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

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RE: False Flamenco (in reply to George Dallino)
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Welcome George. I too came from an electric background, as did many of us. We are a little snobby about such things, nevertheless you have some nice progressions and "frills" and the start of some flamenco techniques going on here. Flamenco is more about compás (timing) rather than just melody. It (generally) has some syncopation, for want of a better word, which is fairly unique to flamenco and is led by cante (singing) not the guitar. I would learn a basic rasgueado (fan strumming), golpes and falsetas (groups of arpeggios, kind of) and fit into a traditional palo (a style). I have forgotten more than I learned nowadays, but I would start with a simple soleares. Compás first (always compás), then rasgueados and falsetas with appropriate golpes (knocks) in the right places, a little picado and tremelo. You can get a long way with a basic but solid approach. Getting lessons will save you a whole lot of time or search here for recommended books and courses. I am sure others can help me out here.
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Date Jul. 25 2022 6:26:01
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George Dallino
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Joined: Jul. 17 2022

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RE: False Flamenco (in reply to Argaith)
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Hi Escribano, hi Argaith, thanks for your detailed replys, basically I agree with that as you can see from the tune`s title. It is meant to be a guitar instrumental with added flamenco elements and not to follow any classic form. To my mind, tunes like this have their merits and I’m working on further ones, just for the fun of it. But also, I pledge improvement of my efforts concerning compas (of course, there is work in progress already). I do listen to flamenco a lot, and, yes, there were some difficulties in listening to cante… Cheers George
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Date Jul. 25 2022 13:22:01
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