Author Archives: miguel

This site and its future

Some of you may have noticed that I have not been active over the last year or so here. That is not to say that the project is abandoned, but life (as well as literal and metaphorical family deaths)  has got in the way of further development. I have created a server using an old computer [...]
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Scales

I have now written out, in tab and stave the scales based on A. Go to the “scales the notes” to find the pdf.
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Guitar2000

So many people claim to be self taught guitarists. But in reality, few successful guitarists are self taught: everyone has a teacher, thıough Abel Carlevaro is a possible exception. Some people have formal lessons and others, less formal lessons. Many elite guitarists had formal lessons: Tomatito? Pedro Blanco (from Málaga Musical), amongst others. Vicente Amigo? Manolo Sánlucar, amongst [...]
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1954: The First Anthology of Flamenco

This first anthology was a collection of recordings of the basic flamenco forms of flamenco. This intention was more difficult than might appear at first sight due to the popularity of Opera Flamenco, and its most important representative: Pepe Marchena. A previous attempt had been made to preserve the old traditional otherwise known as the [...]
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Part 3d: Camarón

The inclusion of Camarón immediately after the sections on duende and voice types in flamenco is because of the revolutionary impact that he had on the flamenco world. Stuffy, secretive and aloof might be words used to describe some of the driest and most earnest flamencos before Camarón. Camarón unwittingly gave flamenco a universal appeal [...]
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