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Ya, I saw this before. I admired their attempt of Gerardo's "Calima" at that concert. There are two video records of that performance on youtube, actually. Here's one:
He's definitely a find. There were moments when it was thrilling to watch and hear him play.
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He learned using i-a picado when he studied classical guitar and sometimes he reverts to it. He also now uses i-m.
I thought classical instructors were stricter than flamenco players when it can to this stuff. Do flamenco guitarists look down on players who use ia picado? It's so much easier than im picado.
I was simply saying he played i-a when he was playing classical guitar. He started i-m when he becoming interested in flamenco, about 2 years ago. I find i-a really hard to do probably because I don't practice it.