Exploring Flamenco: Tangos and Granaína
About Exploring Flamenco: Tangos and Granaína
Learning two contrasting pieces of music at the same time is a great way to broaden your technical abilities and interpretive skills.
Tangos is one of the core flamenco palos and features a lively four-beat rhythm. The palo are often danced at parties and social gatherings, and their mood is festive and upbeat. Note that flamenco Tangos is completely different from the Argentinian form by the same name. Tangos will develop your right-hand rasgueo and alzapua technique and your sense of compás.
Granaína is a beautiful, profound palo featuring intricate arpeggios, a unique tonality, and free rhythm. It gets its name from the mountainous city of Granada, a historic melting pot of the many cultures that contributed to flamenco’s evolution. Granaina will develop your right-hand arpeggio and tremolo techniques and your melodic interpretive skills.
You’ll end the course with a collection of compás variations and falsetas for Tangos and plenty of material to arrange your own solo in Granaína.
What's Needed
Materials
Guitar - nylon strings 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. Both Granaína and Tangos require barre chords.
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 Tangos.
- 2. Learn repertoire and interpretive techniques for Granaína.
- 2. Arrange your repertoire for both palos into unique solos.
- 3. Recognize Granaína and Tangos when you hear them.
- 4. Expand your technical abilities in flamenco guitar, particularly in rasgueo, arpeggio, thumb, and tremolo techniques.
- 5. Deepen your understanding of flamenco compás in two different styles.
- 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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