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Josh
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compas (plain and simple)
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I have been waiting to start posting real questions until more people get here but im getting bored so here goes. I have asked many questions about compas before but I usually just got directed towards books or got told things I didnt understand. So I want to lay out my understanding of compas and have you guys correct me or expand on it. Currenlty I am working on the allegrias solo from FT and I am pretty much just cleaning it up and speeding it up since I have it memorized. Because it is an allegrias I use the same compas as a solea. I focus on beats 3,6,8,10,12. When I say focus I mean I do golpes on those beats as much as possible and I make it a point to make the notes or chords that happen on those beats stand out. In the entrada I do this by exaggerating(emphasizing and prolonging) the notes that end the first two bars(beats 3 and 6). Through the rest of the piece I do golpes on 3,6,8(occasionally),(I have trouble sometimes with ten because I have to play open e with my thumb as I do it) and 12. Now, I havent had as much time with the allegrias as I have with the soleares so I dont fully feel the nuances. I have noticed though that there is a real emphasis on 3,6, and 12( This could be just Dimitri's style). So, the question I leave to any one nice enough to read this whole post is "am I overanalyzing compas as a solo guitarist or am I simplifying it? The reason I ask this is because there are sections in the pieces I have worked on where golpes happened on the 4th beat and other sections where chord changes took the place of golpes. Again I thank anyone who has made it this far and I promise your replies will fall on eagerly awaiting ears. JoshH
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Date Jul. 13 2003 8:13:41
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RE: compas (plain and simple) (in reply to Josh)
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Josh When Alegrias is accompanied, the beats fall on 3, 7,8, 10, 12. !2 is very important.Very often there is an upstroke with 3 and 12, giving the effect of 3 AND, 12 AND. There is also a great deal of syncopation at times, especially in the second half of the compas, where the guitar plays on AND instead of on the beat. This gives more ungency, but its appropraiateness depends on the cante and it should not be overdone. Sean
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Date Jul. 13 2003 9:26:26
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