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Tcha Limberger interview gives historical overview of Sinti music
BillDaCostaWilliams
Barreiro, Portugal✭✭✭ Huttl, 9 mandolins
Tcha shares his own life story and provides one of the best accounts I've come across of the Sinti musical community he grew up in.
The interview starts in Italian but quickly switches to English.
I was particularly struck by his opinion on picks (12.50).
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Of course I went right to the pick section: "people think you can play with Dunlop, but you can't" lol, I love his candidness.
I'm already only 7 minutes and I'm already loving this interview, if anything for the explanation of the family connections and the history of some of these great artists like De Piotto's, Romani, and WASO. Great interview and thanks to Tcha for giving it. (And I haven't even made it to the picks, @Buco ! 😂)
Interesting about the pick, but and I'll probably catch a lot of flak here, but I'm not a fan of Tchas picking tone. Too me it's too harsh and stiff vs. smoother sounding players like Angelo, Stochelo, Josho or even the mentioned Moses, with what ever type of pick he plays.
Tcha's tone doesn't have a fluidity like the best but he isn't primarily a guitar player. He's a violinist first. I heard him say recently he didn't play guitar for a long time at all (I forgot exactly how long, at least several months, maybe a year or two).
I loved hearing about his family's and his own history. Never heard it in so much detail. This is a great document to have available. His and Stochelo's grandfathers were brothers, who knew.
He makes me laugh with his sincerity and I love that side of him. Like when he talks about asking for a Dm and a person might play min9 or a Bø or something else. But, when a person who has encyclopedic knowledge of inversions and reharmonization tells you not to shy away from simple chords, then that's something to pay attention to.
@opus20000 I agree but didn't want to say it myself.. 😁 Wonder how much of that rough and clicky tone is due to technique more than pick choice. He is quite a heavy hitter. The dunlop players on the Paris scene seem to use the right hand more gently.