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He was a composer of flamenco music, he was borned on 21 December 1947
and he died on 25th of February .His real name was Francisco Sanchez Gomez.
He was one of the first flamenco guitarists, played with a lot flamenco artists for example: Camaron de la Isla, Malu, Santana, etc. He said some important phrases like:
"Only the poor copied. The geniuses steal."(Sólo los mediocres copian. Los genios roban.)
"The envelope can be important, the content should be."(El envoltorio puede ser importante, el contenido debe serlo.)
I'm going to explain 3 different thinks of Flamenco
Tango
It is a basic palo of flamenco with various modalities suchs as Badajoz, Triana, Cadiz, Jerez and Malaga.
The compass of tango is 1 2 3 4
In this video you can see a Tango of Triana.
An important instrument
The palms are little know as instrument but can be as important as the guitar, the palms also serve as accompaniment and you can dance or sing only with this.
You can play the palms deaf or strong(natural)
They can lead to time and setbback.
It is to time if the palm is at the same time that music and setback if the beat of the music is first and the palm is then.
In this video you can see the palmes in time and setback.
An important flamenco dancer
Joaquin Cortes is a flamenco dancer, choreographer, director and producer.
When he was 12 he started being a ballet dancer, but he just being a flamenco dancer when he was offered to go dancing in a theather when he was 19.
That was how Joaquin Cortes started forming a flamenco dancer.
Now, in this video you can see a Flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes
The flamenco is typical of Spain and it is originally from Andalusia. There were muslims, jewish and cristians traditions but in the 15th century the Gypsies arrived to Spain so the result of this combination was the Flamenco.
2. The term 'Flamenco'
The word flamenco, was created in the 19th century. There isn't any certain way to know where it is from but there are some hypothesis:
- because of the bird.
- fellah-mangu: songs of peasants
- because its origin is in Flanders
- because the gypsies are also known as 'flamencos'
3. The protagonists of flamenco
In this photo we can see the singer (cantaor,cantaora), the guitar (tocaor,tocaora), the dancers (bailaor, bailaora) and the percusion (palmeros, cajón).
4. The map of the cantes
Lots of cantes and dances are associated to diferents provinces: in Malaga, Verdiales. In Seville, Sevillanas. In Cadiz, los Tanguillos de Cadiz. In Huelva, los fandangos de Huelva.
This song is Paco de Lucia- entre dos aguas.
In this page you can find a lot of things of flamenco.
The spanish guitar is an instrument of the string family. It has 6 strings. It consists of a body, a fretboard a neck, an headstock and a bridge. The cithara is the ancestor of the guitar. Paco de Lucia is considered the best guitarist and one of the most representative and important flamenco figures. There are a lot of compositions for guitar, the most famous and beautiful are: Asturias of Albeniz, Recuerdos de la Alhambra of Francisco Tárrega, Concierto de Aranjuez of Joaquín Rodrigo, Capricho Árabe of Francisco Tárrega and Spanish Romance (anonymus). In this page we can find a lot of scores for Spanish guitar. In the video we can hear the Concerto of Aranjuez played for the great Paco de Lucia.
The flamenco. They people say it is an
art, the experts say it was born in Andalucia in the middle of the XIX
century, although some people think, that it is a lot older, and has
Arabians and Indians origins.
Now I am going to explain that there are
different types of Flamenco like the ``soleares, seguidillas,
bulerías, etc...´´.
In this art there are flamenco
dancer, like Joaquin Cortés, guitar players, like Paco de Lucía. and also flamenco singers like Pepe de Marchena.
With time the flamenco has
changed and has fusioned with other kind of music like the Rock of
Ketama.
And here you have a photo of Joaquin Cortes dancing:
A
very important instrument specially for the flamenco dancer of
Sevillana are the castanets. It is a percussion instrument.
It is made of walnut wood, ebony wood, etc... against wood harder the
better.
You play them with your fingers hitting each other, and like,
the wikipedia says: `` is
known to the Phoenicians 3000 years ago´´.
One
of the best that played the castanets was Carmen Amaya, flamenco
singer and flamenco dancer.
Here you have a video of Carmen Amaya dancing flamenco with castanets:
If you want more information about the castanets, click here
I'm going to explain 3 different things about flamenco dance.
The most important flamenco form
The alegrias are the most important flamenco form in the "cantiñas", because it's the more sing by the flamenco singers and most celebrate by the public when they listen to it. Its name is considering that it encourages fun and floric. They are folk very populate in Cadiz and in Los Puertos. The rhythm of the alegrias is that one: 1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11 [12]
An Indispensable Instrument
The flamenco shoes are an important part of the flamenco dance, the flamenco costume and the flamenco music. the tap-dance of the flamenco dancer is a part of the rithmy of the flamenco music. they are spacially made for flamenco dancers.
A Flamenco Dancer With a Lot of Art
Sara Pereira Baras was born on the 25th of April of 1971 in Cadiz. Her mother was a flamenco teacher and opened an academy when Sara was 8 years old, and her mother was her teacher of flamenco. When Sara was 10, she was in a group called "Los Niños De La Tertulia Flamenca". That group travelled arround Andalusia acting for the people, she danced for the old queen Sofia, too. That was how Sara Baras started forming like a flamenco dancer. Here you have a video where you can see Sara Baras dancing alegrias, here you can see the importance of the flamenco shoes.
The violin a instruments of string very famous, is composed of 4 string, is the smallest and acute family of classical string instruments. There are great violinviolinist as: Vanessa Mae, Maxim Vergerov or samvel yervinyan. Wonderfull pieces like Vivaldi's four season or Violin Concerto in D Majoe Major by Beethoven
The guitar is a string instrument, it usually has 6 strings. There are two types of guitars, acoustic guitars or electric guitars. They are normally made of wood. The strings' vibes produce the sound. It was created in the 12th century in Europe. Nowadays we can hear the guitar almost everywhere. In this page we can see a lot of news and information about the guitar.
Thebanjois an instrument of4-10strings,made of wood andmetalscrews.Was developedin the nineteenth centuryin America.There are many typesofbanjosasprectum, tenorand bass.Currently it is veryrare to heara banjoandis usually seen inmovies of America.
Hi! I'm Alberto, I talk about the clarinet, a vey beautifull intrument.
The clarinet is an instrument of the family of the woodwins. There are differents parts: the mouth piece, the barrel, the upper body, the lower body and the bell.
The actual clarinet was invented on the 18th century probably byJohann Christoph Denner. the clarinet come from the chalumeau (a frech istrument) .There are one of the most flexible instruments of the orchestra because he has got a very long tessitura. There are many members in the family: the requinto clarinet (the more high-pitched),the Bb clarinet (the most usual), the A clarinet, the corno di basetto, and the bass clarinet (the more bass clarinet).
The timbre is very sweet and beautiful, there was the favourite instrument of Mozart.
I play the clarinet, I think it's not very difficult to play, but if you want to be a professional clarinetist you have to dedicate many many hours.
In this page you can find a lot of scores. The clarinet has a lot of repertoire but there have not baroque repertoire.
One of the most beautifull and famous concertos for clarinet is the Clarinet concerto in A major of Mozart. In this video we can see the concerto played for the Czech philharmonic orchestra and the solist Sharon Kam.
