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I've been practicing almost every day for the past month using this book:

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So far it has taught me how to read sheet music somewhat, and I've learned fingering techniques. It's going slowly, and I am discouraged that I haven't learned anything specifically "flamenco" yet (the book focuses purely on classical styles.

I've found a teacher finally who will teach me classical guitar, but unfortunately his lessons are $34 per half hour, which is a little steep for me especially with my financial situation at the moment.

I've also considered signing up for http://www.flamenco-lessons.com. The few videos shown make it seem like an okay deal.

My goal is to play like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 2:46 AM. Reason : ]

4/3/2007 2:44:49 AM

4/3/2007 1:36:04 PM

I've found this site also:

http://herso.freeservers.com/index.html


Great tutorials and the guy seems really chill.

4/3/2007 4:10:58 PM

good luck. have you ever seen those guys? pretty amazing.

4/3/2007 5:52:54 PM

Yeah, that's the "fun" part. It's such a daunting task, but when I finally get a rasgueado that sounds perfect it's worth it.

4/3/2007 5:55:23 PM

ESTEBAN!

man, i just thought he was a late night cable TV guy, but he's actually pretty cool. his story is pretty impressive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban

4/3/2007 7:03:28 PM

Anyone have a site that shows chord fingering? I'm trying to find out the positioning for an E7....

4/4/2007 2:39:32 PM

i figured out how stupid i was last night after i left the theater.

just put your first finger on the first fret on the g string. played the highest four strings.

that's it

d (open) - g# (1st finger) - b (open) - high e (open)

[Edited on April 4, 2007 at 2:42 PM. Reason : .]

4/4/2007 2:41:58 PM

haha ok... thanks.

4/4/2007 3:20:21 PM

i was going to link you to olga.net and a simple text file, but then realized they're defunct.

this little java seems to be decent:

http://www.michaelhogg.btinternet.co.uk/gce/

4/4/2007 3:25:38 PM

awesome

4/4/2007 9:31:47 PM

i've been playing guitar since i was 12, but for some reason i've never been able to make my fingers move like they need to for the flamenco style

so if you can do it, kudos

4/4/2007 9:48:57 PM

I've got a classical that I've been trying to learn how to play for forever. That shit is hard.

Good luck buddy.

4/4/2007 11:49:27 PM

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" http://www.michaelhogg.btinternet.co.uk/gce/ "

thats cool as fuck. just that site alone is worth an entire subscription to teh internets





[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 12:09 AM. Reason : ]

4/5/2007 12:09:00 AM

Incredibly Lame Update

-Learning 1/8th notes, sharps, reading music...

-Still hoping I can afford that teacher when I get a real job.

4/10/2007 1:17:46 PM

Estaban ftw

4/10/2007 2:37:07 PM

All I did yesterday at work was practice quadruplet and triplet rasgueado. My hands hurt.

5/3/2007 11:34:01 AM

I've been learning fingering techniques.




With your mom.

5/3/2007 11:48:19 AM

5/3/2007 11:50:22 AM

No, really, she's a great guitar player.

5/3/2007 11:55:29 AM

God, I'm in the same boat with you.

I'm working through this:

Yes, the guy looks fruity and queer, but the book is pretty good.

Plus I'm working on all these Segovia scale sheets.... fookin retarded hard.

5/3/2007 2:05:27 PM

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"the guy looks fruity and queer"

My thoughts exactly when I first saw that book, but it really is a good book. I'll second a recommendation for it.

5/4/2007 2:05:15 PM

Anyone know Spanish?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6z7woD0_IhU

5/7/2007 3:02:28 AM

Esteban is a hack of epic proportion.

5/7/2007 3:24:35 AM

5/7/2007 4:02:43 AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UkjFn-dZJcY

I know that guy is awesome, what I'm really trying to figure out though is the chords that the OTHER guy in that video is playing....

