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)

(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)

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

[edit] 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 "painstakingliny" 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.

[edit] Cite tags

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)

[edit] 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)