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From flamenco to classical guitar: using flamenco characteristics in Spanish classical guitar repertoire (2022)

Álvaro García Peón
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This research is about the performance of classical repertoire for guitar that is inspired by Spanish traditional music. In my experience I found that when playing repertoire inspired by Spanish traditional music, classical guitar players often lack certain character and expressive qualities that I find present in the playing of flamenco guitarists. The research process consisted of choosing a piece played by both kinds of guitarists, flamenco and classical, and comparing in detail the different performance approaches and characteristics. The piece I chose is Joaquín Rodrigo´s El concierto de Aranjuez. In my research I analysed how different guitarists play it and why flamenco players perform the piece in a different way than classical guitar players. I also gave my opinion on how I would play it and why. To complement this I made video demonstrations where I show the rhythmic patterns present in Spanish traditional music and their relation with the concerto. Throughout this work I have always tried to choose good performances and I justify all my preferences. This research is important for me because I add a different perspective to the performance of El concierto de Aranjuez and therefore to all the Spanish traditional music. I hope other colleagues could find this research useful and extrapolable to other music works.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsGuitar, Classical guitar, Art of Interpretation, Spanish, Flamenco
date20/11/2021
published11/07/2022
last modified11/07/2022
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightÁlvaro García Peón
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1429321/1429320
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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