Join a community of music enthusiasts with a passion for music education. He performs with a highly distinctive compositional style formed from his early. The book cotains 21 progressively graded solos for intermediate to advanced level players, as well as a cd and dvd containing all of the solos in the book, plus 4 bonus extras. Essential flamenco guitar by juan martin this is classical. Flamenco guitar juan martin flamenco, spanish musicians, guitar. Juan martins latest book essential flamenco guitar volumes 1 and 2 have just been published. A friend of mine has a ramirez 1a flamenco guitar that kicks on anything. Here is the book, in one complete volume, in which a topranking flamenco soloist and recording artist reveals the.
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The music for all these is accurately written in notation and flamenco tab cifra in the book, and is also recorded on the companion cd. He is also passionately committed to communicating the mysteries of this great tradition to others, as shown by his method book, transcription books, and videos. Play solo flamenco guitar with juan martin book, cd, and dvd. What are the essential elements and techniques of flamenco guitar playing. But this method book, essential flamenco guitar, gives a more indepth look at the various aspects of. A fanciful historical essay on the origins of the flamenco style begins this modest 32page volume. Play solo flamenco guitar with juan martin bookcddvd set. This comprehensive method assumes no knowledge of flamenco or. This is considered the ideal sound with which to accompany dancers. One can play nearly any kind of music on a flamenco guitar but it is sometimes difficult to get that sound out of a regular classical guitar with its darker tone and increased sustain. Books by juan martin author of play solo flamenco guitar with.
The main structural difference the flamenco guitar has in relation to the classical guitar is a thinner body. A video series of six lessons is now presented on two dvds with a total duration of three hours. Essential flamenco guitar volume 1 i would recommend that other beginners start there too. Well i started playing and most the guitar genres are pretty crappy in my opinion. Flamenco guitar juan martin flamenco, spanish musicians.
Juan martin flamenco guitar tab books, instruction dvds. It provides 21 solos, progressively graded in the three higher grades, 6 to 8, to suit players at intermediate and more advanced stages, who already have some experience of the instrument and the techniques of flamenco. I have played other forms of guitar quite badly for around 40 years, so that should give you an idea how tricky this beautiful flamenco can be. The purpose is to achieve a greater sound projection and a higher volume. Shop and buy play solo flamenco guitar with juan martin book, cd, and dvd sheet music.
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