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Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

On Flamenco Guitar

Maybe it's just me, but I watched the Tomatito "Encuentro" video today, and to me the "tunes" seem just secondary to how he plays his stuff!
A lot of Flamenco tunes on the guitar, musically are just basically like nursery rhymes, (they are hardly going to challenge the European Classical composers..yeah?)
But the "added extra" is what it's all about!
That Flamenco way of seeing things is the thing that makes it so utterly fantastic!
This is the secret ingredient IMO..
Compás, Rhythm and Passion....the Holy Trinity...
The simplest stuff played brilliantly is always the stuff that make the hairs on my neck stand up.
Unlike a lot of complicated, "bad" Jazz I've heard....where "more" is thought of as "better".

I think all this working from tabs and such just diverts you from the main thing about Flamenco guitar... and good Flamenco IMO doesn't have a lot to do with reading notes correctly from tabs or a score.

OK I'm not a great player myself, but the times I get inspired is when the guitar reacts in a certain way, not if I'm playing the notes correctly "por manuscript".

Anybody else feel the same here?

cheers

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 30 2005 20:30:25

Escribano

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Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: On Flamenco Guitar (in reply to Ron.M)

quote:

Anybody else feel the same here?

Yes, Tomatito is a monster or rhythm, control and style. Though, he can also descend into a "jazz" pit at times - like last year in Jerez. But in London, he lit up the Albert Hall.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 30 2005 21:04:12

Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: On Flamenco Guitar (in reply to Escribano)

Yeah Simon,
Thank you for backing me up here, but you gotta admit that Emilio Maya is not a conservatory student, but he can sure play mean Flamenco guitar!
I'm sure all of his stuff comes out of his head and his life...not from studying PdL manuscripts..

cheers

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 30 2005 21:39:26

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RE: On Flamenco Guitar (in reply to Ron.M)

Ron

I totally agree on this one.

The first time I saw The Tomatito video, I was totally blown away by the power of his playing and attitude. It just jumps out of the screen.

A bit scary by the way.

I also agree on the falseta thing. BTW, I just picked up you beautiful solea por medio falseta.