Kalo -> RE: Lessons/Advise (Jan. 26 2011 1:35:59)
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Posted: Deniz Looks like you already have his wife on your side LOL. I dont know if you should go to that teacher. Do you think he can show you something? Does he have a decent technique to copy for you? Does he know good material, things you like? If all this is not the case, then you at least have a dancer to accompany now ;) Welcome to the foro btw! Thanks Deniz! I am happy I found this forum!! In reality I don't know if this guy has any good chops to show me. I hope I don't come off as sounding arrogant, but this teacher's style was very choppy sounding like he was fight the strings! It sounded as though he was fighting HARD TENSION strings and had a high action! I can tell you that I wouldn't want to learn his style of playing. I could hear the squeaky sound of his fingers when he moved from chord to chord. His Ras. sounded like a wooshing sound not very strong, but more of the older traditional style! There was just something missing in his playing that just didn't sound authentic. He really sounded like he learnt his stuff from a dated book. Does that make sense?? quote:
Posted: henry3483 i would say one good lesson with a teacher you like and most importantly respect correcting your technique is better than 20 crappy lessons with a guy you dont. i travel to spain each year and get lessons when i can from visiting teachers such as canito etc, and when i can from el fenomeno John "el picao" Walsh. i'm a subsriber to jasons website, his material is always there (not just for one month) and for a little over 25€ a month (half the cost of a one on one lesson with a pro teacher) you get access to a tonne of videos, compas patterns,falsetas and yes he does have a great section on technique, scales, chord progs etc. also if you upload your stuff to youtube he will give constructive criticism to you. Hi henrym3483, yes you're right one good lesson is better than 20 years of crappy lessons!!! Jason's site sounds like an ideal website. I did learn two palos that I am sure you might be familiar with, again this was from Jason's blog and it was free. However, it took me 5 months to get the sound and the techinque correct. I just got a new job, and I am very much considering joining Jason's site!! Also, by next week I should be able to afford a camcorder! I will for sure upload videos of my playing so that you all can help me!! quote:
Posted: Rico_Kiko: The only thing I have to say , maybe you already know , playing and learning flamenco should be fun ,, you do it cos you want to , so apart from learning you have to get on with your teacher and like his style , both playing and style of teaching, . if you have a doubt in your mind then forget it ,,,, but it's up to you of course..... Here on this site you there are many great players who also are teachers and proffesionals, and many people who will give advice and post vids and give feedback, there is quite a lot of here when you find it all. There are also little competitions and challenges you can enter which really help. So really no matter what you decide, you can stay on this site, and have a teacher or any other material , and use this place as a sounding board or just to have a seconed opinion... Hi Rico_Kiko, Well, I do have doubts in my mind about this Flamenco/Teacher, because I didn't learn anything new! More important he never really checked my techinques!! Another thing he stated during my lesson with him was that he never goes over lessons from the week before! He doesn't like to repeat himself. Well, what if I had questions? I am starting to see that I will learn more of this site then with him!! quote:
Posted: deteresa1 No. he sounds like a tool. Pick up the Juan Martin books and start watching Youtube videos. Upload some stuff here. Jason's site is a great resource and there are other good online teachers too as you mentioned. For the price of a one hour lesson with Manitas de Drogas over there you can get Jason 24 hours a day for a month. The only thing I dislike about Juan Martin is his ras. examples sound weak! I like the way the more modern players sound. I would love to learn traditional flamenco with a more modern techinque! I did learn some stuff off Graf-Martinez book, Volume I, but most of what I am working on now is from the free lessons that Jason offered on his blog! OMG, I just read the rest of your post Maintas de Drogas, LOL!!! That is funny!!! Your right I am sure Jason will probably be the way to go. What I love about Jason's site is CANTE/BAILE! All of his teaching style is geared up for that and not performance flamenco guitar. I much more prefer learning cante/Baile ANYTIME!! I want to thank you all for your advise!! I will stay on this forum and should have a video posted next week. Please any cool critique of my playing will help me quite a bit. I look forward to all of your help in the future!! Thanks, Kalo!
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