Paco Pena interviewed by Julian Bream

[rmj134]

Anyone know the name of the painting they start to show at 2:47? I've seen that same painting in a classical guitar store in Philadelphia.

[rmj134]

Should have done more googling...

It's John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo for anyone else interested.

[ptose]

julian bream's face at the end is priceless

[mar1gangster]

people its not a seguiriya and also not a buleria.

ITS CALLED SERRANAS

[tomatito1981]

@mar1gangster - Hi mate, its actually a Solea that speeds up at the end to be a buleria (in the aire of solea). Count the rythm and look at the chords Paco is playing plus check out his solea a Cordoba here on YouTube (Paco Peña - Solea De Córdoba) hope this helps :)

[roflswamp6]

Paco is actually a really good singer



[omoteshuto]

Does anyone know the spanish words in that seguiriyas?

[ghiribizzi]

@omoteshuto is not a seguiriya its a buleria he played it in a slow motion so it seems to be seguiriya., and its name its cielito lindo, its known in mexico that its a traditional folk song but indeed its andalucian, watch this

watch?v=v74UFwpDrkw

in the song its same...de la sierra morena...which obviously its in Andalucia.....

[bayreuth79]

I'm fascinated by the Moorish origins of Flamenco music

[Tezman82]

Thank you for the post. Sharing is caring!

[elsoultero]

Paco is amazing.... but he could use a bit of sport, vitamin C and sunlight.... looks bloody knackered!

[Dzakovich000]

Did anyone notice the evil laugh at 3:54?

[smoothie66]

I love how Mr. Bream, being a guitar god himself, is so fascinated by something that he hasn't mastered. What a giant of an artist!

And to think Segovia just pooh-poohed Flamenco music (and most everything else). What a dick!

[abby161919]

is flamenco harder then classik guitar to learn?

[GameLevelEditor]

@abby161919 I think it is because the rhythm's are more complex and the techniques are intense for the right hand but I'm not forgetting that classical music has to be played "just so" or its wrong while in flamenco it has a more freedom for random improvisation. Just my opinion.

[larryjohnny]

thank you so much for posting !  that's awesome of you to share !

[PuzzlingWonder]

Glue? What kind? And applied how/where on the nail?

[Za7a7aZ]

It nice all those flips and tricks and Paco is probably the best around doing it. One should probably not compare Bream with Paco but i think Bream is modest here.

[KnightofZyryab]

5:56. What a haunting melody.

[SuperPicoloco]

julian is like.. HOLLY SHIT.... I have to learn to do that.. LOL

[Dzakovich000]

The woman at 8:05 looked terrified.

[daletmiller]

Bream should talk about rhythm. That would be the hardest thing for a classical player to "get" trying to learn Flamenco, IMO.

[fueradeljuego]

@daletmiller somewhere there is a clip of Paco Peña saying that Bream and especially Williams understood the rhythms of Spanish music better than all the other classical players.

[gringochucha]

Grande Paco Peña.

[CT2507]

Bream should have gone more into the technical difference between playing flamenco and classical.

he should have Paco show and explain techniques like Alzapua, Rasgeado, the special use of the thumb and so on. because they are the reason why flamenco sounds so great! or the different rhythmic styles of flamenco and how they are counted. which is also a fascinating side to understanding and appreciating flamenco.

but otherwise a nice initiative from Breams part to make such a program!

cheers

[slashhatim]

@CT2507 flamenco doesn`t always sound great, the greatness of sound is mostly related to how good is the guitarist or not!

[victorgomez91]

It´s quite interesting that the song at minute 6 had changed as it did in Mexico. It even passed from minor to major. I recommend you to listen the mexican version.

[marRicardo]

There is no mexican version...it is called Serrana....from the Sierra region of spain. The orginal movie showed the cantaor singing it, is quite beautiful....but it got cut out of this youtube clip by whoever loaded it. But no way is is mexican sorrry.

[ahuachapan2]

Paco Penis is the best!!!

[MauriQ3]

Paco Peña( "ñ")

[FloufleVii]

XD!!

[Desperado665]

Anyone know where I can get the mp3 for the melody at 2:00?

[GinoTheSinner]

so hard to learn.

[tacosanyone34]

Viva el Flamenco! OLE1

[s2p3r]

paco seems to be a nice guy so soft spoken

[cynic150]

Flamenco is just so immediate and gritty; it goes straight to the gut and heart!

