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World-Famous Guitarist, Paco de Lucia...on being asked what he uses on his nails...
I use a little clear nail polish to protect them in the rasgueados and such, but hard nails are not good to have. I file the nails well every day with a very fine file, to make the nails smooth. The nails will break because of tiny cracks in them you cannot see. So if you have short nails carefully filed with a very fine file, and apply clear nail polish, it will be fine. On the thumb, I put on two or three layers of kleenex with crazy glue.
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At night I go out into the fields
and make the stones weep,
so great is the sorrow
that you make me go through.
De noche me salgo al campo
y hago las piedras de llorar,
esas son las grandes ducas
que tu me haces pasar.
Solea/Traditional
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And Time said to Love:
"for this cocksureness
that you have...
I shall punish you."
Le dijo el tiempo al querer:
"esa soberbia que tienes,
yo te la castigare."
Solea por Buleria/Traditional
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Fevered, soaring, tempestuous, extravagant, erotic, fragile, subtle, bitter and full of the sufferings of love.
Jarko Jovanovic/Gypsy Musician (describing one of his song styles)
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The church is illuminated
when you enter,
and fills with flowers
where you sit.
And when you leave,
all the altars return to
mourning.
La iglesia se ilumina
cuando tu entras,
y se llena de flores
donde te sientas.
Y cuando sales,
se revisten de luto
todos los altares.
Piropo Andaluz
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The strings may be squeaky and worn, the voice cracked and hoarse. What counts here is not the pure and polished sound imposed by the anxious academician of our conservatories, but outrageous expressiveness...a sound too human to be heard without a total upheaval of one's being. A heartrending cry that rips through the guts and immerses the listener in the sacred ecstasy of the duende.
Bernard Leblon/Author
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Oh, poor heart of mine,
despite all the hard knocks
I have given you,
you never give up...
Ay pobre corazon mio,
por mas golpes que le doy
nunca se da por 'vensio'...
Solea/Traditional
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