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Practicing rhythmic precision is fundamental, but in addition, it is really important to stay connected to a more global feeling of the rhythm and the compás,
We also need to develop an overview or "overfeel" of the compás but there is no one and only way to feel a compás, a rhythmic cycle.
Here we’ll take a step back in order to have an overview or an “overfeel” of the compás, and that global level of rhythm is what I call the GROUND LEVEL.
In the 4 previous videos of this series, I explained the main level, that of the beats and then we went deeper, into the subdivisions level, in order to understand and practice the rhythmic precision.
It is very important to understand, practice and use it because it is what, connected to the other levels makes you groove, swing, have soniquete. These are hard concepts to define with words, maybe we will try to do that one day, but in any case, in general when something grooves, swings or has "soniquete" we feel it very clearly, physically. It sounds good, it feels good, it drives us, it makes us want to move, to dance, to clap.
It is very helpful to visualize rhythm in different layers, different levels. When what we play, dance or sing doesn't groove, it's often because we have trouble in connecting the different layers of rhythm and make them breath, live together, synchronized.
HOW RHYTHM WORKS #1 - The Main Level of Rhythm: the Different Flamenco Compases
• HOW RHYTHM WORKS #1 - ...
HOW RHYTHM WORKS #2: The Subdivisions in Flamenco Compás
• HOW RHYTHM WORKS #2: T...
HOW RHYTHM WORKS #3: Use The GRID in Flamenco & in Music
• HOW RHYTHM WORKS #3: U...
HOW RHYTHM WORKS #4: Common Flamenco Rhythmic Cells & Shifts
• HOW RHYTHM WORKS #4: C...
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Intro: 00:00
1· Talk the Walk: 02:13
2· Ground Level: 02:59
3· Walk the talk: 03:42
4· Use your Foot: 05:09
5· Heavy Beats & Freedom: 06:20
6· Practice: 08:38
7· Walk the Walk: 11:53
8· Active Listening: 13:31
Conclusion: 14:27
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