Gran Jota by Francisco Tarrega played by VIRGINIA LUQUE

We finally got a CD called "por el mundo" at
http://cdbaby.com/cd/virginialuque

Gran Jota was written by Tarrega in 1872. His teacher was the well known guitarist Julián Arcas Lacal who already wrote a Jota Aragonesa in early years. This one by Tarrega is a revived and rewritten Jota inspired in the one by his beloved teacher.

The piece contains a showy Lisztean introduction with new variations alternated with repetitive refrains. It incorporates virtually every element of a virtuosistic technique that a classical guitarist can make possible on the instrument.

In adition to that, originally it is a group dance piece that usually is performed as a virtuosistic finale with voice, most of the time male and female accompanied by bandurrias, guitars, dancers playing castanets and as well as the solo instrumental version, it involves is performed as a virtuosistic finale with voice, most of the time male and female accompanied tremendous demanding effort technically speaking.

To me, it's a lot of fun. Enjoy!

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[VirginiaLuque]

Thank you, guys.

[VirginiaLuque]

Thank you all for your support.

Thank you for your comments.

virginia Luque

[SanPascualBailon]

Virginia,

Me quedé absolutamente emocionado al escucharte. Estaba viendo cosas de Virginia Luque, la gran cantante de tango, y apareciste tu.

Soy y vivo en Zaragoza,capital de la jota, y tan acostumbrado estoy a escucharla e interpretarla a diario con amigos joteros (aficionados, en su mayoria, pero joteros auténticos de los que quedan pocos), que cuando la escucho fuera de mi Aragón, me emociono. Ahora me ocurrió lo mismo.

Solo puedo decirte:

GRACIAS.

Jesús.

[VirginiaLuque]

Jesús, cuanto me alegro que te haya gustado, sabiendo que eres del corazón de la Jota,es un gran orgullo y premio a mi esfuerzo el recibir tu comentario. Yo, aunque soy andaluza, vivo la Jota como parte de mi ser, y la respeto. Y cuando me marcho lejos y escucho alguna, algo se me mueve en el alma. Gracias

[Vidas666]

Nice play Virginia and thx for giving a lot of info about Tarrega. Is that true that Tarrega played tremolo with rest stroke right hand method? YOu know i play by my self without nails . Thx with best Regards !

[VirginiaLuque]

The traditional school for the right hand at that time was a very perpendicular position,besides the physical problem Tarrega had. That right hand can create a very serious problem of tendonitis,carpal tunnel syndrome,because of the friction of the tendons turning the wrist in a permanent unnatural motion.

[peterwdeng]

Out of all the ladies' performances of this piece on youtube I like yours best. Very lively & full of fun. Love Tarrega's work! Bravo!!!

[entalpista]

Que grande Tarrega! Me ha gustado la verdad, y el video-diapositiva tambien. Ojala podamos oir mas grandes piezas de ti.

Saludos

Alex

[eschelar]

I tried to listen to this without comparing to Li Jie's, but it's really impossible. While Virginia plays with more Spanish flair and punch, what really sets this piece apart for me was the playfulness in the exploration of the different styles with the simple melodies.

Virginia's might work better as a dance and indeed has some very strong bits, particularly toward the end, but I find Li Jie's captures the youthful joy and sense of weightless bounce, like a rubber ball with a mind of its own.

[rodcrippler]

@wingklow she can access if she wants, with the right gov monitoring, of course. As long as it for art's sake, without any politics involved, she can have some access to certain worlwide info

[kompik07]

excellently.

[RB3Gibson]

I love this recording Virginia! You are awesome!!

[kei19690113]

Nice. Thank you. (TS)

[DonAnzalone]

@wingklow This is RECORDING, that means engineered music. Li Jie plays it live. That#s something different. BTW live performances of VL are not very impressive: pure sound now and then, mistakes etc.

[wingklow]

I wish Li Jie could have access to YouTube to hear you play, but YouTube is blocked in China, where she lives and teaches.

[lorenzoasun]

Que maravilla de artista. me emociona tanta perfección y belleza. me he suscrito a tu canal y te he invitado a ser amiga. así será mas fácil enviarte algún material para que consideres. recibe mi admiración y cariño. Hernán Morales desde Chile.

[60moo]

Thunderous applause and a standing ovation.

[evhsrvfe]

Magnifico!!!!!