Talk:Paco de Lucía

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"It is said that he is able to play 16th note triplets at 180 bpm (beats per minute)." This needs attribution, and is probably not accurate. 16th notes at 180 bpm is not all that fast. Paco and Al Di Meola both play 32nd notes at 110 bpm fluidly on Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho from Friday Night in San Francisco. This is the equivalent of 16th notes at 220 bpm.

Please note that it says "16th note triplets", not "16th notes". 16th note triplets at 180 bpm means 18 notes per second - while 16th notes at 220 bpm is "only " about 14.67 notes per second. J. M. 14:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(So 16th note triplets at 180 bpm would be the equivalent - in terms of speed - of 16th notes at 270 bpm or 32nd notes at 135 bpm, which is also 18 notes per second.) J. M. 14:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaned up some of the comma and semicolon errors here. Jasonguit 04:47, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Paco plays Manuel de Falla

It is said in the documentation accompanying the much earlier classical "crossover" album ("Paco De Lucia - Interpreta A Manuel De Falla"), that Paco had to "painstakingly" read musical notation... granted, it's not easy for him, but he has done it long before the 1991 Concierto de Aranjuez album. Also, he is apparently skilled in "cifra" (Flamenco tablature) reading/writing, so saying that he's not adept with classical musical notation reflects a cultural bias... Paco's far from illiterate.

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This article has a lot of weasel words and other unsourced statements. It would be great if someone could clean this up and offer a more neutral point of view about this fantastic artist. MarkBuckles (talk) 08:18, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One of the greatest flamenco guitarists of all time

On digitaldreamdoor.com, click Music Lists, then click Greatest Specialty Guitarists. Lucia is #2 on greatest flamenco guitarists. I don't know how to link this because the web address for the page is digitaldreamdoor.com, meaning it does not change when you click on a link. However, I hope this can be used as a source.

Digitaldreamdoor is a personal webpage and not a very good citation for Wikipedia. Proper citations should come from professional publications. see WP:CITE or WP:V. Anger22 02:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Have deleted the following weasel wording from the introductory para.:

Many think that de Lucia fluently goes into these territories and plays like no other, whereas some purists of these other genres will state that he is just making a venture and is still a flamenco player at heart, lacking the pure jazz style^{[citation needed]}.

Will try to continue with a general clean-up of this article. --Technopat 10:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

The article's only references appear to be two DVD's ... are there no books or articles about him out there? And speaking about DVDs, the 2002 documentary suggests that "Entre dos aguas" (the song) was somehow a turning point in his career, in the sense that he gained a much wider audience after that (while before he might have been known primarily among flamenco aficionados and specialists). If that's indeed the case, perhaps it should be mentioned in the article. 81.96.125.240 16:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of Elegant Gypsy?

No mention of his wonderful work in Mediteranian Sundance on Al DiMeola's Elegant Gypsy album? This is where I (and I'm sure many others) first heard of Paco... 24.18.201.182 (talk) 16:04, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]