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I work on a falseta for a while, and then reach the crux of it, the hardest part in the passage for me, and then I slow things down and work on it for a while with lots of determination.
I get super inspired by another falseta, and I let myself take a break from the first. Then I reach the hard part, work on it for a week. Go back to the last falseta.
Then I get inspired by a new falseta. I must learn it! This is the one!
and Repeat.
For me it is frustrating, but I am a type that once I learn the essence of the falseta, it's like I've been shown the magic trick.
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From: San Francisco
RE: Falseta Atention deficit disorder (in reply to JasonM)
Sure, and even some pros do the same. Chuscales told me he can't remember many of the ones he's learned. I usually manage to learn the falseta but then forget it, or don't perfect it to the point where I can use it. But I'm more guilty of abandoning whole tunes before mastering the toughest parts. By contrast, Mariano Cordoba, who was my first flamenco teacher, told me that as a child, his family was so poor that the money his mom paid for his guitar lessons was sacrificed from the food budget. So, in order not to waste it, he would literally run home after a lesson and immediately practice the falsetas he'd learned in order not to forget. He told me he never forgot a single falseta. Different perspective for sure.
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RE: Falseta Atention deficit disorder (in reply to rombsix)
I dont think I suffer from Falsetas Attention deficit disorder because ..i ... was going ... sorry .... ooh
anyway, the thing i do is , i have the ability to learn stuff really fast ,, it comes from working in studios a lot perhaps .. where its all a bit play'' this'' now ..so most music , as i'm getting my guitar out i am already kinda visualizing how to play stuff ...
so falsetas , being short , are kind easy and quick ...unfortunately i can forget them quick ...learn them quick , use them , forget them quick ..unless i use them a lot then they will stick around a long time .. but i learn a lot of stuff , and i force myself to learn all of it so i dont miss bits out before i move on ...if thats what you were referring to .. i hate leaving things unfinished .. it really annoys me ...more like OCD .. I have to finish it ...even if i cheat a bit on a note here and there to get through it
RE: Falseta Atention deficit disorder (in reply to JasonM)
I once asked Chuscales to just teach me the easy falsetas because I can't remember the long complicated ones. He said you dumb ass, they are all long and complicated. Then we both laughed, and he continued to teach me the long complicated ones. And I forgot them. Except one, which is REAAAALLLYY long and crazy.
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