Paco De Lucia Bulerias
Paco de Lucia is the greatest flamenco guitarist the world has yet to know. A master of rasguedos and picados, Paco de Lucia bulerias are well known to be the best there are. He is now over 60 years old and he has been playing the guitar for over 50 years.
Though his favorite genre is the bulerias, Paco de Lucia has written songs in many different styles like rondenas, rumbas, alegrias and tangos. His alegrias in particular are some of the hardest pieces to play technique-wise.
He usually uses a capo on the third fret, and his best known bulerias are the songs “Almoraima” and “El Chorruelo”, both of them are very complex and blisteringly fast. Paco de Lucia bulerias require a level of technique unmatched by any other, so this makes his songs unique.
The biggest asset of Paco de Lucia is his feeling and natural touch on the guitar, and his instrument is always top notch; Hermanos Conde and Domingo Esteso are his most prized guitars which he uses in concerts. He is said to have practiced the guitar about 8-10 hours a day for the first few years, giving him complete control over most of the techniques.
Paco de Lucia bulerias are characterized by the fast paced falsetas which he alone can muster, and his balance of volume and power make what Paco de Lucia is best known for. Sometimes he plays bulerias in different keys, which technique-wise pose an even tougher challenge, which shows he is the king of bulerias; as he is known.