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What is the essence of flamenco?
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What is the essence of flamenco?
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RE: What is the essence of flamenco? (in reply to Guest)
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gee sometimes i really wish u guys wouldnt joke around so much. This is meant to be a serious forum u know.
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Date Dec. 23 2006 6:45:41
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Florian
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RE: What is the essence of flamenco? (in reply to JasonM)
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What is the essence of flamenco? sorry to get all serious on you guys now I know you are all just kidding but i wish you were more serious... like me sometimes Imo Cante, Toque, Dance are just tools used to deliver flamenco, if it wasent those tools it would be something else ( I am getting all deep on your ass now hehe) Honesty is the essence of flamenco For example in some other style someone might say " It hurts", yet you look at theyr face and u dont see expression on theyr face that you would expect someone who is hurting to have on theyr face or even worse he/she is trying to look sexy while singing it or whatever, not to mention it sounds musically estetic (eg, perfect estetinc pleasing to the ear tone ) but pain is never pretty and esteticly sounding and never light. nobody screams from pain in Key. The essence of flamenco is the Honesty in the way it deals with delivering emotions, its not about sounding pretty its about making the other guy feel the emotion you trying to deliver. this is where the "tools" come in Guitar, Song, Dance, Poem whatever. the essence , is not a handmade instrument, or a chord or a falseta those are just tools. flamenco is about telling any story about anything, but delivering in such honest manner that the listeners have no choice but be taken wherever the story goes, if its ugly or dark then u hear it with more then just your ears, if its happy you fell it in your heart as well as hear it with your ears. Everything is the essence of flamenco and nothing exclusivly. ps. dont ask me to clarifie anything because even i am not sure what i said but i belive in it 100 %
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Date Dec. 24 2006 17:05:35
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JBASHORUN
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RE: What is the essence of flamenco? (in reply to sonikete)
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Well, the question from me was more intended like; which of these, in your opinion, is the only one flamenco couldnt exist without? If a dancer and guitarist get together to play, but there is NO CANTAOR, is it still Flamenco? If a Cantaor and Guitarist get together to play, but there is NO DANCER, is it still Flamenco? If a Cantaor and dancer get together to play, but there is NO GUITARIST, is it still Flamenco? IMHO (and I repeat I-M-H-O!!!) the answer is "yes" for each question. Jb PS: and yes... most foreigners DO fall for the guitar before the cante.
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Date Dec. 24 2006 22:33:34
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