[philomelodia]

Que barbaro! That guy can play! Every classical guitarist should delve into flamenco playing a bit. Our style owes an enormous debt to it. You hear it most prominently in pieces like Leyendas and Recuerdos De La Alhambra. Lots of the terms are even from Flamenco. Hearing Paco rekindles my guitar fever. I think I'll get my instrument out now and play a bit. Thanks for posting. Dos músicos extraordinarios, en verdad que sí.

[what567]

Leyenda wasn't even originally a guitar piece.

[philomelodia]

No, but even the piano piece was inspired by the guitar Albeniz must have been familiar with hearing. If you wish to be more accurate, how is Turina's sonata. You can especially hear the flamenco influence in the third movement. Leyenda was just the first thing that popped into my head and the arrangement for guitar most definitely has a strong flamenco influence.

[what567]

I totally agree that the arrangement for guitar has a flamenco feel to it, however I just don't hear it so much in the original piano piece. I'm not denying that flamenco has had an influence on classical guitar though.

[philomelodia]

You have intrigued me. I have never heard the original piano version of the piece. I think I'll seek it out and give it a listen. If you're right, this proves my pont all the more. An originally nonflamenco-flavored Spanish piano piece acquires that flavor when arranged for guitar. Fascinating. this isn't the case with Scarlati's pieces when they're arranged for guitar.

[wjp1]

BUT it is influenced by Flamenco non the less. In fact the Spanish classical composers where constantly trying to copy the hunting harmonies and melodies of Flamenco. Asturias (aka Leyenda) is in the key of B Flamenco. JAZZ theory calls this key B Phrygian Dominant. It is relative to E Minor and G Major, and it comes directly from Flamenco music. CLASSICAL music theory names this Cadence after Flamenco's birth place, Andalusia. The Andalusian Cadence = || Em | D | C | B || PEACE!

[flmnkoh]

654321654321: -Estoy casi seguro que lo que Paco toca en ese parte que preguntas es un "fandango", comparandolo con otras grabaciones de Paco que tengo y que son piezas tocadas en ese estilo-palo flamenco llamado "fandango", las cuales suenan casi iguales a esa pieza.

[swans1997]

Ahhh, haven't seen this since around 1988. I borrowed the whole tape series from my local library and was just entranced. The company that distributes the tapes charged a heavy price. Hopefully this series is on DVD and much cheaper.Bream seems like a very nice and fun guy.

[davidfinkledrums]

friggin' bad-ass!

[654321654321]

this DVD is great, i highly recommend it.

please, i want to know the name of the song played at 2:00 and the one at 2:47 ?

those melodies are amazing, but i have no idea how to find them.

¿como se llama lo que toca Paco en 2:00 y en 2:47 ? porfavor, cualquier dato sirve.

[marRicardo]

Solea or Soleares.

[Fixmanius]

Wuaw, did he speed up the Soleares?

[awogta]

I would be fascinated to learn more about the origin of this clip. Is it, perhaps, from some film that Bream made for one of the British television companies. When, for example, was the film made. I would guess sometime during the 1970s - judging by Paco's hairstyle - but it would be interesting to have a more exact date.

Un abrazo ....

[123MvD321]

It is from the Julian Bream DVD," !Guitarra! a musical journey through spain."

Jou should buy it it is a great DVD!

But this is the only flamenco in it.

the rest is bream only.

[ghiribizzi]

@awogta it really worth it, i personally owned a copy of this, it takes you through the large guitar spanish tradition

[flemencojames]

paco pena id god! just listen to him!

[no1r]

Thanks for this stuff man. This really is history.

[jazztitch]

Julian says Paco plays a dominant ninth, but where is it? There might be something like it in the first 30 seconds but it sounds more like a dominant seventh. More importantly, it's hardly a significant element of the flamenco style. Most of the performance is a combination of the Phrygian mode, triads, syncopation, dynamics and rasguedo that make flamenco so compelling.

[butrunioigneor]

A dominant ninth is just a dominant chord, with a 9 in it. It obviously has a dominant seven in as well, otherwise it wouldn't be a dominant chord.

Why would you question Bream? He clearly knows what he's talking about.

