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- OPENING PAGE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. WHAT IS 'VERDIALES'?
- Instrumentation
- Costumes and festivities
- 2. HISTORY
- Origin and influences
- Relationship to other current Spanish traditions
- 3. THE MUSIC OF VERDIALES
- Styles: rhythmic and harmonic basis
- Evolution over the last century
- 4. THE VIOLIN IN VERDIALES
- Techniques and ways of playing
- Improvisation and connection with singing
- Ways of transmission
- 5. APPLYING VERDIALES TO MY PRACTICE AND PLAYING
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- María Estela Lastre Castillo
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abstract
Verdiales is the traditional music from Málaga, Spain, which is little known even within Spain. This research places verdiales in its historical and musical context looking at: the differences between styles, rhythm and harmony, and, most importantly, the role of the violin in this music. As the main instrument in verdiales, the violin is played in a very different way than in classical music, since it is spontaneous music with a great deal of freedom for improvisation, disseminated purely by oral transmission, and with a particular technique which is suited to playing only this music. Through the deep learning of verdiales, I have looked for different resources to face my daily practice issues in order to gain more flexibility and freedom in my way of playing. After trying several exercises and approaches in different parts of my practice, I have been self- documenting and verifying the improvement and effectiveness of certain methods, taking into account different aspects such as bow hold, ornamentation, and improvisation. As a result, I came to the conclusion that in order to achieve different results, it is necessary for more exploration and extremely different methods than the ones I have been using when practicing the violin
- María Estela Lastre Castillo - The art of the violin in Verdiales - 2023
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