The Gypsy Kings fit into this vein as well. Manzanita got pretty famous in the '70s/'80s, and his songs are pretty nice if you can enjoy the era. There's a good amount of pop music in Spain that sits on top of Flamenco. This music really deserves a good hearing. For some reason, Spain as a country seems to dismiss Flamenco as just those guitar players. And Paco de Lucia is still riding the crest of the wave - he's a guru. Modern and fusion Flamenco is some of the hottest and freshest music in the world, in my opinion. That's not to diminish Flamenco dance, but I feel compelled to mention it. As far as I recall from my reading, the dance was put together to attract the tourists, more or less. There is a a Flamenco concept of Cante Jondo - deep song. True to what I have heard of the Indian concept of music, song is primary. Tremelo adds an extra stroke to the classical tremelo, so it sounds even more florid. Rasgueados in Flamenco can use all the fingers (pinkie included). But Flamenco has expanded significantly on the strumming repertoire. It seems classical playing turned away from that. The rasgueados of the Baroque were quite varied and specialized. Right hand technique for Flamenco is mind-boggling in its variation. Modern Flamenco guitars are as likely to use rosewood, depending on the performer's preference. Anyway, the result is a more percussive sound, with less sustain. Maybe this was because it was an easier wood to get. The guitar itself is lighter - sides and back traditionally made of cypress. It was said the machine heads were too heavy. I can't say anything about the Baroque.įlamenco guitars used tuning pegs instead of mechanical keys for a longer period than classical guitars. It's probable that there were Gypsies playing guitar in the classical period. They learned that their music attracted attention, so they would put on shows to attract onlookers and then pick their pockets. One analysis I read points out that in general these were marginalized, opportunistic people. I have read that the Gypsy influence traces to India.
Preferred woods for classical guitars are spruce for the top, and rosewood for the back and sides.įlamenco music is associated with the Gypsies in Spain (los Gitanos). General use of the nails probably coincides pretty much with the switch from gut strings to nylon. Following the art-music vein, you would probably come next to Emilio Pujol, and then Andres Segovia. He still played without fingernails, although I believe there were players who used them in this period. Tarrega sits in the Romantic period, and played the Torres guitar - a new design with a bigger body, and different bracing. The guitar spread quite a bit thanks to salon playing. Also, playing was still done without fingernails. He still used just the thumb and two fingers (with perhaps rare exceptions). Of course, Fernando Sor is the famous composer of that period. Still a small body, but six single-strung courses. The classical period (roughly speaking) brought in the 6-string guitar. There's a Baroque song form called Jacaras which is very reminiscent of the Bularias, except its kind of square, or old fashioned, by comparison.īTW, it seems right-hand technique was restricted to the thumb and first two fingers, no fingernails.įind youtubes by Xavier Diaz-Latorre for Baroque examples you won't regret. This is a fundamental rhythm for Flamenco forms such as Bularias. They add up to 6 and 6, but the emphasis changes. Much of the music from this period uses hemiola. You have probably heard his Canarios in D maj performed on modern instruments. Gaspar Sanz is the best known Spanish guitar composer of that period. It's really unique stuff, and you have to hear it on the original instrument to appreciate it. There's a strong movement of people playing this music on period instruments (I have one myself). There's Spanish Baroque guitar music, which uses a 5-course guitar, all but the highest course double-strung.
Actually, this question is difficult to answer because the range of "Spanish Music" is vast, even for the guitar.
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