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bolo -> Hi from España! (Jul. 15 2013 17:48:08)
Greetings everyone, Been playing the guitar on and off for many years, mainly hard rock/metal. About a year and a half ago I wanted to get back into playing again, however perhaps with my age my music tastes changed somewhat and found myself listening to more classical guitarists so I picked up a classical guitar and started learning the different techniques, fingerpicking etc... November 2012 was the month I moved to Valencia, Spain from the UK and in time here I've found myself drawn to Flamenco. I wish I knew years ago the different sounds that are achievable on acoustic guitars, percussion is something that is really interesting me. Anyway I've found this forum whilst Googling for various artists and pieces of music so thought I'd join up and say Hello :-)

Erik van Goch -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 15 2013 18:05:05)
Welcome to the foro and greetings from Holland. Does Bolo refer to that impressive guy Bruce Lee casted for his fabulous film Enter the dragon?

bolo -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 15 2013 18:38:44)
Hi Erik, Thanks, and Yes! The name is from Bolo Yeung I thought he was great in that movie and the name has been my usual forum ID for many years :)

Leñador -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 15 2013 21:01:11)
Hello and welcome from a fellow metal head \m/ there's a few of us on here.

avimuno -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 16 2013 5:45:22)
A few of us indeed! If it wasn't for Kirk Hammet and early Metallica, I would never have picked up a guitar [8D] Welcome to the Foro amigo, and greetings from France!

bolo -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 16 2013 8:11:33)
Yep I totally agree, Those early days when I managed to play the first bar to Metallica's Seek & Destroy or AC/DC's Hell Bells were great times :-) With Flamenco, it feels like I'm starting again somewhat, which isn't a bad thing, on the contrary it's quite exciting!

avimuno -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 16 2013 8:20:37)
quote: With Flamenco, it feels like I'm starting again somewhat, which isn't a bad thing, on the contrary it's quite exciting! This was my feeling exactly... it was like starting to learn the guitar all over again... and to some extent, it's true. There are many new things to learn and quite a few things to unlearn as well.

bolo -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 16 2013 8:36:42)
Oh what did you find you had to unlearn? quote: This was my feeling exactly... it was like starting to learn the guitar all over again... and to some extent, it's true. There are many new things to learn and quite a few things to unlearn as well.

avimuno -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 16 2013 10:28:41)
quote: Oh what did you find you had to unlearn? Mostly little things I picked up whilst playing electric guitar for over 10 years. Examples would include the left hand's thumb over the neck to fret the 6th string (pretty common with electric guitar players, but a no no in flamenco), not necessarily fretting the strings with the tip of my fingers, and the proper fingerings for scales... there are obviously different takes on such matters, and different approaches will suit different people, but I find that taking the time to unlearn those things and learn them again properly has proven to be a great benefit in the long run... even my playing on my electric guitar has improved as a result! [:)] Plus now I can do rasgeados and rabanicos on my Strat whilst it's plugged into a 100W MesaBoogie at full throttle... Now, that's Me(n)tal!!! [8D]

bolo -> RE: Hi from España! (Jul. 16 2013 15:53:58)
ahh the thumb!.. Never really thought about that but now you've mentioned it I'll watch what I'm doing more closely

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