, thick looking, one piece of white plastic, instead of a smaller 2 piece tap plate. It seems to cover more than half of his soundboad. I wonder what the guitar would sound like without that huge piece of plastic dampening and absorbing the vibrations of his instrument. My guitars are French polished.
This young man is a diamond in the rough. He has a very nice technique and a huge potential to be a first class guitarist, which I am sure, will come with age and maturity. Just paying a little more attention to tunning would have greatly improved this performance
We guitarists owe it to our public to be the best we can be.
Beethoven once said:
"MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE OF GOD. WE MUSICIANS ARE CLOSER TO HIM THAN ANYONE CAN BE. WE HEAR HIS VOICE AND THROUGH OUR INSTRUMENTS, PASS IT ON TO OTHERS".
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Date Feb. 9 2009 6:16:05
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AntonioM
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From: Linares
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RE: La Barossa out of tune? (in reply to AntonioM)
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I find your remark about Beethoven, whom many feel was the greatest composer who ever lived, very offensive. Yes he went deaf, but he wrote his greatest work, the Eroica, while being deaf.
When you say he was mental, I am sure you were referring to his reference of God in the quote he made. I think this was your real reason to put him down, since it was his belief in a God that you were insulting.
I spent the weekend gathering information, finding sites of interest, and sources I came upon in my 50 plus years as a guitarist. I planned on making many posts to this forum. However, I now chose to leave this forum since I am too sensitive to such insulting negative remarks.
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Date Feb. 9 2009 8:30:45
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