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Guitar2000

By miguel | Published: July 29, 2008

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 [...]

elementary – soleá 3

By miguel | Published: January 6, 2008

Here is the final installment of our soleá. There are four rasgueado exercises that form the basic soleá rasgueados. More details about these are given in the newly updated rasgueado page.You can download the pdf here: At the top of the page I have shown some simple chords that are most often used for this [...]

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elementary – soleá 2

By miguel | Published: December 16, 2007

Here is our second installment of soleá. Another fundamental part of the guitarists’ repetoire. The cierre (cadence or closure) is from Manuel Granados – more about this incredible man in later posts.

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elementary – soleá 1

By miguel | Published: December 16, 2007

This lesson introduces the soleá with the most simple of melodies. This melody, played only with the thumb is a fundamental part of the guitar repertoire. Although easy to play there are some important things to consider.

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elementary – rhythmic structures of the main “palos” (flamenco forms)

By miguel | Published: December 15, 2007

How can you start learning the rhythmic forms of flamenco? Start counting. Count the beats out loud, or in your head. Do it in any language you like, the idea is to start to develop a feel for the accents sub-consciously.