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Richard Jernigan
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RE: I hate new strings! (in reply to Gummy)
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ORIGINAL: Gummy I hate when I have to change my strings. First of all it takes too long, then the guitar is out of tune for awhile, then the sound is metallic and tinney.(sp? like tin..) The strings are also too squeaky. I am often surprised to read some of your posts about how you like new strings... The solution: buy another guitar, and if you have machines, get one of those crank thingies. When it's time to change, put on new strings, tune them up about a half step sharp, put the guitar away, and get out the other one. After a couple of days, get out the one with new strings, tune it up about a half step sharp again. Wait two more days, then get out the guitar with new strings. It's ready to play. You will have to keep tuning fairly often, then less and less. When the basses stop going flat overnight, it's time for new ones again. I had some work done on one of my guitars in the last few months. At the shop I was re-stringing it while the repairman was busy with another task, more urgent than mine. He said, "Why aren't you using the crank? It saves a lot of time." I said, "I've been playing the guitar for more than 50 years, but I have never used one of those cranks to change strings." He gave me one. RNJ
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Date Mar. 29 2014 16:30:42
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: I hate new strings! (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo quote:
ORIGINAL: Richard Jernigan Here's a little piece about Manolo de Huelva, which says that like you guys he played both classical and flamenco in concerts. http://ateneodecordoba.com/index.php/Manolo_de_Huelva As you probably know more about than I do, he was also in demand as accompanist for the greatest singers of the era, including Manuel Torre (!). RNJ quote:
concertista que alterna música académica con la flamenca. Hmm, not sure WHAT "musica de academica" he would have played....I can't imagine him playing Bach or something with the technique he had. It was pretty edgy. I really like his playing for Vallejo. Maybe one of the earliest players I hear emphasizing the stacato picado attack. Segovia named him as the best (or his favorite) flamenco player....probably cuz he did play classical guitar. But to be honest, there is no comparison to R. Montoya IMO. Ricardo In fact, i read somewhere that he did play Bach in concert--perhaps in an even more personalized form than Segovia, but ¿Quien sabe?. Here's another article that says a little more about him http://www.elartedevivirelflamenco.com/guitarristas1.html Sometime in the early 1960s (late 1950s?) I was at a party at a big house in Sevilla when the host came out with some acetate discs of Manolo. He said Manolo had a rich woman for a student, and cut the discs for her. I also note in the linked piece that he made some recordings for Marius Zayas, that were published by the Bienal de Sevilla. Guess I'll hunt around for a copy. RNJ
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Date Apr. 1 2014 16:45:51
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: I hate new strings! (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo quote:
In fact, i read somewhere that he did play Bach in concert--perhaps in an even more personalized form than Segovia, but ¿Quien sabe?. Yes I heard about it too from Brune. Its just hard to wrap my imagination around when I am used to THIS: http://youtu.be/vVUEnwBdYyo I listened to that the other day. There are similarities to a Niño Ricardo rosas without ever being exactly the same. They say that much of Manolo de Huelva's stuff derives from Javier Molina, and maybe some of it via Molina to Paco de Lucena. I'm sure Ricardo knows this, but for those who may not, the tocaor Javier Molina grew up with the great singer Antonio Chacon in the Barrio Santiago of Jerez, and frequently accompanied him after Chacon became famous. Molina also played both classical and flamenco, though I don't know to what extent he played classical in public. It's unclear whether Niño Ricardo was at any time actually Molina's student, but Ricardo was heavily influenced by him. Molina lived to a grand old age, and continued teaching long after he mostly stopped playing in public. His influence was great. For example he was the teacher of Manolo Sanlucar's father Isidro Muñoz, Paco Cepero is one of Molina's younger students. RNJ
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Date Apr. 3 2014 4:56:32
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