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junheng -> Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 9 2013 6:53:29)

Gooday all. Thank you for letting me join your group!

I took flamenco guitar lessons for 6 months when I was a teenager. Now 48 years old and decided to take it up again.

I have general guitar skills from years of hacking out chords accompanying singers, so quite strong hands. But my flamenco skills are now almost zero.

I would be really grateful if someone could someone recommend tutorials (preferably book+CD/DVD). I obviously need to start from scratch. I have already ordered:

•ESP18545 - Play Solo Flamenco Guitar with Juan Mart-N: Volume 1 [With CD and DVD]
•ESP19894 - Play Solo Flamenco Guitar with Juan Martin: Volume 2 [With CD and DVD, I think]
•La Guitarra Flamenca (Faber Edition), by Martin, Juan
•The Keys to Flamenco Guitar, Volume One [With CD], by Dennis Koster

but I don't want to waste precious time on sub-standard stuff.

Many thanks for any thoughts/suggestions!

junheng

==> EDIT 09May2013: Btw... I didn't mean to say that the above courses are 'sub-standard' at all. The Juan Martin ones look great to me on Amazon ... Its' just that I would like to know if people think there is anything better/more approrpiate for beginners. Thank you kindly :)



Escribano -> RE: Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 9 2013 9:42:14)

Welcome. I got on well with Manuel Granados. In cifra (tabs) and standard notation.



Erik van Goch -> RE: Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 9 2013 10:44:23)

Welcome to the foro.

Don't know what to picture myself with "sub-standard stuff" but if you like Juan Martin you might also like Paco Peña's "Toques flamencos" (not really for beginners but a nice collection of pieces/variations).

you can find most songs on youtube, for instance

http://www.youtube.com/user/ownedapotitis/videos



junheng -> RE: Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 9 2013 14:56:02)

Dear Escribano. Thank you very much for your suggestion. I have ordered his 3 DVDs ("The Visual Method of the Flamenco Guitar") and also his "Academic Treatise" (5 books and CDs). Should keep me busy for the next 30 years!

junheng



junheng -> RE: Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 9 2013 14:57:13)

Dear Erik. Thank you very much for your suggestion. I have put this on my wish list. :)
junheng



Paul Magnussen -> RE: Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 9 2013 16:02:06)

Those are good materials that you’ve got already. There’s also a lot of rubbish out there.

In addition I would also recommend:

• The Flamenco guitar by Juan Grecos (Donn Pohren’s brother-in-law). It’s an old book, without a CD or video, and it’s now out of print; but you may be able to pick up a second-hand copy for cheap. The material and the pacing of the lessons are both excellent, and the explanations are clear.

• Gerhard Graf-Martínez’s two-volume book/CD/video opus.

You can find my reviews of both of these on Amazon.



junheng -> RE: Hello people - Which beginner course? (May 10 2013 11:54:32)

Hi Paul. Thank you for these suggestions. My materials are starting to arrive now and I'm starting to feel info overload! so I've put your suggestions on my wishlist. (Actually, I think that I already have Gerhard Graf-Martinez's opus somewhere. I need to check.)

Cheers! junheng



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