Yesterday I came across a large web site managed by Chuck Keyser, based in Santa Barbara, USA, and I was most impressed.
Here you can find very useful information for those starting out with flamenco, the table of contents includes:
Flamenco guitar
Falseta collections
Compás analysis: solea, bulería, alegría and siguiriya, amongst other things.
There are approximately twenty falsetas for each of the above toques: there is a lot of downloadable material from the site. But for the meat of the course, you will need to buy the CDs which include more analysis, video, transcriptions, etc. There are, it seems, plans to make video available. Of course, the falsetas from the collections are written out in the course…
I have not bought the CDs so am in no position to recommend, but it all comes with some positive reviews by some important flamenco names, including Don Phoren.
The aim of the Academy is not to teach students to play a set piece, but to assist the student to get to grips with what is perhaps the most important element of flamenco: flexibility within a particular compás.
Chuck cut his teeth in Morón as did several other North American and British guitarist during the 1960s, under the tutelage of the local singers, dancers and guitarists, most notably Diego del Gastor.
On his home page, found here, you can find several more resources. These include a description of flamenco forms, a quick and dirty flamenco compás analysis, music theory for flamenco, an introduction to basic flamenco guitar, and so on.
Some of the material has been posted for a long time and I have no idea how active the site is now.
