hi people I love classical guitar and flamenco, let's jam

6/22/2007 11:01:55 PM

i play all types of guitar. not just classical. let's jam.

6/25/2007 8:30:11 AM

I think Raleigh Music Academy rejected me. I called them 2 weeks ago about learning flamenco and they said they'd get their teacher to call me back in a day or two.

and I'm trying to learn this song:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qsBD-mqhMHE

[Edited on June 25, 2007 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2007 2:20:10 PM

that video sucks. you should learn on your own instead of hoping for instructors to help you. I never got lucky to have any guidance and I survived.

6/25/2007 7:18:57 PM

all your posts are dripping with resentment, like you're some kind of victim

watch out for this guy, someone get him put in a looney bin

6/25/2007 7:33:42 PM

Eh? You talking about me?

6/25/2007 8:17:45 PM

no you're fine

kurtmai is the next cho seung hui

6/25/2007 9:09:35 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55YLZpLZN7o

Nunez is so freaking good. The tremolo on that is insane and then he kicks it into high gear.

[Edited on June 29, 2007 at 1:48 AM. Reason : ]

6/29/2007 1:47:43 AM

This is an excellent video on learning some basic flamenco styles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBO73s_-z4U

What's weird is that I was actually starting to do those "modified A scales" before I'd seen that video. I discovered them while plucking through on the frets and thought they sounded nice.

[Edited on June 29, 2007 at 2:06 AM. Reason : ]

6/29/2007 2:01:11 AM

I think I'm selling my classical guitar, case, and books if anyone wants to think about learning to play.

6/29/2007 7:25:22 AM

the master:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=paco+de+lucia&search=

6/29/2007 10:31:49 PM

^^ how much are you selling them for

6/30/2007 1:00:25 AM

I'm selling all my classical guitar stuff.

Here is my thread in classifieds:
http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=484112

It's all in amazing condition, new strings, good resources for learning.

6/30/2007 6:22:25 PM

Learning some Paco Copero solos.

also I've printed out some Gerardo Nunez sheet music. hard as fuck.

7/12/2007 9:21:58 PM

can you post them?

7/12/2007 10:20:02 PM

http://www.flamenco-world.com/magazine/indices/9guitar_partituras.htm

7/13/2007 8:14:38 PM

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

I can now play the part between 0:58 and 1:43. Still working on the "hammers" though.

7/16/2007 10:41:33 PM

New song that I want to learn, if only I could find the sheet music/tabs:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J46eGwqzrxk

7/19/2007 3:11:10 PM

^Could someone please tell me what chord that is at the 0:22 mark? It looks like a G but when I play it that's not what it sounds like.

7/19/2007 9:31:23 PM

its a B7, from low to high E : x21202

7/19/2007 9:42:07 PM

i've been playing for over 15 years now. watching these guys makes me want to throw my guitar in the garbage. simply amazing.

7/21/2007 7:03:57 PM

You've been playing flamenco guitar or another style?

7/21/2007 7:59:13 PM

just guitar in general, if i picked a style, i guess its just blues/rock type of stuff. recently i've been trying to get into jazz, but its hard to break out of the blues/rock mold.

7/21/2007 8:02:36 PM

You must be pretty good having played 15 years. How hard is it to adapt to another style?

7/21/2007 9:02:40 PM

for me its tough. you have to take a new approach to phrasing, note choice, and rhythm. for example, i just learned two positions of the mixolydian mode, and now i'm like "ok, now what?" everything just sounds like a poorly played scale. i understand the theory of playing around chord shapes, but the execution is lacking. the most common progression is ii-V-I, but not just regular major or minor chords, but fancy pants jazzy sounding variations, which are cool, just takes some time getting the hang of grabbing them consistently and cleanly. having a small scale guitar and being able to stretch 5 or 6 frets helps, sometimes. and also a lot of jazz tends to be in an odd meter, like 5/4 or something. do if you're playing the rhythm chords, you have to really count to keep up.

switching from country-ish to rock to blues isn't that hard, its really all the same, and most songs are either 4/4 or 6/8. they're basically I-IV-V progressions so soloing is pretty straightforward.

even though i've been playing for a long time, i don't consider myself good. but its all relative, so who knows.

[Edited on July 21, 2007 at 9:35 PM. Reason : proofread. ]

[Edited on July 21, 2007 at 9:36 PM. Reason : proof read more. ]

7/21/2007 9:35:10 PM

I have absolutely no idea what you just said, lol.

7/21/2007 9:45:29 PM

ha ha. well, the short answer then is "pretty hard".

7/21/2007 9:49:15 PM

Well, from what I've read, Flamenco guitar goes on the "Phrygian mode."

7/21/2007 9:57:57 PM

if you're ever looking for a general guitar reference book, i highly recommend The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer. it a concise wealth of information covering playing styles, theory, repair, etc.

7/21/2007 10:19:50 PM

So, "Music & Arts Center" at Crossroads has a flamenco guitar teacher. $100 per month for 1 lesson a week. Seems like a good deal. The guy is supposed to be amazing too, apparently he won some award that's given out to flamenco guitarists. I'm probably going to get lessons.

8/8/2007 11:39:53 PM

sorta jazz/flamenco hybrid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkTUoESuQDg&mode=related&search=

8/11/2007 12:29:21 PM

Stairway to Heaven, flamenco style!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0

8/21/2007 3:55:11 PM