Progressively graded for absolute beginners to intermediate and more advanced-Designed as a comprehensive multimedia teaching set this book CD and DVD present 42 solos progressively graded in 6 levels from absolute beginners to more advanced to suit players of all levels. It containsexamples of eighteen different palos (rhythmic forms) of flamenco with a wealth of melodic falsetas and rhythm…

Vol. 2

Learn to Play Flamenco Guitar with Step-by-Step Lessons and Authentic Pieces to Study and Play. Here's your complete guide to learning flamenco guitar! This method uses traditional Spanish flamenco song forms and classical pieces to teach you the basics of this style and technique. You'll learn to play in the style of Paco de Lucia Sabicas Niño Ricardo and Ramón Montoya. Lessons cover:…

In this easy-to-follow book and DVD set Juan Martin and Patrick Campbell provide a thorough introduction to flamenco Guitar.What are the essential elements and techniques of flamenco Guitar playing'How does one capture the real essence of authentic flamenco Guitar' These are questions that Juan Martin celebrated virtuoso flamenco guitarist and teacher addresses in this first book of a projected…

The most favourable qualities of shaping a fine artistic personality are combined in Andrés Batista: vocation sensibility technique and the honest and reserved disposition that has marked his excellent self-taught work. His mastery of the flamenco Guitar as a soloist enabled him to analyse the Guitar technique first intuitively and then with a serious musical background and to translate it in …

Three Solos by the Legendary Guitarist transcribed by Juan de la Mata-This book presents three challenging extended flamenco guitar solos by the legendary Agustín Castellón Campos best known as Sabicas (1912-1990). The selections are: Bronce Gitano Campiña andaluza andDuelo de campanas. Brief explanations of digitation symbols flamenco tremolo technique notation/tab conventions and use of the…

La pratique de la guitare en solitaire peut rapidement s'avérer assez frustrante. C'est pourtant le triste sort d'un grand nombre de guitaristes de flamenco. Pour tous ceux d'entre nous qui avons commis l'erreur de naître loin de l'Andalousie (ou de Madrid et de Barcelone), tenter de trouver un chanteur avec qui partager nos expériences musicales frise souvent l'utopie? C'est pourquoi nous avons p…

Estudio de Estilo-The life and work of Sabicas contradicts the widespread idea that you have to be Andalusian to play flamenco. Sabicas an exceptional guitarist and composer in the history of flamenco lived most of his life in America. This long 'exile' explains without doubt why Sabicas was the first flamenco guitarist essentially playing solo concerts. His large concert discography exceeds tha…

For 6 & 7 String Guitars-There are numerous publications on the art of flamenco Guitar and on the so-called “gypsy jazz” (the style of Django Reinhardt) Guitar. Associated mainly with the Russian seven-string Guitar the art of the Russian-Romany guitarists is barely known in the west and unfortunately is almost lost in Russia itself. This book is designed to introduce guitarists to t…

En trois chapitres consacrés à des styles ?por arriba?, c?est-à-dire en mode Flamenco de MI (respectivement: tangos, soleá et rumba), vous découvrirez dans cet ouvrage :? une desciption détaillée des principales techniques de main droite propes à la guitare flamenca (rasguados, pulgar, alzapug, picado, etc.) et des conseils pour les travailler efficacement.? une analyse des éléments structurant …

A Wholistic Perspective of Technique Through Repertoire. As the title of his book attests, guitarist and musicologist Martín Pedreira presents a methodical treatment addressing the most highly refined guitar techniques. In my opinion, we should not confuse the methodical with the routine, because the latter does not facilitate the completion of any task. We applaud Pedreira for his rigorous vision…

This book was written for the student who wants to learn to play flamenco Guitar correctly in the shortest time possible. A fanciful historical essay on the origins of the flamenco style begins this modest 32-page volume.Several of the most common techniques are used in the various introductory pieces including various forms of Rasgueados and the 4-note tremolo.Classical guitarists with 1-2 years…