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Do any of you guys have a strumming pattern that you use for bulerias while muting the strings with the left hand? I'd like to have something rhythmic I could use while someone is playing falsettas. An example of this is Paco's strumming in the Almoraima intro.
RE: muted bulerias strumming pattern (in reply to Gabewolf)
Once you get some kind of pattern down, you could try to adapt it to fit with whatever falseta is being played. Kind of like you'd do to match a tapao or arpeggio patterns with the footwork of a dancer. I just play tapao the same way I accompany basically, so the patterns just depend on whatever it is I'm accompanying, but for all I know I might be doing it completely wrong! But so far nobody's complained about my tapao. They complain more when I don't mute the strings
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RE: muted bulerias strumming pattern (in reply to Dudnote)
Well, they'll appreciate you more if you make them miss you from time to time Rio de la miel was the first song I ever heard by Paco. All started from there for me!
Here is a long example of tapao (starts around 9:45). It's solea por buleria but the idea is basically the same. A basic pattern that he breaks out of to match whatever the dancer is doing. Like adding some rasgueado for cierres or accentuating the rythmic phrase of the dancer if gets what the phrase is going to be. And you could approach a falseta in the same way.
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