Alegrías (II) – Creative Resources for Flamenco Guitar- José Manuel Montoya

Creative Resources for Flamenco Guitar – 12 beats flamenco styles –  by José Manuel Montoya

With this series of masterclasses, you will have all the tools/resources that will allow you to be creative with your guitar both for the execution of solo pieces, as well as for the accompaniment of singing and dancing, without needing to have a wide repertoire memorized and have the spontaneity necessary for:

• • For the creation of your own solo compositions
  •  Adapt to any singer
  • Adapt to any dancer

You will learn a series of resources and tools, and very importantly, you will stimulate your imagination.

You will learn how to transpose the falsetas to different keys, you will be given the knowledge and formulas necessary for you to create your form and style, so that carrying them out will be very simple, and in a spontaneous and automated way, without needing to have a wide repertoire, which is sometimes difficult to retain.

You will acquire the spontaneity necessary to create your own compositions, giving you many examples so that you can develop them.

The resources and tools explained here will allow you to personalize your playing. This is not a Flamenco Guitar method, it is much more. It is not about playing falsetas or pieces by other guitarists.

In this series of masterclasses, all the Flamenco Guitar techniques that you should already know are used, such as strumming, alzapúa, tremolo, picado, thumb, arpeggio, golpe, use of chromaticisms, etc.

The Creative Resources for Flamenco Guitar series is made up of a total of 7 masterclasses, and all the resources studied in each of them can be applied to other 12-beat styles:

Soleá & Soleá por Bulerías (4 masterclasses)

• • • • Soleá and Soleá por Bulerías were chosen as the base since they are slower, facilitating the study of the various resources for all 12 beat flamenco styles “palos”.
      • In the “Soleá por Bulerías” & “Soleá” masterclasses, small melodic fragments are studied and adapted to create endings (Cierres), Closing (Remates), and short falsetas or more extended falsetas.
      • Formulas are provided so guitarists can engage in the creative process and develop their formulas. The aim is for each person to create their own melodies, clichés, or patterns.

Alegrías (2 masterclasses)

This masterclass is based on a musical score, with 3 versions of Alegrías:

• • • • In the first version, resources are provided, and the key change from E major to A major is studied.
      • In the second version, ideas are given for a faster rhythm of Alegrías and resources to make the chords less complicated than in the first version.
      • In the third version, different chord inversions are explored to show how changing the inversions can lead to a different concept of the same falseta, making it unique and applicable to other compositions or music that the guitarists already know.

Bulerías (1 masterclass)

Based on a Bulerías falseta with an easy formula, the tools, and simple resources are given to take it to other tonalities (keys)