The World of the Flamenco Guitar and Its forms Volume 2 PDF. The decision to publish the transcription of The World of the Flamenco Guitar and its Forms is the decision to disseminate a major work. Now, all those who wish to learn about and explore this gem of Spanish music that has laid unnoticed for too long are able to do so. Manolo Sanlucar’s album trilogy is not only apt for flamenco or Spanish musicians but for guitarists worldwide since it constitutes the greatest of the many master classes this maestro has given in his long career. The...

Oscar Herrero – Flamenco Guitar Step by Step Basic Technique: Volume 2. After performing a taranta with accompaniment from hand clappers, Óscar Herrero explains advanced techniques for strumming using the thumb, alzapúa (right hand technique whereby the thumb is brandished repeatedly against the same string, usually a grave string) and tremolo (accompaniment with the thumb, index, middle and ring fingers on the same string, to give the impression of a faltering sound). Flamenco harmony. Playing in bulería and alegría styles. It also includes pieces for guitar recitals that summarise all the techniques that are explained in the volumes 1...

Gerardo is one of the most skilled and without doubt technically one of the most perfect flamenco guitarist. He has participated in experiences of jazz and other genres, being one of the most convincing cases of integration of the jondo sound in other musical schemes, which has come to be known as fusion. He composes enormously rich and complex music, without loosing the strength of the flamenco reference, and he performs himself with the technical capacity of a real virtuoso. This great interpreter and composer invites you here into his musical world. In the first part of this DVD...

Oscar Herrero – Flamenco Guitar Step by Step Basic Technique: Volume 1. Oscar Herrero, after playing the buleria, called “De colores”, reveals the secrets. For anyone who wants to become initiated in the flamenco guitar and to learn basic technique, Óscar Herrero explains each technique at length, movement after movement, including every detail. In this volume, he looks closely at the posture in which one should sit and how to hold the guitar, the position of the right hand, the thumb and thumb-index techniques, strumming with simple percussions, blows, strumming with blows, strumming without the thumb, flamenco tangos, picado...

This amazing video offers a many-faceted portrait of one of the most sought-after guitarists of modern flamenco. Jose Fernandez Torres, “Tomatito”, honoured with the highest awards of flamenco, famous for his masterly interpretations of Bulerias and Tangos, plays and explains, besides numerous falsetas of these two toques, further pieces from his repertoire: Alegrias, Minera, Solea por Bulerias. In addition, he plays a Tango and a Taranta with special tunings. All pieces are divided up into various passages and repeated slowly. Two percussionists accompany all the rhythmical palos. At the beginning of the DVD, Tomatito tells us more about himself...

Juan Lorenzo – 200 Exercises For The Flamenco Guitar. A new and complete series of exercises especially designed for practicing and developing flamenco guitar technique: rasgueados, alzapua, tremolo, picado, finger tapping, etc. Essential for the flamenco guitarist’s training. The characteristic sound of flamenco guitar music is the result of its particular technique. This book contains a wide selection of progressive exercises to help the student advance gradually and effectively along the road to becoming a skilled, successful flamenco guitar player. The book comes with a CD so the student can hear all the exercises played at slow speed. Spanish...

Pepe Habichuela, a paragon of pure and earthy flamenco, unifies the traditional and the modern; in this video he reveals the magical world of his guitarra gitana. He plays eight selected pieces from his repertoire: Soleares, Alegria, Fandango de Huelva, Bulerias, Taranta, Solea por Bulerias, Tangos, as well as an unpublished version of his famous Rumba “A Mandeli”. Pepe plays each toque first at normal speed and then the individual falsetas are repeated slowly. Two percussionists accompany all the rhythmical palos. This video provides a fascinating selection of reproduceable pieces from one of the great masters of the flamenco...

Moraito, the most important representative of the modern school of Jerez and undoubtedly one of the best accompanying guitarists for cante, plays and explains in the first part of this video five selected pieces from his repertoire: two Bulerias, Sevillanas, Tangos and Vals-Bulerias. The second part is devoted to Moraito’s speciality: together with singer Fernando Terremoto Moraito focusses on basic principles and difficulties of the accompaniment of cante using Malaguenas, Seguiriyas and Tientos/Tangos. Fernando Terremoto, son of the legendary cantaor Terremoto, is gifted with one of the most outstanding flamenco voices of the young flamenco generation. In this video...

Paco Serrano, the winner of the “Concurso Nacional de la Guitarra Flamenca de Cordoba” is one of the few top flamenco guitarists who still dedicate part of their time to tuition. In this video Paco Serrano explains the different techniques of the flamenco guitar (pulgar, rasgueado, arpegio, tremolo, alzapua, ligados) with reference to Solea. Each falseta is played at normal speed and then slowly. The point of departure being the rhythm of Solea, the student step by step learns more about Alegrias, Bulerias, Tangos, Tarantas, as well as exceptional techniques like a seven-note-tremolo, special rasgueos and much more. In...

Juan Martin explains and demonstrates the essential techniques and rhythmic forms of Flamenco guitar playing in six progressive lessons, designed for all players from beginning to advanced. The lessons show you in detail many varieties of the basic rhythms which form the foundation of flamenco guitar styles. They also give a wealth of traditional and modern flamenco solos, accurately transcribed into music notation and easy-to-follow ‘cifra’ tabulature, all presented in a video series of six lessons. In this way you lear not only how to play but also what to play, as the lessons build into a substantial repertoire...