FINAL Solea challenge for beginners

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Ailsa

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FINAL Solea challenge for beginners

Please ignore all the other threads - this is THE thread! Any further details will be added here, so this is the one to check.

TAB: For the tab please PM at_leo_87 giving your email address and he will send it to you.

NO CAPO FOR THE FINAL SUBMISSION PLEASE

DEADLINE: is next Monday 20th April. Please email your entries to at_leo_87, by midnight his time on the Sunday night (BST + 5 hours). He will then post them on the Foro on Monday 20th April, ready for judging.

JUDGING:
same judging system as used in previous challenges - 3 aspects with a score out of 10 for each:
technique
compas
aire

PRIZE:
https://www.flamenco-world.com/tienda/producto/understanding-flamenco-(cd-book)/3248/

ALL OTHER RULES: same as previous challenges

CHALLENGERS: So far, but more welcome:
Ailsa
Dom
Val
Kozz
Andresito
El Camino
peghead 48
cathulu
michel
BrianPatrick
eccullen
TGerman
n85ae
Maneno
Louis_B
doug (ricecrackerphoto)
k_1200s

JUDGES:
Jason
Florian
Ron.M
Doitsujin
Ricardo
Kate

OK people start listening to this! Put it on your mp3 players, play it while you're driving, while you are eating..... everything.

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at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

ok, here are some slowed versions if anybody wants them.
60% speed:

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at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

80% speed:

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El Camino

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

I would like to have a go at this , count me in .

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 8:26:00

Ailsa

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to El Camino)

You're on the list!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 8:32:45

El Camino

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

Cheers Ailsa

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 8:44:20

at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

ok, i've sent the tabs to
ailsa,
val,
el camino,
ruispelto,
peghead48,
domzo,
kozz,
cathulu,
aleksi,
michel,
brianpatrick,
ecullen,
n85ae,
gummy,
muneco,
louis_b,
ricecrackerphoto,
k_1200s

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 9:29:30

peghead48

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

If its OK I'll join please

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 10:30:40

at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

anybody wanting to join, please send me a pm with your email. this will help me keep track of things. dont email me directly as you might end up in my spam folder if i dont have you saved as a contact. k?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 10:45:08

El Camino

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

Tabs received thanks leo.

Just a quick question can we use a capo or are we going al natural .

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 11:40:38

Ailsa

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to El Camino)

Good question, we forgot to sort that out last time too!

To get the most benefit I think we should do it without capo, but as long as we all do the same I guess it doesn't matter. Anyone got any preferences?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 11:45:17

El Camino

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

Well it would be nice to get it as clean as possible , i say we use a capo on 2 but i will go with what is decided .

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 11:55:04

cathulu

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

OK, I want in on this one too! Can I? I was over reaching before, finished dead last and told to go to the beginners challenge - lord, how much more abuse can I take!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:09:55

Ailsa

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to cathulu)

Welcome cathulu! Well you may find this quite easy, but there's never any harm in going over stuff that you know and making sure it's as good as you can get it. Send a PM to at_leo_87 and he'll give you the tab.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:12:28

at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

i think we should go without capo. it's good to get your hands used to stretching. like ailsa said, you would get the most benefit.

if it's difficult for you, work at it with capo 2nd fret. a week later, move it to 1st fret. then finally, no capo.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:15:46

cathulu

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to cathulu)

Thanks, I will do it then. Getting the soniquete real good is what I want. Not all of it is easy imho.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:18:43

El Camino

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

Ok ill give that a try sounds like a plan

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:22:23

domzo

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to cathulu)

quote:

OK, I want in on this one too! Can I? I was over reaching before, finished dead last and told to go to the beginners challenge - lord, how much more abuse can I take!

Losers are welcome here

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:47:51

cathulu

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to domzo)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 12:51:24

at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

ok, i've sent tabs to everyone except andresito and ed guerin(?)
let me know if any of you didn't receive it yet. or if there's any other problems.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 13:52:21

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 14:00:38

alex_lord

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to cathulu)

quote:

ORIGINAL: cathulu

OK, I want in on this one too! Can I? I was over reaching before, finished dead last and told to go to the beginners challenge

As per andresito's recommendation, I am forever banned from beginner challenges. So, do it for the motherland!

In the meantime, I am going to go embarass myself with Buleriando, for the fun of it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 14:06:10

andresito

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to alex_lord)

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ORIGINAL: alex_lord
As per andresito's recommendation, I am forever banned from beginner challenges. So, do it for the motherland!
In the meantime, I am going to go embarass myself with Buleriando, for the fun of it.

You go Alex!

Take it up to those punks in the intermediate class!
Congrats again, it was a good effort to come in late and do so well

I didn't think anyone took my banning proposal seriously

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andresito

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to val)

quote:

ORIGINAL: val
I'm definitely, definitely going to give this a go.

You go Val! Take it easy tapping that foot, though, mk?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 16:07:28

cathulu

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ailsa)

Hey, so I was listening to the recording and it is not in tight compas, it is a bit too elastic in my opinion. Where did this recording come from?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 19:41:19

at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to cathulu)

it's from the cd that comes with the gerhard-graf martinez books played by gerhard himself.
it's a solea so compas is maybe slightly stretched a bit here and there. but it's still pretty straight forward.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 7 2009 20:04:03

Ailsa

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to at_leo_87)

OMG what have I done?

OK don't panic, we've got six weeks, we can do it.

Meanwhile there's a bit I can't figure out! Can't upload an image here so am going to make a new thread called Help Reading tabs please!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 8 2009 0:30:00

Ruispelto

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to at_leo_87)

There is one thing that might be problem for someone.. I got your new tabs, in two different files, I downloaded them but when I tried to open them, my MAC didn't recognize them. So I added the file-type into the name solea --> solea.jpg and after that no problem.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 8 2009 3:45:32

at_leo_87

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RE: FINAL Solea challenge for beginners (in reply to Ruispelto)

quote:

There is one thing that might be problem for someone.. I got your new tabs, in two different files, I downloaded them but when I tried to open them, my MAC didn't recognize them. So I added the file-type into the name solea --> solea.jpg and after that no problem.

sorry! i didn't think about that. i'll fix that now.
is anyone else having problems?

edit: thanks to val, we have better, much cleaner, neater tabs with deadline at the top. i've just sent it to everyone. thanks val!

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