Exploring Flamenco: Guajira and Solea por Buleria
About Exploring Flamenco: Guajira and Solea por Buleria
Learning two contrasting pieces of music at the same time is a great way to broaden your technical abilities and interpretive skills.
The flamenco Guaijra, based on the Cuban style punto guajiro, is one of several palos influenced by the music of Latin America. Guajira is a traditionally feminine dance often employing the flamenco ‘abanico’ (folding hand-held fan). Guitar solos feature delicate arpeggios and light-hearted, catchy melodies. You’ll expand your arpeggio techniques and learn a new, lighter version of flamenco’s 12-count compás.
Solea por Bulerias is an energetic, driving palo whose tempo falls somewhere between melancholy Solea and festive Bulerias. It features intense thumb melodies, quick arpeggios, and plenty of rasgueos (flamenco strumming). You’ll challenge your playing velocity and sense of rhythm and improve your grasp on flamenco’s 12-count compás.
You’ll end the course with a collection of compás variations and falsetas for Solea por Bulerias and Guajira and we’ll cover how to arrange your repertoire into unique guitar solos.
What's Needed
Materials
Guitar - nylon strings strongly recommended
Playing Experience
One year of playing experience (any style) is recommended. Ideally, students will already know basic chord shapes and be able to change chords smoothly. Being comfortable with barre chords will help.
Less-experienced guitarists are welcome but may find this course overly challenging.
No knowledge of music notation is needed. I’ll teach using a combination of TAB and demonstration.
Class Goals
- 1. Learn compás (rhythm) and several falsetas for Solea por Bulerias and Guajira.
- 2. Arrange your compás and falsetas into unique solos.
- 3. Recognize Solea por Bulerias and Guajira when you hear them.
- 4. Expand your technical abilities in flamenco guitar, particularly in rasgueo, picado, and arpeggio techniques.
- 5. Deepen your understanding of flamenco compás in two different rhythms.
- 6. Enjoy playing two new palos with flamenco guitar enthusiasts all over the world!
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When
The class will meet for ten weekly 45-min live online sessions on the schedule below.
All classes are recorded for later review and study. If you have to miss a class or two, you can always catch up using the video.
How It Works
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Leah Kruszewski
Welcome, students! I’m a flamenco and classical guitarist based in Seville, Spain, with seventeen years of teaching experience. I specialize in teaching flamenco compás, technique, and repertoire and in guiding classical guitarists in developing their technique, repertoire, sight-reading and interpretive skills.
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