This book/cd set contains 15 beautiful flamenco guitar solos in notation and tablature written especially for teachers, students and soloists. Flamenco guitar selections you will want in your repertoire for club and concert work.All selections have been re-recorded by Ben Bolt on the newly released companion CD as of December 15, 2005.
Providing the "What," "How," and "Why," master guitarist and teacher Shawn Persinger shows you how to get the most out of the best guitar books. You'll find insightful commentaries and more than 100 individually tailored guitar lessons - in all styles - that will provide beginner, intermediate, and advanced players with a lifetime of knowledge, insight, and inspiration.Unlike any other guitar method, The 50 Greatest Guitar Books is part guitar instruction, part music appreciation, and part literary criticism. Persinger delivers as much practical musical content as he does analysis and educated insight.Includes contribution from legendary educators and players: Rik Emmett, Henry Kaiser, Steve Kaufman, Wolf Marshall, Tim Sparks, and many more.More than 100 stylized guitar lessons: Chord Voicings, Arpeggios, Two-Handed Tapping, Fingerpicking, Slide Guitar, Walking Bass Lines, Improvisation, and much more.Featuring all styles: Blues, Classical, Funk, Metal, Rock, Jazz, World, Ragtime, Flamenco, Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Pop, Latin, Fingerpicking, Country, Fusion, and more.
This book was written for the student who wants to learn to play flamenco guitar correctly in the shortest time possible. A fanciful historical essay on the origins of the flamenco style begins this modest 32-page volume. Several of the most common techniques are used in the various introductory pieces, including various forms of rasgueos and the 4-note tremolo. Classical guitarists with 1-2 years of experience will enjoy these challenging exercises and pieces. All studies and solos are shown in notation and tablature, and are included on the enclosed CD.
Flamenco Explained, The Guitarist's Survival Guide, is the first book that breaks down the inner workings of flamenco and helps the guitarist truly understand this this amazing art form. Flamenco Explained presents the underlying architecture of flamenco in a new way that is accessible to all musicians and prepares the aspiring guitarist to accompany flamenco dance and Cante and communicate with other flamenco musicians. Flamenco Explained has already been used as the foundation for Berklee College of Music's first ever flamenco guitar class.
The Total Flamenco Guitarist is an exciting journey into the world of flamenco guitar playing, a style loved by the world for its explosive techniques and depth of emotion. This book and CD kit is a complete curriculum for beginning to advanced flamenco guitarists. The lessons are based on a three-pronged approach of technique, rhythm, and listening. The material is organized according to the major rhythmic families: fandango, tango, solea, siguiriyas, and more. You'll learn popular styles including rumba, bulerias, and sevillanas, and lots of authentic flamenco techniques such as rasgueado, arpeggio, picado, and tremolo. Whether you want to be a flamenco guitarist, or just incorporate some of these techniques into your own music, The Total Flamenco Guitarist is the book for you
The guitar lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in didactic guitar literature. This book, which includes the first three volumes of the original six-volume series, is an ideal introduction to classical guitar playing as well as to LatinAmerican guitar music. Text written in English and Spanish with French and German translations in an appendix at the back of the book
This is an easy to understand, step-by-step method which brings the colorful and exciting world of flamenco guitar within the reach of any guitarist. Contents include: History, the Capo, Tablature, How to Play Flamenco Guitar, Rasgueado, Triplets, Golpe, Picado, Ligato, Arpeggio, Tremolo, Sevillanas I,II,III, and IV, Fandangos de Huelva, Malaguena, Verdiales, Rumba, Soleares, Bulerias, Farruca, and Alegrias. Written in standard notation and tablature.
The Guitar Atlas series continues with a vivid exploration of Flamenco guitar. Dennis Koster, one of New York's most sought after teachers for over 25 years, guides you through distinctive rhythms such as soleares, alegras and buleras along with important techniques like rasgueado, tremolo and golpe. Features like standard notation and TAB as well as an accompanying CD demonstrating all examples and compositions in the book are sure to make learning this passionate style both easy and fun.
First Lessons Flamenco Guitar introduces the absolute basics of flamenco guitar. The book covers the fundamentals of reading music, including note and rest values, reading guitar tablature, finger names for the left and right hands, the names of guitar parts, and basic flamenco techniques and rhythms. This book and accompanying audio are meant for beginners who would like to familiarize themselves with the world of flamenco. Each lesson is accompanied by an audio track so students can hear what they are learning. Some online audio examples include different tempos for the same technique. First Lessons Flamenco Guitar will provide the base from which students can advance in their flamenco studies. Includes access to online audio.