http://miguelbengoa.com Flamenco and flamenco guitar. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ © mabengoa@miguelbengoa.com () mabengoa@miguelbengoa.com() 1440 Flamenco and flamenco guitar. mabengoa@miguelbengoa.com No no http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/images/maldonado-verde.jpg http://miguelbengoa.com 144 144 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/30/scales/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/30/scales/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:24:50 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=194 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/30/scales/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/29/guitar2000/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/29/guitar2000/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:32:19 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=186 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/29/guitar2000/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/14/1954-the-first-anthology-of-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/14/1954-the-first-anthology-of-flamenco/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:24:27 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=172 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/14/1954-the-first-anthology-of-flamenco/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/13/part-3d-camaron/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/13/part-3d-camaron/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:51:42 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/?p=128 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/07/13/part-3d-camaron/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3c-duende/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3c-duende/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:41 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=171 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3c-duende/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3b-voice-type-in-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3b-voice-type-in-flamenco/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:49:46 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=170 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3b-voice-type-in-flamenco/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3a-characteristics-of-cante-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3a-characteristics-of-cante-flamenco/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:47:36 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=146 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/30/part-3a-characteristics-of-cante-flamenco/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/26/azerbaijan/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/26/azerbaijan/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:25:27 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=169 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/26/azerbaijan/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/24/scales-the-theory/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/24/scales-the-theory/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:12:23 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=165 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/24/scales-the-theory/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/07/page-update/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/07/page-update/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:08:09 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=158 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/06/07/page-update/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/23/el-cante-an-introduction/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/23/el-cante-an-introduction/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 18:50:49 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/?p=127 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/23/el-cante-an-introduction/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/23/a-social-history-of-andalucia-through-el-cante/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/23/a-social-history-of-andalucia-through-el-cante/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 17:59:51 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/?p=126 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/23/a-social-history-of-andalucia-through-el-cante/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/21/the-revised-technique-page/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/21/the-revised-technique-page/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 13:57:29 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=145 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/05/21/the-revised-technique-page/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/04/06/tientos-2/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/04/06/tientos-2/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:13:20 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/?p=131 http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/04/06/tientos-2/feed/ 2:56 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 ... 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: tientos-april-08 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 Didaacute;ctico de la Guitarra Flamenca". Overall, I am quite pleased with this draft - although there is still plenty of things to improve... as always ;). tientos-april-08 mp3 Tientos mabengoa@miguelbengoa.com no No http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/03/15/the-gypsies-and-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/03/15/the-gypsies-and-flamenco/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:33:44 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2008/03/15/the-gypsies-and-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/03/15/the-gypsies-and-flamenco/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/03/15/the-social-background-to-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/03/15/the-social-background-to-flamenco/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:30:12 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2008/03/15/the-social-background-to-flamenco/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/03/15/the-social-background-to-flamenco/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/24/confusion/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/24/confusion/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:19:15 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2008/01/24/confusion/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/24/confusion/feed/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/20/buleria-de-cadiz/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/20/buleria-de-cadiz/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:15:14 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2008/01/20/buleria-de-cadiz/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/20/buleria-de-cadiz/feed/ 0:44 This is my first post featuring a buleriacute;a - and as always, the mp3 is at the bottom of the post. It took me quite ... This is my first post featuring a buleriacute;a - and as always, the mp3 is at the bottom of the post. It took me quite some time to decide how I was going to introduce this palo. Only when listening to the singer Fosforito sing a Buleriacute;a de Caacute;diz that I remembered my friends in Maacute;laga: Pepe de Campillos and Gabriel Cabrera. Pepe often sings the particular buleriacute;a I heard and so I decided to try and remember that falseta Gabriel always played, and here it is. Here I play it using thumb and index finger, Gabriel plays it with i-m-a arpeggios. This traditional falseta makes an excellent thumb and index study. Download the pdf here. You will notice that I have not written any rasgueados in the tablature. Even so, it should be self explanatory, if not please bear with us until we post more rasgueado work in the technique pages. Buleria de Caacute;diz is usually played al golpe and at quite a pace. To reflect the humorous content of the words, they are usually played in major keys. To hear an example of buleriacute;a de Caacute;diz you can go to La Junta de Andaluciacute;a site here and listen to Tina Pavoacute;n with Eduardo Rebollar. Here are some traditional words that are still often sung. Bulerias de Caacute;diz Tengo unos amigos miacute;os que en el Barrio del Baloacute;n van a hacer un monumento y encima Mariacute;a Bastoacute;n. Con el caray, caray, queacute; fiesta maacute;s grande van a hacer en Cai que ni la hambre la vamos a sentir que mire usteacute; que grasia tiene este paiacute;s. Habraacute; frijones quemaos en las casas de los vecinos y habraacute; chuletas empanaacute;s cuando lleguen los mariacute;os. Los claveles de mi reja dan envidia a mi vecina porque dice que su novio siempre que pasa los mira. Buleriacute;a,,Flamenco mabengoa@miguelbengoa.com no No http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/06/elementary-solea-3/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/06/elementary-solea-3/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:31:07 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2008/01/06/elementary-solea-3/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2008/01/06/elementary-solea-3/feed/ 0:18 Here is the final installment of our soleaacute;. There are four rasgueado exercises that form the basic soleaacute; rasgueados. More details about these are given ... Here is the final installment of our soleaacute;. There are four rasgueado exercises that form the basic soleaacute; rasgueados. More details about these are given in the newly updated rasgueado page.You can download the pdf here: At the top of the page I have shown some simple chords that are most often used for this toque. After there are four very simple exercises that form a part of my daily practice. They are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. 1. Individual downstrokes: The most basic rasgueado is a straight forwards downstroke. Here fingers "m" and "a" play together, alternating with the thumb. In this example, the thumb should carry the accentuation. Make every chord sound in full and make your strokes crisp and clean. This is especially difficult to achieve with your thumb stroke as it is more difficult to control across all the strings. 2. Syncopated up and downstrokes: Start practising this exercise using your index finger and then when that is working well go start to practise the same exercise using "m" and "a". You will see that there are crosses on the page and these crosses denote "golpes". Two thing to be aware of here. Firstly, when playing the golpe, do not allow the "a" finger movement to interfere with the sound of the other strings. Try to move your ring finger with complete independence of the others. Secondly, make the golpe as light as you possibly can. The guitar should not be beaten to death, and too many of these hard golpes begin to sound ugly and detract from the music you are playing. 3. Continuous rasgueados: You will be practising this rasgueado for a long, long time. The idea to to deliver a continuous sound to the listener. Some people execute this rasgueado with four fingers: "i", "m", "a" and the little finger, other omit the little finger. I personally prefer not to use the little finger. I like the percussive sound of the individual strokes hitting the strings and I find that it evokes the sound of the dancers feet on the floor, or the sound of palmas. In any case, it gives a more modern and accurate feel to your playing ' if you have put in the necessary practice. Practise dead slow and make every individual note sound crisp and clean. 4. Simple up and downstrokes: This exercise, if practised with all of your right hand fingers will help you to achieve the independence of movement needed to play continuous rasgueados. Compaacute;s,,Flamenco,,Soleaacute;,,Techniques,,classes,,practice,,rasgueado mabengoa@miguelbengoa.com no No http://miguelbengoa.com/2007/12/16/how-to-prepare-olives/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2007/12/16/how-to-prepare-olives/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:56:55 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2007/12/16/how-to-prepare-olives/ http://miguelbengoa.com/2007/12/16/how-to-prepare-olives/feed/