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Anita Sheer-Tocaora de flamenco
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Ramon Amira
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 RE: Anita Sheer-Tocaora de flamenco (in reply to kudo)
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Anita Sheer was one of the very few students taken on by Carlos Montoya. She performed quite a bit in the sixties. She wrote a book with Harry Berlow on how to play flamenco guitar, entitled "An Introduction to Flamenco Guitar," and later a preparatory book for the first one. "Introduction" is probably where that Peteneras came from.
It's actually a very good book for beginners, with some basic falsetas from Montoya. It includes Sevillanas, Farruca, Soleares, Siguiriyas, Tientos por Zambra, Bulerias, Peteneras, and some other palos.
Ramon
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Date Dec. 25 2011 2:03:50
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Mark2
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RE: Anita Sheer-Tocaora de flamenco (in reply to kudo)
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I knew Anita Sheer-not well, but enough to know that she loved flamenco and encouraged others who did. What some of you guys may not understand is that things have changed a lot over the last thirty-fourty years, in terms of what was available to foreigners trying to learn flamenco. No access to what was going on in Spain unless you went there. No you tube, no tabs, few records, no amazing slow downer, hell no one in my neck of the woods had figured out any of Paco's solos, and even if they did, they couldn't play them. I remember going to see a few of the top local players back in the early 80's and was impressed because one of them could play Panaderos well. That was the standard of the day. I'm not saying people couldn't play in compas, but , well, I hope the point is made.
That Anita had lessons with Montoya was in fact a big deal then. And believe me, it was not that there were a ton of teachers out there for aspiring students. There were few and far between. When people talked about " the secrets of flamenco guitar" they weren't kidding. And I won't even go into who Carlos was in his prime and what people thought of him. I'll just say he was a huge star, and although his way of playing has largely been discredited, that wasn't the case then.
I have the benefit of still being alive, and witnessing the progress of local flamenco, to a point now where we have players like Jason in our backyard. Where people like Grisha have demonstrated that Paco can be covered.
Without trying to defend the performance in question, one thing I'm certain about is that in thirty years from now , people will watch video being produced today-maybe some by people you respect, and say how much they suck, because they will in fact suck based on the standards of tomorrow.
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