Learning Guitar Scales has undoubtedly been a problem of every guitarist, as much as a question in itself as to whether or not it’s worth doing it. While it’s true that scales will help you speed up your guitar playing, it’s also unreliable as far as musical theory goes. You don’t really learn any music Read the Rest…
Flamenco Cantinas is not really a flamenco genre, the term rather defines a range of cantes (or styles of song) that all have the same base rhythm. Cantinas are generally live, happy songs; some of the more well known styles are the alegrias, mirabras and caracoles. All the styles included in Flamenco Cantinas are festive Read the Rest…
The Alegrias term means happy, or joy; it is derived from the Latin term alicer. This genre belongs to the same category as the cantinas. It started off as a song for dancing but thanks to the contribution of the flamenco greats there are now even solo alegrias pieces. Often accompanied by a cajon or Read the Rest…
The flamenco rumba is a Spanish style with American origins. Over the last half a century it has become the universal symbol of flamenco; famous for it’s exquisite flowing rhythm that is suitable for dancers and solo guitarists alike. Flamenco is formed out of 3 major divisions. Singing, dancing and playing the guitar. Few flamenco Read the Rest…
Flamenco guitar music is unique because of a number of perks. In spite of a certain degree of classical music into it, it is very different in both technique and feeling. Bits of jazz improvisation can also be found in flamenco guitar music, but this doesn’t mean it is jazzy or that it has a Read the Rest…
In flamenco, fixed forms dictate how a song must be carried out. This is very helpful to both the instrumentists as well as the singers and dancers. But while this is useful in the actual playing of the music, it is very dampening to a guitarists capability to do a flamenco guitar solo. These styles Read the Rest…
This free online guitar lesson will deal with a little bit more advanced and detailed techniques. Namely the picados and alzapua. Both of these techniques are characteristic to flamenco guitar and both are really hard to master. As they stand they are at the complete opposite of one another, the picado is alternate index and Read the Rest…
Most free acoustic guitar lessons contain redundant information regarding exercises and chord patterns you should practice, but they don’t really give away any important information. The reason is that you can already find this stuff everywhere. However it is easy to establish what is important. The division is usually between left hand technique and right Read the Rest…
In effect every guitar picking techniques should develop themselves, but generally people are too lazy for that so there are some standard techniques available. The big problem with learning these techniques is that unless someone who already knows them correctly is teaching you, you will most certainly learn them defectively. How does that happen ? Read the Rest…
Paco De Lucia is the greatest flamenco guitarist the world has yet to know. Famous for his unparalleled technique and brilliant compositions, Paco De Lucia flamenco is a new art, he has found a new way to play flamenco. Thanks to his rigorous training of 4-10 hours a day since the age of 7, Paco Read the Rest…