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Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
John O's new falsetas
John, how are your new falsetas coming around? I have been in a repertoire building mode lately, and in the last six months learned a bunch of new classical pieces: Natalia, Choros No. 1, Xodo de Baiana, Zamba by Eduardo Falu, El Diablo Suelto, Paco Pena's El Dia Nuevo... it's fun to get a bunch of new stuff, much more rewarding than toiling away for a year on something above your level.
Once you get them down, maybe you can make an audio file of them all and upload them so we can learn them. :)
You had to make it public Now I have to upload something...
My goal here is less to have a reportoire of pieces. In the past couple weeks I've learned about 20 falsetas going over 4-6 coplas. The dance instructor at the school I play at said my accompanyment was "uninspiring" because all I do is strum in the most basic chords and was afraid of experimentation.
I have some guajira melodies from Sanlucar, Koella (hehe) and some German dude down (some great jazzy chords in there which I've transposed for the alegrias in E, too), swiped some alegria chords and melodies from Esperanza Fernandez' and Miguel Poveda's albums as well as a bunch of stuff I found in Youtube and some old Nino de Pura and PDL albums (slowed down from 270 to 150bpm it's actually not that hard ) All stuff learned in a day - some of you will need a week, some of you 5 minutes
She already told me she noticed a difference, so it must be a good thing...
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Now I have to upload something... 
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