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In response to a request from Rand, I have transcribed two tientos falsetas that I have previously recorded. They can be found on this pdf file:
These falsetas can be found at the following locations in the recording: 1.44 minutes, 2.15 minutes and 2.35 minutes.
This tientos also features some falsetas from Manuel Granados’ incredible “Manual Didáctico de la Guitarra Flamenca”.
Overall, I am quite pleased with this draft - although there is still plenty of things to improve… as always ;).
Start counting. Count the beats out loud, or in your head. Do it in any language you like, the idea is to start to develop a feel for the accents sub-consciously. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is another contribution, tientos. I have realised that there are so many other flamenco forms to add to the blog that I should just get started and record them, despite the extremely high interest in technical exercises. In fact more than 80% of the visitors to the site are looking for picado exercises. Maybe I should develop this side of the site a little more. If there is any interest, I can write out, in TAB, the three falsetas played here as well as the the alzapúa for you.
Tientos is a paused, melancholy form of Tangos which first appeared at the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth centuries. It is most often heard as an introduction to tangos because it is such a close variant. Usually, this joining together of tangos and its slower form is known as “tientos-tangos”.
Please read the comments below for some more interesting insights into tientos…
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