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manicfingers -> RE: Anybody in Seville currently? (Aug. 11 2017 9:47:41)
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Yep, I started their guitar course in 2012 and dropped out literally within a few days. I was 44 at the time, and could see that I just couldn't pick up stuff fast enough, learning eye-eye, ear-to-ear. I suspect that too much wine and other things have gone under the bridge, so to speak :-)
I could play basic rasgueos, picado, knew the compás of the basic palos, but still I could feel that there was too much variation in the abilities in the class.
While the fastest students were picking up falsetas after being shown a few times, I was still fumbling around 10 mins later. I realized that this was not my definition of 'fun', And this was the easy stuff, in the first week!
If you have been learning flamenco on your own at your own pace, as I had, with no pressure to pick up things quickly, then the very best thing you could do is to use the month you have left to stick on some YouTube videos on falsettos, compás variations.. anything flamenco-guitarist really, and challenge yourself to pick them up in the shortest time possible, with the fewest rewinds possible. Really dig dip, focus, concentrate and get your brain up to speed. Take frequent breaks.
I was so gutted, since I knew that the course was going to be *amazing*, even after a couple of days. Seriously.
You are younger and sharper than I was, so you will have an easier ride, I'm sure. I ended taking private lessons, at my own pace, but being around all the other students, artists, dancers etc would have been better.
Best of luck with it.. it's going to be great.. I'm totally jealous :-)
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