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RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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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!
The first thing is to listen to it so much that you start recognizing melodies in the song, then you´ll learn a few spanish words by finding the letras to those and take it from there.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
Cante is the heart of flamenco a huge part, but FLAMENCO is alot bigger than just one element alone.
and most of all flamenco is a emotion a story transmited to you , sometimes trough cante , sometimes trough toque and sometimes trough dance, and sometimes even trough silence.
i think all your belifes come from outside and u have learned too much from reading or asking other people, witch is a great way to do , but try doing it with your heart sometimes too otherwise u just end up rgargitating other peoples views and u miss alot of it, while u looking the otherway to see what else they say.
flamenco will never touch you if u dont expose a litlle part of YOURSELF for it to touch, and always playing it by always saying what flamenco masres say.
i mean its great they are the masters, but u are not trying to win credits for how many times u were right by quoting sabicas, try and explore and get your answers from the inside.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Florian)
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I agree do it with your heart. That is what really matters. But the post was not whether you should do it with your heart or not
i wasent talking about the post , was just discussing things with sonikete
and i do like him, is just sometimes i feel like everything is soo "from someone elses ideas" that i dont even think hes always even sure why hes saying it, but he knows noone can correct him because it comes from the masters.
and he may even be 100 % right, i am just trying to make a distinction beween the person i have at the foro and the person that just repeats everything the masters say.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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and he may even be 100 % right, i am just trying to make a distinction beween the person i have at the foro and the person that just repeats everything the masters say.
I have been playing for over 20 years with dancers and singers so i have had quite enough time to make my own mind up about things.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to Florian)
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Feelings are very subjective
feelings are everything ! anybody who lives 2 hours drive from spain can go there every weekend and have lessons with anyone as long as they have money.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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feelings are everything ! anybody who lives 2 hours drive from spain can go there every weekend and have lessons with anyone as long as they have money.
RE: Sabicas " Guitarists have t... (in reply to sonikete)
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ORIGINAL: sonikete
Feelings are very subjective and flamenco is based around forms that are there regardless if one feels anything for them or not.
I would think that music is a way of expressing your feelings, and flamenco is ONE way of music, no? Why not trying to play as good as you can, to makes your audience enjoy your playing the best you can, and give a **** on lables and categories, how CRITICS would judge you?
You dont play for the critics. You play for your audience.
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