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IGF at Bath Flamenco with Rafael
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IGF at Bath Flamenco with Rafael
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"Woke up this morning _ flamenco on my mind" Sure did - my head is still is still buzzing after 6 days nearly non-stop.So how was it? Firstly minus points to IGF - far too much of a mix of ability in one group and a couple of people lost it.I understand it was much worse last year.I am new to flamenco and even to playing on nylon strings. I found it quite hard and I struggled noticeably in the latter stages - but I expected to and anything less in terms of content would have been very disappointing. And Rafael - the man in black -where to start! How about if I just say that one day after taking the group from 9.30am to nearly 6.00pm he listened to me moaning on at dinner and then took me for an hour and a half one to one during which he completley revamped my right hand right down to the finger nails.As a result he arrived at the concert he had been going to in time only for the final chords. Later on he was jamming with us on eletric guitar into the early hours.Where I come from that makes him a 'good bloke' It was a great bunch of students - which makes all the difference - both on our course and on the others - very friendly and supportive and who knew how to have a good time. Thanks in particular to Jim[ I belong to Glasgow] and Emma [ whadya mean there's more to life than flamenco] for their encouragement. A special mention for Mark - always on the frontline - who transcribed the lessons for us and went through stuff with me over a mug of tea in the kitchen. What now ? Well I'm definitely hooked on the sound of nylon strings but so much stuff and so little time! However in the immortal words of Gloria Gaynor "I will survive" Now there's an idea for a rhumba - what do you think guys? Andy P
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Date Aug. 1 2004 16:10:33
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RE: IGF at Bath Flamenco with Rafael (in reply to Escribano)
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Simon Got you on one of my photos taken on the night.Forget La Tasca - it was a gig which we felt obliged to undertake since IGF had precommitted to it without our knowledge.No one was keen and the conditions made any decent performances quite difficult.Also many of them have little experience of playing in public and this was definitely not the place to start! Saturdays student concert was a totally different happening and the flamenco group's performance went down very well.I don't have much experience of formal guitar tution but I am inclined to agree with you to some extent about group teaching especially with mixed ability.IGF promoted this course at two levels - the first being for students with some knowledge of guitar but with little or none of flamenco - a good chance to find out.All I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time.What I can say for certain is that I know I am already a better player for having been with Rafael for a week And just as importantly it was tremendous fun. Regards Andy
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Date Aug. 1 2004 20:36:50
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