[craigalake]

A dominant chord does not need a 7th. A dominant chord is chord V (eg. in C major, gbd), a dominant seventh is chord V7 (gbdf).

[marRicardo]

He refers to the chord Paco always lands on, E major, but it is often played with an F natural....the flat 9. So to the western ear that is the "dominant 9th" in key of A minor. But not always the 7th is included. This is because....actually...it is not used as dom. 9....to flamenco players it is TONIC. It is tricky stuff for western ears.

[Dirokbej]

Can you take it again but this time in english please :)

[Thomkath]

SefoKaya: the fragment of that melody about you ask its play on seguiriya style . -That melody Paco name it in a old LP disc MADROÑERAS and a similar version an another old disc Paco name it SERRANA. -Niño Ricardo play and record a similar melody in 1970 name it SERRANA JUNCAL in seguiriya style also.

[hensie45]

two of my all-time favorites guitarists together, makes my heart beat faster!

[SefoKaya]

What is the song Pena sung? He called it the Song of Sierra (5:21). It was beautiful.

[marRicardo]

SERRANA....the song form...not the lyric. Don't confuse for some Granainas that use that lyric often in the title. Serrana has the rhythm of Siguiriyas but it's own special melody.

[herrlenin]

Does anyone know what brand (luthier) of guitar does Paco Peña use?

[123MvD321]

The luthier's name is: Gerundino Miguel Fernández Garci'a, or just Gerundino. they are very expensive, if you can find them.

[Reyesabicas]

@herrlenin Paco uses a Gerundino Fernandez who was a makers from Almeria, Spain. They are very nice instruments, but some are much better than others (like many old makers)...i've owned 4 and currently only own 1 which was built in 1982.....probably will sell this year as i just brought a GREAT Reyes guitar from 1968 which is the best Flamenco instrument i've owned (and i've owned many) but Gerundino's are easy to buy on the open market from about $8500 up to $15,000 dollars right now.

[stickeyhickey1]

if you want to be an amazing flamenco guitarist, just change your name to paco!

[kigawman]

Just by watching this expert feels like the message of Flamenco is the same way of that when you play Blues. Sad, crying, and always it has a sad ending story behind it.

[prasiddha]

04:44 is a wonderfully warm moment, seeing Bream the supreme classical guitarist fumbling over simple flamenco rasqueados. Goes to show how completely different technical requirements are needed to play each style of music.

[overseez]

YES! I liked that. I've played the guitar for 30 years and have recently decided to learn some flamenco - I feel like an idiot w/regard to my right hand! I might as well just cut it off and grow a new one!

[flamencowannabee]

I played classical for 25 years of and on. 18 months ago I decided to embark on learning flamenco. Yes the right hand is very busy but with practice you can come a long way. Keep at it.

[SteveFeces]

HE DIDETN FUMBLE. JESUS. he was playing the millers dance and he fuckin owns it.

[xmarksit]

Yes the melody at 2.00 is amazing. I have kind of replicated a part of that piece on the guitar.

[ulyssesjj]

Excellent upload!!

[absurdplanet]

I really enjoyed this clip . . . I only wish we could see more like it and wish they were available on DVD; nonetheless, like many of Julian Breams videos, I would love to have them. Just great stuff!

[RFeynman]

This is available on DVD. It's an excerpt from 'Guitarra!'

[654321654321]

thanks for sharing this : )

[wavesofthesea]

thanks for sharing this stuff

[vw1971]

wonderful, thanks for this!

[Jitpring]

No need to say "modest." He was modest. Similarly, don't say "better." Say better. Don't say "truth." Say truth. Reject the dictatorship of relativism.

[Nei57]

thanks for sharing!

i like the way bream is "modest" and respectful, not arrogant. unlike the majority of classical players talkin bout flamencos.

[Nei57]

thanks for teh video

i like how bream is "modest", he isnt being arrogant or anything like the majority of classical players talking bout flamencos.

[Jive51]

The living legend of the flamenco with the living legend of the classical guitar...

[chingon93]

Nice upload!

[Jitpring]

From the great Julian Bream DVD, !Guitarra!

[123MvD321]

Indeed a great DVD!

[mojoman14]

Wonderful - thank you

[haithamflamenco]

i love this legend, my first concert to see flamenco was seeing him on stage

[kartelala]

good!! Thanks!!