Been dancing flamenco for about a year now and bought chapin flamenco shoes that I’ve finally been able to break into. I’ve been dancing on this small wooden table top I found in my backyard…. I need a better platform so I stop falling off lol… any recommendations? submitted by /u/Inevitable-Farmer233 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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So I just got back from Andalucia and got to see plenty of flamenco. At a show in La Carboneria in particular, they played what I can describe as a slow, rubato song with lots of what sounded to me like major 7th chords, with mournful, sad vocals, really deep and trance like, and at the end they all speed up, led by the dancing of the bailaora. From reading, it seems like it could have been a seguiriya, but I've been listening to a few and it doesn't seem like it. Heard a similar performance again being played as background music in a bar in Granada. Any ideas where to look? submitted by /u ..read more

Hi everyone, Perhaps not a popular opinion this, but I just wanted to find out how other people feel about this. I love flamenco, the music that is. I simply don't give anything at all about the dancing. If anything, I find it rather distracting from the music (and yes, I do know that the dancing can add to the music as well, but does it... really?) Are there other people who feel similarly? Are there people who can convince me otherwise? Make no mistake though. I do understand how hard it is, and what sacrifices must be made to become even a reasonable dancer, I just... ah, it just doesn't i ..read more

Hi guys, I'm a beginner learning modes, ionian, aeolian and phrygian and cadence. I am interested in the following: if I take a certain piece, lets say by Vicente Amigo, how do I learn what chordes and scales he uses? Maybe using online chord finder but I'm not sure if it is accurate enough? For example in his Ventanas al alma he uses G# phrygian mode but how do I learn other chords? What about chords I have never seen before appearing in a certain piece? Any advice on how to learn them? I really think this will unlock my guitar playing skills, both for learning and understanding pieces and c ..read more

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Hi all! I'd like to explore Flamenco and I was wondering whether you had suggestions of artists and songs. I particularly like the guitar, like Paco de Lucía, and amazing voices like Camarón de la Isla. If you have more suggestions I'd be much obliged. Edit: still taking in all of your suggestions, I'm getting to all of them, thank you all. submitted by /u/RaymondLuxuryYacht02 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

The wikipedia page on malaguenas says that guitar accompaniments are played in first inversion, which I assume means an E chord in first inversion. That cant be right, can it? End of first paragraph: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malague%C3%B1as_(flamenco_style) submitted by /u/Icy_Information1449 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Going to Seville and Granada in a few weeks... what are some recommended tablaos I should be visiting? I'm not going to pretend my appreciation of flamenco is refined enough for me to gauge authenticity, like I'm not some dirty tourist (although I'm not completely ignorant) but I want some really good shows with really good artists. Zambra Maria La Canastera is in pretty much every travel show episode about Granada... should I focus on going there or are there any others that are recommended? How about Casa de la Memoria in Sevilla? And Casa de la Guitarra? I'd really like to see the guitar m ..read more

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