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michel
Posts: 315
Joined: Apr. 14 2008
From: france
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Working with instructional books
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Well during the last 10 years i bought nearly 20-30 instructional books (GGM - Juan Martin - Encuentro series - Faucher/Worms-Collection - B. Steinmann and many others), a nice collection, but i'm not always happy how i used them. There are many ways to work with intructional books, some people just pick out what they need for studying a certain palo or a special technical skill. some other have more discipline and really work through from first to the last page. I'm an intermediate player who wants to learn whole compositions, not only mixing falsetas on the spot. but this is a difficult transition for me. each time i want to learn a specific tune, there is a part where my technique is not good enough and the other 80/90% are OK, but it kills the motivation and finally the whole project. so i decided to go back again to my intructional basic-books (hopefully for the last time) and work it out again, but instead of studying a little bit here and there, i work the whole book from beginning to the end with more discipline, each time i think the outcome is OK i make a video/audio-take, i put them together to make a documentary of my practice sessions, a kind of flamenco-diary just for myself, to have "physical" result, it works well for the moment and it's fun btw. Does anybody wants to share experience with instructional books or simply hijack this thread? no problem michel
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Date Mar. 25 2010 7:22:05
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minordjango
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Joined: Feb. 26 2005
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RE: Working with instructional books (in reply to michel)
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i have a few methods too (too many) , so i decided just to write out the things from various books and try to learn them, not focus on the whole book. i find them inspirational, and i guess many of us , dont have access to a top teacher in the flamenco idiom. having just been to spain, i must say that having lessons for a week totally inspired me and has given me a lot of direction and shown me the importance of various things i coulndt do on my own, its always great to see the teacher perfor mat the end of the week too. we should all upload more "work in progress" for critical feedback , ill get the ball rolling this week, by uploading some difficulties i have. learning a complete transcription, how does one memorize all the notes i have a dog of a time memorizing a few bars, especially if its syncopated or a technical hurdle like a right hand roll. what are some must learn pieces ? panaderos flamencos? paco penas torque flamenco piece ? im intersted to what u folks feel is important to learn. im focusing just on 2 dance forms this month Solea , and solea por bulerias. and when i want to relax i can just noodle for 10 mins, id like to get a function comass to the fandangos going !! help anders ! technically i need to clock up hours on rh rolls , and just tap all rhythms and internalize the pulse , should take 20 years. nice ramble there sorry folks
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Date Mar. 25 2010 14:42:55
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