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I’m a longtime guitarist. I studied Classical guitar from 1982-1987. Fell in love with Flamenco guitar after buying my first Carlos Montoya albums from the cutout bin at the University Union in 1982. Did one Flamenco master class in 85 I think which was just sitting in a semi circle and listening to the guest player.
I’ve never had any real Flamenco guidance and am wanting to learn. Due to COVID I’m not playing many gigs. I found the forum in a search and am searching for advice on books and technique. My picado sucks .... well everything is terrible.
Welcome. It is really not at all easy. I would venture that it is harder than classical guitar because you have no say over the compás (the rhythm). If it is there, you are on your way. If not, it is not flamenco.
After 3 years of learning in Spain and then working back in the UK and now, in Italy, I do not have the many, many hours required, so I gave up playing but it still speaks to me as a listener.
Not having a professional background like you I found the following material verry uesefull:
Juan Martin's El Arte Flamenco De La Guitarra. He made more study material but some stuff is basic and this book has in my vieuw a decent level. best 50,- i spend on books in a while.
The " Duende Flamenco anthologie methodique de la guitare flamenca" a series of sheet music with very nice falseta's and solo's.
Finally, take on online lesson in your area or with Ricarcdo online. He is part of the furniture in this bar and he helped me along greatly.
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I'm fairly new here myself and new to Flamenco. I came here in a roundabout way by building guitars and there is an insta link on the bottom of this post. My dream is to build hoping to learn enough to make more someone will want to play.
Kinda funny, I always wanted to,play Flamenco since I was an early teen but I didn't know how to ask. I studied classical for a couple years then had a family. So here I am almost fifty five, my hands mostly ruined by good hard work, scratching strings like no one is listening and I didn't gave a damn if they were. I'm in it for the joy of making my flamenco, or rather as its joked about here on the Foro, my Flamigo ;)
Plenty of info if you dig around here and there.
A good verity of members from all over the world and plenty of good advise and many opinions. I joke that we are a well functioning disfunctional family.
I was recently whacked by a moose so I've spent the last three monthes on my back playing a good four hours a day, can't say I'm any better then when I started but during the first two monthes of pain pills I was a flamingo God! Now that I'm back on Tynolnal and nerv blockers am just another American with hit and miss compass and my rasgueo sounds like a nine cylender airplane moter hitting on only seven, or six...
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I prefer my flamenco guitar spicy, doesn't have to be fast, should have some meat on the bones, can be raw or well done, as long as it doesn't sound like it's turning green on an elevator floor.
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