Arpa Paraguaya, Spanish and whatnot

Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:31:43 +0000
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.guitar
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Chris,
Finally found said method/book of folk songs. It is "Curso de Arpa
Paraguaya en Solfeo: Me'todo para aprender el Arpa en Solfeo" by
Profesor Roquelino Insfia'n.
I got mine from Gustavo Arias when I ordered my harp. You could dig
around the Web for it, but if you don't find it then you could ask him
about buying a copy. It's a fabulous book with lots of technical
ewxercises (in 22 lessons) that sound very musical in their own right,
and some of which are quite challenging, but fun in a polyrhythmic way
(mostly 2 on 3), and there are about 17 folk songs in this collection,
including the one I'm learning by ear called Llegada (the way Nicolas
taught me is a tad different than the transcribed version, but that is
the nature of the beast of transcribing folk music). This book will
definitely keep me occupied for the rest of my life, especially since I
really do want to teach myself Spanish! =
tenga un buen d=EDa, eh! =
gms--