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I am looking for freely available videos (on youtube etc) of famous flamenco guitarists that should be watched for seeing maestros closely in action and to learn from.
For example, I think here are some nice videos that are shot in very simple setting but have great close up shots of hands and fingers in action. You can see how hands are positioned, how fingers are moving, thumb movements, if and when wrist is bent etc.
RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to himanshu.g)
Don't forget everyone one is built differently and you are somewhat a slave to your own physical build. Watch Vicente Amigo, Manolo Sanlucar and some others and you'll see there is more than one right way. There's a right way for you and that's harder to figure out.
RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to Leñador)
@Lenador couldn't agree more. please provide links for videos with closeups that are good for learning from the masters.
Its hard to filter noise when I do simple searches on youtube, too much stuff comes up and so does distraction. That is why I started this thread to collect few videos of different artists from collective wisdom of the forum members here.
RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to himanshu.g)
I gotta admit, I really don't get your post. Videos of great players get posted on the foro all the time. Did you work your way through all the vids in the This Weeks Flamenco Guitar Video thread?
RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to Dudnote)
@Dudnote
to clarify the intention, I was trying to collect links for videos which are good to watch for pedagogical reasons. For example is good performance but does not have close shots from the side angle etc unlike the videos I posted above.
RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to himanshu.g)
If you don't know them, then you should check out the clasic series Rito y Geografía del Cante. Many of them are on you tube. Also, the Puro y Jondo series.
RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to himanshu.g)
It's a bit of work but a lot of times you just have to find different videos of the same piece to get a good look at the whole thing. I don't know of any free resource of the kind you're looking for. You'll often get full-length close-ups in videos of other people playing the maestros' pieces, which is usually enough if what you need is just the fingering, but that may not be what you're looking for. Videos that promote a guitar for sale often have that close-up view but then you may not get the piece or artist you're looking for.
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RE: flamenco videos of maestros to w... (in reply to himanshu.g)
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