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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Exercise for soleá for alzapúa and arpeggios.

Here it is, after far too long, is some music for you. It is, after all the purpose of the site. Continue reading, using the link below to hear the mp3. This soleá is por medio and the cejilla is on the fourth fret. It is really a technical exercise, but with some very useful [...]

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The Jondoweb web site

I received in my in-box today a news bulletin from jondoweb.com. After a quick glance I decided to have a look and to my pleasant surprise, I found a great site with a whole series of links to artists’ sites. The link that started my journey this one, copied directly from the email:
“El archivo sonoro [...]

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Alegría compás

Nearly everything consists of rasgueados and a couple of very short falsetas. You will notice that the compás (featuring cajón, palmas and jaleo) is excellently done. This is not my work, but a track that I have used from the excellent series of cds called “Solo Compás”.
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Tangos compás

This week I am back to recording and study. This recording follows the great meeting I had on Friday night with Gengizhan. Another flamenco fan, he has been playing for many a long year. Unfortunately, as with many guitar players who have never visited Andalucia, he has never accompanied cante. So we struck a deal, [...]

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