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Flamenco lessons with Jason McGuire
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JasonMcGuire
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RE: Flamenco lessons with Jason McGuire (in reply to Arash)
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Escribano, Thanks for sorting out the registartion thing. I was wondering why I never recieved that. I was alerted by Bikhiyal that there were a few people with questions about my website here and I thought it would be a good idea to try and answer those questions. For anyone who may be wondering about my website..... I have 2 free classes available on the site it self. I also have 3 free lessons posted on YouTube. http://youtube.com/profile?user=JasonMcGuireFlamenco .....All of these free lessons include the tablature and 6 lesson "segments". Normal Tempo, Slow Tempo, Counted Out Loud, Right Hand, Left Hand and a short commentary about the material. These are not partial lessons. Most of these lessons are what I would cover in a typical private lesson for the level indicated. Of course, all people learn at varying rates so that is a generalization, but I think you can get the idea. The monthly subscription price is half of what I charge for a 1 hour private class, but of course since it is a subscription site, you can take and watch each lesson as many times as you want or need to. Feedback on your playing is offered by the use of YouTube. Post a private youtube video of your playing of any of the material from the website and I will offer you some tips to make it better. In some ways it is better than a "real" private class and of course in some ways it is inferior. It is what it is. A new way to learn that I have been developing since I got a broadband internet connection 8 years or so ago. The website at the moment has 57 lessons available to all subscribers at all times. All of which have tablature/standard notation (except for the last 5 I recently uploaded, but I should have those done by the end of this week). There are 3 lessons on cante accompaniment including recordings of Felix de Lola singing with palmas, but no guitar, enabling the students to really test themselves on the material. Lots of compas for just about everything except Seguiriyas and Rumba. I haven't got around to those yet, but will soon.Lots of falsetas including a few from my concert solos that appear on YouTube.com Over the next couple of years I plan to keep posting lessons every month and the library that will be available to all will be enormous. I have been teaching for many years and I have a lot of material for players of all levels. Most of the material is intermediate level, but there is plenty of advanced and beginning material too. The one drawback is that you have to login to take the classes. It is the only way to make all lessons available to all students at all times. The scores cannot be printed. But, they are interactive, meaning that they use the Sibelius Scorch Plugin. You can hear midi playback of the score, change its tempo up or down as needed and you can also change its key. I have tried to make the site a good value for just about anyone interested in flamenco guitar. I have other features planned for the near future that will make it an even better value. One of which is dance accompaniment. I have developed a method of teaching this that will be a great way to prepare for this rather enigmatic aspect of flamenco. Although playing for dance is not particularly the most difficult thing, it is rather difficult to teach and I think my method will answer a lot of questions for students. I will be happy to answer any questions you might have about the site either here or via my email address jason@caminosflamencos.com I also want to mention that I know there are some very, very talented guitarist here on this forum. Congradulations to all of you for creating a place for people to discuss the art of flamenco. Back when I started out, it was very difficult to get information. I had to move from Texas to New York just to get started. I am sure all of you here realize what a wonderful asset a place like this is. The moderators and all who attempt to answer the many difficult questions people have about flamenco should be commended for their generosity. Ole! Jason McGuire
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