Which Songs to Accompany

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Georg

Posts: 405
Joined: Feb. 5 2006
From: Germany

Which Songs to Accompany

I'd like to try a little bit of cante accompainment.

Can anyone recommend any particular songs which are easy to accompany?
And perhaps also tell which chords are used?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 28 2007 22:20:28

Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: Which Songs to Accompany (in reply to Georg)

Alegrias. And Jason Mcguire just gave a free accomp. lesson vid....look down for it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 29 2007 4:40:56

Georg

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Joined: Feb. 5 2006
From: Germany

RE: Which Songs to Accompany (in reply to Georg)

Thanks Ricardo.

For Jason's stuff one needs the Quicktime player, which doesn't work on my computer. I don't know why.
But I have the Merengue de Cordoba DVD where he explains cante accompainment.

Could you tell me an Alegria from a specific album which is easy to do? Or doesn't it really matter which one I choose?

Greetings Georg

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 29 2007 21:24:33

koella

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From: holland

RE: Which Songs to Accompany (in reply to Georg)

When you go directly to Jason's site, you can listen to it without quicktime.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 29 2007 21:55:49

Georg

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Joined: Feb. 5 2006
From: Germany

RE: Which Songs to Accompany (in reply to Georg)

Thanks I'll try that.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2007 21:56:29

sianturi

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Joined: Feb. 18 2007

RE: Which Songs to Accompany (in reply to Georg)

Hi GuxDiBux,

try Sevillanas first - it's not pure flamenco, but a very good starting point. After half year of messing around trying to master tirititran part of Alegrias, I switched to Sevillanas, and this made sense immediately. You find yourself able to accompany others or yourself singing and/or dancing.

Hint: Don't understimate the 'simple' Sevillanas rasgeo pattern, practice with metronome and work on the sound.

Sevillanas - Trad. - Mírala Cara a Cara

Intro
/: Am / Am / E / Am :/

1.

Am F E Am
Mírala cara a cara, qué es la primera.
Am
Es la primera,
A7 Dm
Mírala cara a cara, qué es la primera.
E Am
Mírala cara a cara, qué es la primera.

Es la primera,
A7 Dm
y la vas seduciendo a tu manera,
E Am
y la vas seduciendo a tu manera.

Estribillo:
A7 Dm
Esa gitana,
Am
esa gitana,
F7 E
esa gitana,
F7 E
se conquista bailando,
Am
por Sevillanas.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 2 2007 16:56:35