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Pgh_flamenco -> New Member Introduction (Dec. 5 2007 22:38:57)
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I’d like to introduce myself to the Foro.
I’ve been viewing posts for about eight months now and this site has been a great resource. I started playing guitar in the early 1980’s and after learning all the basics on electric and steel string acoustic decided to switch to flamenco. Problem was I lived in a rural area near Pittsburgh, PA and was stuck playing a classical guitar. I spent a year and a half practicing and experimenting. I would listen to Carlos Montoya albums and after looking at the pictures on the album covers I would attempt to develop right hand techniques. I knew about rasguaedo and managed to develop a fluid tremolo on my own, but it was p-q-a-m-i and not flamenco tremolo p-i-a-m-i. Not having anyone to show me how to execute and develop flamenco technique was frustrating and I quit playing over 20 years ago.
I found this site on an internet search and purchased a few instructional DVD’s. I’ve enjoyed all the information presented on this site as well as a few others. All the performance videos on youtube have been great, too. I even bought a flamenco guitar on Ebay with the help of Anders Eliasson (thanks Anders!)
I wish I had access to this information when I first started out. It would have made a world of difference. Flamenco has a lot more depth than I previously realized and it has taken some time for me to read and to absorb information about the traditions, palos, etc.
There were several times in the past few months that I thought I could have contributed something and will do so in the future. I’ve benefited from many of the more basic posts and really didn’t want to trouble anyone with questions that had already been answered in other posts.
I just wanted to thank everyone here for sharing their expertise; it’s opened my eyes to the unique musical world of flamenco.
John
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