Guitar Classes - FLAMENCO by Francis Leclerc

Salon Anjou - Hyatt Regency Montréal,
Friday, July 06, 2007 at 10:00 AM

Regular : $ 50.00 - Students: $ 45.00 

A promising young flamenco guitar player—he was invited to the Peña flamenca de la Relève in 2006—as well as ethnomusicologist, Francis Leclerc learned flamenco at the source, in Spain, under Manuel Perez-Hurtado. He loves flamenco from every possible angle: he has even written a thesis on the subject of flamenco in Montreal, where he gives workshops and lectures.

Description:
First, a performance of traditional pieces: a soleá and a bulería. Then, three steps: the right-hand technique (rasgueados, alzapua and alternating thumb-index golpes (taps); building flamenco pieces (formal and rhythmic—or compás—structures); and flamenco improvisation, or how to vary the musical content while respecting the structures. To enhance understanding of the workshop, participants will be given an analyzed transcription of the repertoire played.

All classes presented this year require that participants be able to play their instruments at the intermediate level – signified by a certain familiarity with basic right-hand techniques (i-m alternation or alternative picking, as appropriate), as well as principal fingering for major and minor chords, with or without 7ths, in open and barre positions.

All workshops will require the ability to read general tablatures (requirements specific to each workshop will be revealed on site). Flamenco and classical guitar classes will require the ability to read traditional notation.

For each workshop, please bring paper, pencils, erasers, a few picks… and of course, your guitar!

Certain workshops will require additional material, which you must supply:
- Acoustic blues with John McGale: bring a slide
- Fingerstyle with Antoine Dufour: bring a thumbpick and an extra set of strings
- Electric blues with Michael Jerome Browne: a slide may be useful.

Happy picking!

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