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Grisha
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RE: Grisha new Video... (in reply to chester)
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Tank you so much for all your comments, my friends! It brings me a sense of relief to read the positive reactions to this performance. I changed the way I practice a couple of years ago. I decided to do almost no technique and concentrate on expressiveness, simply trying to pinpoint what do I want to say with each composition I play. It's all about story telling, and character and expression rises above the beauty the voice and clarity of diction. I also found that practicing technique excessively, especially scales, takes away from the freedom of expression, making everything you play sound one-dimensional. gj, I am very glad that you changed your mind about my playing! I have always loved playing this music, but I have to agree that my inherent perfectionism when it comes to guitar playing took away some of the human element, the drama and struggle that make people relate to flamenco. mrMagenta, I am sitting with both feet on the floor, usually raising my right foot a little. I use a guitar support now because my back was killing me a couple of years ago. Now I have no problems with my back and it feels very comfortable to sit straight with the support. One added benefit is that guitar sounds louder because there is less contact with your body that potentially dumpens the resonance of the guitar. On a side note... I just tried to sit in a classical position a couple of days ago. It never worked for me without the support, never felt comfortable... but boy, does the support make a DIFFERENCE! All my tension disappeared, just gone. The guitar needs no clinging, no holding, it just sits there neutral relieving both arms from the duty of holding it in place. And it's stable, too! Amazing stuff! One critique, however, is I can't be as musical with the classical position, because the guitar feels a bit isolated from my body, so I cannot use the same range of nuances in vibrato. It just feels disconnected from me, objective rather than personal. Strange...
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Date Sep. 19 2012 18:28:46
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dararith
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From: Oakland, CA
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RE: Grisha new Video... (in reply to Grisha)
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quote:
Tank you so much for all your comments, my friends! It brings me a sense of relief to read the positive reactions to this performance. I changed the way I practice a couple of years ago. I decided to do almost no technique and concentrate on expressiveness, simply trying to pinpoint what do I want to say with each composition I play. It's all about story telling, and character and expression rises above the beauty the voice and clarity of diction. I also found that practicing technique excessively, especially scales, takes away from the freedom of expression, making everything you play sound one-dimensional. It's amazing when I hear basic compas played over and over by someone musically talented, and then when I play the SAME compas over and over (with similar, if not the same, nuances) it's boring to hear...! But it's the same thing! Later I learned it was about dynamics...and it is exactly as you described. Two people playing the exact same compas, but one person does it in a way that sounds more expressive. Adjusting the volume of certain strokes, emphasizing the clarity/color of one note in the beat, and even extending/shortening one of the phrases a bit earlier/later or changing the tempo at certain parts give the entire piece much more character and is very entertaining and interesting to hear. Ricardo even mentioned that too, when he said: quote:
Actually, I just checked it out again, it's not really short any number of notes, it's just that you pushed the tempo way up and then the remate (finally strummed A chord) seemed to be early since you then resume the tempo you had before the alzapua launched. It actually has a lot of drama that way, it's cool. Thanks for sharing the wonderful music, Grisha!
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Date Sep. 20 2012 1:42:11
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