myLot Discussions| What Kind Of Guitar Do You Play? | | I play the bass, mine is an Epiphone Viola bass. Just like the one the Beatles used. This one does not have the long neck and is half the weight of most other bass guitars.I do not play as much as I use to, but I do enjoy playing. It is very hard to practice a bass all alone. Thank goodness I have friend that plays a 12 string and a 6 string. I can play an acoustic and an electric guitar, but I prefer the bass. What kind do you play? | |
| | Instruments. | | I like to play the piano and the guitar. I'm still a beginner for both but I'd love to learn to play the Flamenco Guitar and maybe the saxophone. I also have some interest in the accordion. What instruments can you play and which would you like to learn? | |
| | Do you like Gipsy Kings? | | The Gipsy Kings are a group from Arles and Montpellier in France. Their parents fled from Spain during the Spanish Civil War. They are Calé (Gypsy) musicians, best known for bringing Rumba Catalana, a pop-oriented version of traditional flamenco music to mainstream audiences, a kind of Rumba Flamenca.They became popular with their album, self titled Gipsy Kings, which included the songs "Djobi Djoba", "Bamboleo" and "Un Amor". The song "Volare" on their second album Mosaique is a rumba version of Domenico Modugno's Italian hit "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu". The Gipsy Kings were enormously popular in France despite harsh criticism from flamenco purists. Gipsy Kings was successful throughout Europe, especially France and the UK. In 1989, Gipsy Kings was released in the United States and it spent 40 weeks on the charts, one of very few Spanish language albums to do so. Their cover version of 'Hotel California' is an excellent example of fast classical guitar leads and flamenco strumming (This version was featured in the Coen Brothers' movie The Big Lebowski). In 1991 the Gipsy Kings provided flamenco guitar on Bananarama's version of Long Train Running, using the pseudonym "Alma de... | |
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