The best explanation of Flamenco rhythms I have seen. Finally I think I understand it. Of course it should be about "feeling it", but I always wnat also to intellectually understand musical concepts. Great video!
The tapping and numbering in the beginning and then showing the graph with the numbers is simply magnificent. I would have never been able to understand without this. I am so appreciative. If you may for future videos always include this.
Thank you for this explanation and the notation; this really helps me in finally understanding the music I have enjoyed for so long but without enough understanding to follow along with palmas. Now I have a structure to practice by. Thank you so much!
I'm a drummer and found this oh so valuable because of a few reasons. Two list only two though here: I can begin to understand the guitarists approach to this style rhythm wise as I used to get lost playing along due to my not understanding the guitar part relation to my own, as a non native flamenco trier if you will. Secondly, it's a study of rhythm for me too as I enjoy practicing the guitar quintuplet parts on my snare drum as I try to deepen my understanding of the guitar part over the clave of this style. New vocab for my drumming and strengthened confidence in my understanding when playing with others. Thanks a bunch for this upload
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Thanks for this lesson Diego. I've been playing classical guitar for a minute, and now I want to commit to learning the Flamenco Style!!! This lesson is wonderful to begin understanding the basics.
Thanks Diego this has been awesome... it really helps when a teacher elaborates in such detail. It gives an avenue for disciplined practise with the different timings.... helps to differentiate by teaching them all togethor...Thankyou again.
I'm glad it was helpful. Include listening, and feeling the groove as part of your studies and you will get it. Internalize and feel, that is key. Best of luck!
Nice explanation! I learn some basic flamenco years ago, with Oscar Herrero here in Spain. Besides your excellent explanation, what caught my attention was Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor... 😂 Great explanation and notation! Regards from Spain!
One famous example is in "I Want To Live In America" from West Side Story. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2a3nG57nFjg.html Another one that I like is in the second half of "Ojala Que Llueva Cafe" by Cafe Tacuba. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-raRWSD8LSKU.html
Good rythm explanation in the beginning. But when the explaining of the rasgueo of solea begins, that could have been done better (you follow the rythm correctly but it needs a lot more strums to better "fit into" the rythm)
Thank you so much! I'm a flute-player/singer in Latin and Jazz and sung my first Buleria some time ago...no idea what I was doing! So this is great....might i ask you some clear examples? vocal or flute? thank you@@@@
With flute look for Jorge Pardo who played on many Paco de Lucia albums from the 80's onwards. For vocals listen to Camaron (de la Isla), Carmen Linares, Enrique Morente, Estrella Morente, Terremoto, Potito, Caracol, José Mercé, Remedios Amaya (especially "Me Voy Contigo"❤️) There are many other greats but that will get you started. Good luck!
Great video! So one thing that confuses me: the Buleria rhythm starts on count 12. Is it okay to see it as 2-4-2-2? I don't know whether to see the 12 as the beginning of the groove, or the 1. For the Siguiriya it seems I can ignore the no 8 and just see it as the start of the groove but the Buleria is not so clear for me. Thanks in advance!
It has a lot to do with harmonic rythm. So in bulerías the tipical progression would be: I - II b - I (ex: A - Bb - A) Chords change at 3rd and 10th beat (see below diagram). As an analogy to contemporary music think of it as I - V - V - I (ex: A - E - E - A). 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 A Bb A Tonic Tension Resolve Resolve happen in the 10th beat so, actually the 10th beat is the ending of the bar and 11th beat is just a breath before starting again. Whereas in seguiriyas chord changes differently. An example is the following: 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 A C Bb A A The end of the bar is 6th beat (counting 12) but it resolve in beat 3. So despite of been the same counting it feels completely different. Hope it helps
Hi duckisback, I do make the occasional mistake, but I'm pretty sure about the buleria. I was taught in person by Andres Batista and Javier Limon. What is your concern with the explanation? Maybe I can clarify?
Kevin Toine You could think of it like a hemiola but with 2 additional levels of complexity. The different hierarchical structure of the accents (ie strongest on 3 & 10 [beat 4 of 6/8, beat 3 of 3/4 in North American terms]) and then the offset of accent on beat 7 [& of 1 in 3/4 bar] for certain styles like buleria. Those changes really define it but the hemiola is at the core beneath those changes. All the best! - Diego
Tell me about it!!! I'm putting together a video of all the times the cat ruined a take, or otherwise threw off my train of thought. Oh well, I guess everyone has an evil nemesis. :-)
