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BarkellWH
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 RE: Golpe (in reply to DavRom)
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To be able to execute golpes is an integral part of playing flamenco guitar. As Sr. Martins points out, you don't want your golpes competing with the cajon, but how many times do you play accompanied by a cajon? In any case, I think well-executed golpes will always be part of playing flamenco. Keep practicing them.
As an aside, if both golpes and rasgueos are shredding your nails, either you are doing something wrong or you need to strengthen and protect your nails. Playing flamenco will always be rough on nails, but it sounds like you have a particularly bad problem with them.
Bill
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Date Jan. 18 2016 12:20:00
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Ricardo
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RE: Golpe (in reply to DavRom)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: DavRom
I heard Gerardo saying in a video that golpe has become increasingly less necessary in modern times with the advent of percussion like the cajón and that he plays them less than in the past
i've been thinking about this particularly because i have sacrificed broken nails at the golpe altar. it is def cool to hear Vicente come down hard with a golpe above the 6th string for a phrase ending cadence but i wonder that golpe playing is all that
to be sure, i'm not looking for an excuse to not practice playing golpes. either way i am not going to continue giving up my nails to them. i'm happy playing compas with the rasgueo climaxes ex-golpes along the way. (although i still need to find a way to protect my nails from the rasgueo onslaught, which i find is not so much an issue as long as i file away potential splits on a daily basis)
i'm interested in thoughts about this historically and going into the future
1. Nuñez was being "cute" by pointing out the old school guitarists were working very hard being supportive by filling up more rhythmic space. Modern players, especially solo players, have the luxury of playing synchopated things, focus on melody that might have a lot of cool spaces, meant to be covered by percussion (palmas, cajon, a foot tap, whatever). Basically the modern flamenco is more more "free" to be like a singer, singing off the beat and such. It is not that we must rely on percussion, notice PDL using his foot to keep time like nudillos of old days (knuckle on the table to keep 3 beat rhythm). While any modern player that is top level is capable of delivering a convincing performance without percussive backing, it is often nice to have the reference for the audience...especially with syncopated things. Further, Nuñez himself used capitalize on his vicious arpegio technique, composing very beautiful falsetas that dont' allow for any percussive hits really. It was a big part of his personal style before his injury.
2.If you splitting nails with GOLPE, it is probably because you don't use enough flesh to support the nail, or your nail is just too long and you are allowing it to get chipped. So make sure you are supporting the nail with finger tip skin. Practice doing golpes with NO nail sound too, and learn how to make deliberate use of more or less nail attack.
3. The reason the nail breaks is because of rasgueados thinning out the nail from cuticle to tip. For this reason, the glue (as advised above) functions as a second layer of skin and will wear more slowly and after lots of rasgueado wears off the glue, you can put more on, so always protecting the nail. I recommend, because of how I see it wear, to cover the ENTIRE nail, not just the tip. Otherwise you can thin out the nail behind the glue and an accidental jam into a door knob could crack it across the weak spot.
4. The reason the glue flakes off is because it has gone stale. You have to treat Cyano glue like food...store in a plastic bag and it will last months. As soon as you notice it flaking early, discard it and buy a fresh bottle.
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Date Jan. 18 2016 20:20:34
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BarkellWH
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RE: Golpe (in reply to DavRom)
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Just to reinforce my post above and to second Ricardo's, you can't go wrong using Krazy glue. It works, and it works well. It was recommended to me by my flamenco guitar teacher, a professional player and instructor who has been using it for years.
As Ricardo notes, when it begins to flake off, just fill in the flaked-off areas. You can find the brush-on version in most drugstores--CVS, Walgreen's, Rite-Aid, etc. Keep it in a sealed plastic food bag and it will last a long time before beginning to coagulate.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Jan. 21 2016 18:14:09
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