[Edited on May 7, 2007 at 12:05 PM. Reason : ]

5/7/2007 12:02:15 PM

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"Esteban is a hack of epic proportion."

how so?

i thought the story about how he recovered from a devastating car accident with a drunk driver is pretty inspiring. he apparently recovered from significant nerve damage and vision damage, to refocus his career.

5/7/2007 1:18:24 PM

Awesome video about bulerias

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yzgWLnp_Ysc

5/8/2007 2:10:40 AM

It's certainly impressive that Esteban recovered from his accident to play guitar again.

It's certainly not impressive that he's a mediocre guitar player who peddles his crappy guitars and CDs of white bread elevator music on QVC, all while constantly invoking the name of Segovia.

5/8/2007 7:30:56 AM

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"all while constantly invoking the name of Segovia."

yeah, I do have to agree on that point. that's blasphemy...

5/8/2007 9:46:33 AM

So, I got this tuner today:



and for some reason it is reading out my D as a C sharp.... wtf?

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 3:48 PM. Reason : ahh fixed it, it was way too low]

5/8/2007 3:45:17 PM

We were doing it wrong or is it just now messing up?

5/8/2007 3:46:34 PM

For anyone know cares, I'm now trying to learn this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-2y2ovSkCU

I can master the chords, but when that guy speeds up... man I just get lost

5/8/2007 4:02:25 PM

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"all while constantly invoking the name of Segovia."

hmm. ive never really heard any of his own music.

but i just recently read about the controversy regarding his "tutelage" under Segovia.

yeah, it's looking a little sketch. too bad. i thought he seemed pretty cool at first glance

:/

5/8/2007 6:45:44 PM

there is one famous guitarist that was in a music video, during the filming the dancers (spanish style) wanted his autograph rather than the singers much to the singers chagrin

5/9/2007 2:21:42 PM

I'm learning how to play "Cancion del Mariachi." It's the song played in the introductory scene of Desperado. It's fun.

5/16/2007 8:45:39 PM

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"for some reason it is reading out my D as a C sharp.... wtf? [Edited on May 8, 2007 at 3:48 PM. Reason : ahh fixed it, it was way too low]"

>.<

5/16/2007 9:13:50 PM

^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5GU6Jpbyg

This is that song

I've been looking at other people playing it and they're all playing high up bar chords like on the 8th fret... so I dunno. The tabs that I found are way up on the 2nd fret :/

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 9:41 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2007 9:25:32 PM

^ how long have you been playing guitar, before starting to learn flamenco?

5/16/2007 9:36:28 PM

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"^ how long have you been playing guitar, before starting to learn flamenco?"

Never

5/16/2007 9:41:42 PM

So Cif82 is bringing his guitar to work today. He's going to play the rhythm to "Cancion del Mariachi" and I'll play the lead. Should be... interesting.

5/20/2007 2:30:46 PM

haha, this went well

5/20/2007 8:52:55 PM

Now I just need to find the chords for acoustic "rebel yell"

5/20/2007 11:43:57 PM

They should be exactly the same as for electric "rebel yell"

5/21/2007 12:02:23 AM

I dunno... the ones I've found have all these notations for where you're supposed to hit the whammy bar and such.

Plus, I haven't found anywhere that lists the solo as well.

5/21/2007 2:35:47 AM

these kids own me so hard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_OzT7Xyvok

6/2/2007 5:39:48 PM

damn you wolfweb for making me not want to click on any links in this thread to keep from getting rolled.

btw, i think that sounds awesome. but i suppose classical is a place to start. once you get the basics down, then you can move on.

[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 5:44 PM. Reason : d]

6/2/2007 5:43:29 PM

Bouree in E minor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KviR-Sx0Cqo

6/3/2007 12:22:31 PM

Random update:

Still practicing rumba rhythm. Looking for an old Mexican guitar player if anyone knows one.... :-/

6/8/2007 4:03:39 AM

that java link for the chord finder isnt bad...

i also like to use http://www.looknohands.com

that'll show you scales and chords... and i think the layout is a little neater

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 9:58 AM. Reason : link]

6/10/2007 9:57:22 AM