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RE: Please help me--pootete beginnerr beginner?
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newstringjunkie
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 RE: Please help me--pootete beginner... (in reply to Ron.M)
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On buying a second hand guitar of course you'd like to try it first before you have it shipped to you, I tried three guitars in the shop and they where somewhat in the same pricerange but sounded all three completely different, and maybe a certain sound might be considered to be more flamenco, I'd rather have a guitar that I find personnally sounding good to my own ears.
And about picking a little bit here and there as opposed to taking straight flamenco lessons, to each their own, of course this is the flamenco forum but there are so many styles of music and no forum for the omnivorous so maybe someday a jazz player might stray and come here asking stuff, nothing wrong with that is there?
My aim was to get myself acquianted (sp?) with all kinds of styles, I also like Hungarian music and exotic scales and rhythms, so my aim is to learn different styles and in maybe ten years mix m up and make my own music, but for now I'm totally into flamenco but I'll never live and breathe it and I don't even want to, hope I and people like me are still welcome here to learn from the pro's and exchange experiences with fellow string-strugglers
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Date Mar. 29 2009 8:32:24
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duwen
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RE: Please help me--pootete beginner... (in reply to kozz)
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Yeah I also am eclectic. I listen to very many styles of music, some I cannot even name--haha. But heres some, flamenco--of course, Blues--particularly the real old style, especially Delta, and unplugged---i do not like sound of electric guitar, unless Jimi Hendrix is playing it  , Classical, Jazz, Bluegrass, Gnwa, many African forms of playing on guitars, and strange stringed instrument
so the question I suppose arises. CAN a person delve into a diversity of styles...? OR devote only to one style?
(sorry, this was in reply to Newstringjunkie) though question's open for all
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Date Mar. 29 2009 8:58:57
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Ron.M
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From: Scotland
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RE: Please help me--pootete beginner... (in reply to kozz)
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quote:
Be open-minded to flamenco....
Flamenco lives. Is. Hapens. Moves. Flamenco takes. Flamenco gives. Flamenco knows. Flamenco talks. Flamenco does. Flamenco leaves. Flamenco comes. Flamenco goes. Unique. Music. Flamenco is daring. Flamenco wins. Flamenco bounces. Flamenco stands. Flamenco falls. Is everywhere. Is emotional. Embraces you. Flamenco rules. Flamenco Heals. Mind. Body. Flamenco grooves. Flamenco fights. Flamenco paysoff. Is like water. Bread. Flamenco smiles. Flamenco cries. Flamenco in. Flamenco out. Flamenco teases. Flamenco cooks. Flamenco is caring. Flamenco bites. Flamenco bleeds. Flamenco doesn't care. Flamenco is black. Flamenco is white. Is red.
Not grey.
Flamenco is calling names. Flamenco shouts. Flamenco needs. Flamenco makes friends. Flamenco searches. Flamenco finds. Flamenco points. Flamenco makes you scary. Flamenco high. Flamenco low. Flamenco in front of you. Flamenco afterwards. Flamenco is smokin. Flamenco hunts. Flamenco is his own boss. Flamenco is understanding, dancing, bleeding, growing, shining, far away, close. Flamenco is love, is bitter sweet. Flamenco is cool. Flamenco is on the road.
For ever. Flamenco was, flamenco is.
Flamenco stays!
And every now and then you take the guitar a play a little bit....
Sorry Kozz,
I couldn't disagree more!
Forgive me if I've picked you up wrong, but that sort of sounds like the idea is to chill out, smoke a joint and just let the music flow into your head without judging it, just go with the passion.
Then when you feel like it, pick up the guitar and strum and play whatever you feel, so long as you put your heart and soul into it.
That's not Flamenco....that's just getting stoned and strumming the guitar and watching the pretty colours!
To do ANYTHING in Flamenco...guitar, singing, dancing, palmas or cajon, and to do it with ANY degree of authenticity will normally require years of dedicated practise and study.
These Gitanos and great Artists you see, weren't born being able to do any of those things, but they grew up in an environment of artistic discipline and respect to Tradition, so that practising the right thing the right way for 6 hours a day wasn't seen as anything unusual.
I'm not jumping on you or anything man...I just don't want others to get the wrong impression about this stuff!
cheers,
Ron
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Date Mar. 29 2009 9:24:48
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WTF? This is the second thread in 2 weeks I don't understand at all..... 
although, I can see that real honest to God flamenco needs an open marketplace and money to operate......it's like that in all aspects of business and that's what it is, a buisness.