I "stumbled" onto an interesting website: http://www.canteytoque.es/ The owner of the website has posted various falsetas and included with them are sound files. Really good stuff! It's quite easy to copy and then convert the falsetas into PDF format. A lot of you are probably already familiar with por arriba soleares falsetas but it doesn't hurt to post them. Enjoy the music!
Yes, that is Norman's site. Looks like he changed some of the page design. It has been a valuable site for me over the years and some of the Solea falsetas he has on it, I modified to my style. My favorite is the Ramon Montoya and the Diego de Moron. Fun falsetas and great to get a feel for compas without counting. Here is link to music and tab. http://www.canteytoque.es/solsamp.htm Alzapua por Solea.mp3
Here is my version of the Dieguito call and response falseta with one of his uncle's, Diego del Gastor at the beginning and also following it. These were some of the first falsetas I learned back in the 70's.
The Norman Kliman site is definitely one of the best. His solea and Siguiriya falsetas are (or at least should be) part of ever flamenco players repertoire. Sam the Alzapua por Solea you played (number 14 on the list) I also learned a few years ago but I have never been able to work it into a Solea. It never seems to fit. It seems to have a different feel to it. I have never heard it or any variations of it used by anyone. If I could hear it included somewhere, that would be useful. Number 13 on the list and its' many variations is one of my favourites. Ed
Ed and Sam, If I may jump into the conversation, I can post a little video demonstration (by the coming weekend) of falsetas 13 and 14 played in sequence. The notation of the "alzapua" is a bit awkward and seems unnecessarily complicated. Although it says pip, I would indeed rather play straight triplet alzapuas (with accent on the first down stroke) over an F-chord. I had a quick look at falseta 13. It sounds very nice, with a touch of sweetness. Roland
Dan, Many thanks for bringing up Norman's great website again. Fabulous collection for old school flamenco aficionados.
Ramon, Looking forward to your take on connecting these. This a a great thread on these old falsetas and I am interested to hear how others interpret them and phrase them to their style.
Ed, What might help you to connect Solea falsetas is experimenting with different remates. You will notice the falsetas within the 3 bars are beat 1 thru 9 leaving you the liberty of your choice of a remate for 10-11-12.
Here is an example of how I use #14 with my own phrasing for ending my 6 minute Solea. This is a clip of the last minute. The falsetas are based on Diego del Gastor, his brother El Mellizo and Pepe Naranjo Diego's teacher.
Next is a clip of me connecting 13 and 14. You will notice I change phrasing a bit and add golpes that I think aid in making these eclectic falsetas connect. The golpes help carry the same feel from 13 to 14. My playing is not good this morning but maybe will give you ideas to experiment with. The secret to connecting falsetas is in the remate in my opinion.
Just for fun I played 12, then 13, then finished with 14, but did some serious rephrasing on 14 to fit into the flowing slow feel established by 12. I killed a few notes, but maybe enough good to give the idea of rephrasing to connect falsetas. I think sometimes Soleares is played too fast and we loss the feel and flow. Solea 12, 13, & 14.mp3
Here's yet another two Soleares falsetas, the 1st in tremolo and the 2nd in ligados. These two falsetas are attributed to Ramon Montoya but know one really knows who invented them. Enjoy!
Aficionados, Here is my little video of falsetas 13 and 14, played a bit slower than Sam did. For both falsetas I only used the thumb, but otherwise tried to be faithful to the score. Saludos Roland
Excellent Roland and well played. The remates you use make the connection very smoothly and go with your flowing intro. Your ending remate would work as an end or as a bridge to another falseta. Your video is very helpful in making my point on phrasing the remate to fit the falseta and also lead into the next falseta. Also one thing that might confuse beginners learning these 14 falsetas is they are not all played at the same speed, so in connecting them, one may have to speed up one or slow another.
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Basic Soleares Falsetas - Flamenco Guitar Transcriptions.pdf
