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chupacabra
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Hi Guitarristas,
I have been taking Jason's online lessons since during the summer. I'm sure that they are no big secret around here, but I just wanted to mention how great they are for anyone who might be considering them.
Two days ago, I learned a sevillanas on there. Yesterday, I used it playing for dance class, where it fit great. Last weekend I accompanied a dancer por solea on a gig. Some of the accompaniment, as well as a falseta, was Jason's material, as well as an V. Amigo falseta (note to self: start composing own solea falsetas again!). I had also copped his tangos "a" and "i" rasgueo, which took a little doing, and I actually used it for a continuous rasgueo on the same gig. Awhile ago, I learned a popular fandango at a seminar, and put it to use in gigs as soon as possible. I added Jason's fandango compas to that, and it definitely added aire to it.
Just a few examples of "news you can use" from the lessons. Admittedly, it's easier to get the beginner material there. But even the beginner stuff tends to be awesome. And some "beginner" stuff is humbling... there's a beginning tangos falseta that ends with some alzapua - a cakewalk for him - I'm still honing it a couple weeks later, and finally it's nearly up to tempo. My arpeggio playing needed work too, still does, but I'm a lot further ahead.
And sometimes I just listen to the advanced stuff, just to watch in sheer thrilled amazement, and almost disbelief. OMG, the bulerias stuff... un-be-lievable. And maybe I'll be able to play some of that. At some point. :) It's good to get dusted now and then, or you become complacent, as I had been.
I am highly self-motivated, so these work very well for me. Between these lessons, the incredible guitar that our own Sr. Culpepper (DeTeresa1) made for me, and DeTeresa's own superb playing skills and vocabulary, I'm way, way ahead of where I was.
Sure, I could nitpick and say I want more siquiriyas falsetas or something. But wow, these lessons have improved my playing a whole lot, and I think they could provide years of good work and great material for just about anybody.
Cheers, Dave
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Date Oct. 16 2010 2:29:26
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RE: Jason McGuire's excellent lessons (in reply to chupacabra)
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ok
just logged in to jasons site
after picking my jaw off the ground realized i wont be leaving the house for the next year...
the addition of sibelius scores along with the video is just outstanding....
and the sections on cante accomp...!!
still alot to discover here but cant think of any other resource more complete...
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Date Nov. 14 2010 0:49:18
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RE: Jason McGuire's excellent lessons (in reply to Mike_Kinny)
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yes
until i actually logged in i had no idea what was really available at flamencolessons.com
i have an excellent teacher here in the city that i live
i participate in dance classes and performances
so have a real-time learning event most nights of the week
at home i do or have searched you tube for lesson material
in fact that is where most of it started..other than books and dvd..
even then i found jason's lessons posted there the ones which seemed to inspire me
the first thing i learnt via you tube was his sevillanas in taranta key..
maybe it was the step by step approach..ie tempo variations slow/normal
plus the counting was a huge help...plus the clarity of the hands..different angles
it seemed very complete, like spending time with my teacher here to a large degree
had'nt really noticed that anywhere else on you tube...
plus the availablity of the music/tab via sibelius scorch
would have signed up years ago if i was'nt bringing up 2 kids on my own...[money is always an issue!]
i also feel however that Corey's approach is useful as far as harmonic outlines go etc..but my main interest and need was in keeping compas...also the site offers exceptional guidance in working with baile and cante...
maybe i've missed a few things on you tube but jason's material seems to be in a class of it's own...as far as lesson material goes..
also his use of musical language ie chord and scale names appeals to my sensibilities as i generally dont read tabs and like to think of things as harmonic sequences/rhythmic cadences and assign melody's to tonal scales..ie major, minor, diminished etc other than a finger pattern...though it could be learnt that way as well...
these are my views on the flamencolessons vs youtube..
will still use youtube as a learning source but more so for performances of pieces etc other than actual lessons...there's alot out there just most of it seemed lack depth, cohesion and explanation...
the other side of this i guess is that i am professional musician and have a large base of students [mainly jazz/classical etc] and am totally envious of the way this site is put together
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Date Nov. 14 2010 10:35:50
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RE: Jason McGuire's excellent lessons (in reply to Guest)
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p.s. might add these are very early days for me on the site...
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Date Nov. 14 2010 10:39:25
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chupacabra
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RE: Jason McGuire's excellent lessons (in reply to chupacabra)
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Wow, something I said actually started a discussion! Well, first time for everything. :)
It's true, you can definitely get some benefit from his Youtube vids. But he gives you more views for each lesson. Camera angles for right AND left hands. Regular speed. Slow speed. Played while counted (IMO extremely helpful for us non-Spaniards), AND commentary. If there's somebody else doing all that, I haven't seen it. (YES, I know there might be)
And to me he has the widest range of difficulty presented: beginner up to basically infinity - stuff that even the very best players would really have trouble executing. In other words, he's not holding back, so you could basically improve forever doing this.
One phenomenal exercise is for bulerias, basically learning to stop at any point in the compas, even half-beats. You can develop killer awareness of the compas that way.
Also very cool are the raps about what it's like in an informal jam vs. a fancy performance, and general philosophy of being a band member, and so on. Not just exercises and falsetas.
Cheers, Dave
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Date Nov. 25 2010 17:18:10
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