Learning to play castanets can be frustrating, especially in the beginning.
But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it.
In the coming days I’ll be sharing some tips on how to deal with some potential frustrations that come with learning this (completely and totally worth it to learn) technique.
For today, let's look at the toque for the fourth copla por sevillanas.
As usual, you'll find it written in two different ways. Use whichever makes the most sense to you. And remember, there are different variations of the toques, and this is one of many!
Way 1
We'll call it the ria ria pita way:
La Cuarta
Ta ria chi pam ta ria pita
Ria ta ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria chi pam ta ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ta ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria pam ta ria pita
Ria chi pam ta ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ta ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita
Ria ria pita ria ria pita ria
Pam ta ria pam
Way 2
Another way where each line begins with the sound on the 1:
La Cuarta with counts
1er tercio
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria chi pam ta ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ta ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria chi pam ta ria pi
2° tercio
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ta ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria pam ta ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria chi pam ta ria pi
3er tercio
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ta ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria ria pita ria ria pi
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ta ria Pam ta ria
1
Pam
Look
I love watching the dancing por sevillanas con castañuelas in this video.
The Other Toques:
And stick around, some castanets-frustration busting tips are soon to follow.
Comments
How did this work for you? Out of all of the sevillanas with castanets, which one do you prefer? Which one challenges you the most? What has helped you in learning to play castanets while dancing sevillanas? Leave a comment here.
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