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RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Strudl)
To the main topic:
To copy other player must not be no flamenco. If you copy good and authentic, of course, it will be flamenco. Its important to leanr much stuff of oter and older players, to get an idea of what is flamenco. When you got it, you can start composing your own stuff. I think its the wrong way for beginners, to compose own falsetas, coz they wont become flamenco. There is no wrong thing on playing other peoples music. But it wont become the same, also if the oter persons technic is worser than yours. So if you wanna silence these jealous people who allways say "ohh vicente played the cis a little harder than you." Or "but paco plays it different", you have to play your own composed music. By the way, you only can silence these persons when you
are spanish gipsy played for dance (minimum 20 years) and for singing (minimum 20 years) like Sabicas . . and of course you have to be able to play with this "special" attack.
Easy to become a flamencoguitarrist, no?
So whatever you do when you are not spanish. Forget to think about becomeing a flamenco-guitarrist.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
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I think its the wrong way for beginners, to compose own falsetas, coz they wont become flamenco. There is no wrong thing on playing other peoples music.
No of course, playing other peoples stuff is essential in learning and there is nothing wrong with it.
But i think its more important to learn to accompany and learn the forms and techniques required to just play the core without any falsetas.
I mean paco falsetas are useless if you cant play a song progression with the basic technique and foot tapping in time.
The biggest problem is that people dont get the basic forms first, they get the fancy stuff and have to learn the core afterwards in a kind upside down way.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
well speaking for myself , everysinlge person on this website who studies flamenco and thinks of themsefs as a flamenco guitarist is one to me.
who the f. am i to tell you different ?
who the f. is anybody to tell u diff ? u know what u do and what u dont do, u know what u need to do and just do it, and f anybody else who dont approve of you
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
I have my opinions, which i stand by, and i dont really care if people agree with those or not, Im not forcing my opinions down anyones throat and i will fight for my opinions, but I am quite willing to listen to anyone elses arguments as well.
And as i said before people are free to decide if they agree with me or not.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Guest)
it dosent matter anyway i would rather be arrognat and hopefull than respctfull and without hope.
i would rather be a dreamer that never achieves his dream than a realist who never dares to even dream because what hes dreaming about its so unheard off.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
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i would rather be a dreamer that never achieves his dream than a realist who never dares to try because its so unheard off.
You are free to do whatever you feel like, i play flamenco and try to learn as much as i can without feeling very limited by the traditions. On the contrary i think the tight forms are inspiring and gives a format that helps the imagination a lot more than a blank paper would, where i had to invent the wheel.
If i thought it would be impossible for me to learn i wouldnt do it.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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You are free to do whatever you feel like
lol thank you i realize
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i play flamenco and try to learn as much as i can without feeling very limited by the traditions
yes same
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On the contrary i think the tight forms are inspiring and gives a format that helps the imagination a lot more than a blank paper would, where i had to invent the wheel.
only if inventing the weel is not in you but it was in someone casue he did
and dont worry u didnt offend ma at all as i would not ever ever seriously ask anyone , noone not even paco himself if i am flamenco or not.
if i am not flamenco then i will do this not flamenco happily for the rest of my life because
and ofcourse you are entitled to your opinions is just that sometimes your opinions seem to be that noone who isnt a professinal guitarist in spain could ever call themselfs a flamenco guitarist.
so i gues u can understand how that kind of involves me in the conversation.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
Being flamenco or not is just words, if you can jump into a juerga and play with a singer without rehearsing you dont need to worry about "being flamenco" or not cause then youre doing it.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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Being flamenco or not is just words, if you can jump into a juerga and play with a singer without rehearsing you dont need to worry about "being flamenco" or not cause then youre doing it.
so thats all it takes then ??
ok , i know a guitarist whos from spain here, he accompanies the singer perfectly in the buleria , but cannot play for dancers, is he a flamenco guitarist ?
I know a spanish singer in brisbane who sings a fandango perfectly but cannot sing in compas, is he flamenco ?
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
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ok , i know a guitarist whos from spain here, he accompanies the singer perfectly in the buleria , but cannot play for dancers, is he a flamenco guitarist ?
I know a singer in brisbane who sings a fandango perfectly but cannot sing in compas, is he flamenco ?
Yes of course, flamenco is cante, and you have people specializing in certain palos. I dont see the big frigging mystery in this.
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RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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Im sorry to be a pain, but i have to repeat that flamenco is more than feeling it and about the guitar, its about understanding the forms and traditions and as a guitarist you are required to be able to shoulder being an accompanist and interact with dance and especially song.
Hi sonikete,
the question from Dominic was "when you became a flamenco guitarist?".
If he had asked "when you became a good flamenco guitarist" , i would have answered , i am still for sure not a good flamenco guitarist and maybe will never be a good one.
However, ok, i revise my comment. Let say i am someone trying to learn flamenco guitar.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Doitsujin)
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the question from Dominic was "when you became a flamenco guitarist?".
When you can interact with other flamencos without ****ing up what they do, and their reference will be singing.
The dance is based around the singing, the guitar is based on the forms around singing and the palmas and percussion is there to support the singing.
Poeple who havent got a clue about cante makes pretty strange guitar compositions because they dont understand the subtleties and periods of the singing and it might be pretty and in compas but it would have very little to do with flamenco.
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RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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When you can interact with other flamencos without ****ing up what they do, and their reference will be singing.
ok then i have a question.
What if i dont want to play for singers or dancers. What if i live in togo and i am the only one in this country who loves flamenco music. And there are no dancers and singers there and i can not leave the country to meet dancers/singers. What if i want to play flamenco guitar only for me at home. Let say i practice 20 years and someday i perfectly play in compas all palos. But just solo. no dancers and singers.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Florian)
here is what u are saying.
a Spanish guy in brisbaine, dosent practice only comes in because they pay him to sing one fandangos because he cant do anything else because of lack of compas, and he dosent care takes the money and goes.
thats more flamenco then the guy in togo who dedicates 20 years practicing it and loving it even tho he has noone else to do it with ?
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RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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It doesnt matter, flamenco is a collective culture where people interact so that would be a bit antisocial.
my problem is also that i dont understand spanish language. So how can i play for a singer when i dont understand what he/she is singing? Is there a flamenco rule like: first learn spanish, otherwise you will never be a flamenco guitarist?
However i love to learn spanish and am trying to learn it.
Just wanted to say that such limitations are not "flamenco" as well!
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