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eddiewagner · June 26th, 2009, 05:44 AM

hi friends, i want to learn something totally new and flamenco-style would be cool. i have no idea how things are done down in anadlucia. are there any good dvds on the market? thanks, eddie

jazztele · June 26th, 2009, 10:07 PM

gerhard graf-martinez's "flamenco" series is tops, but it's pretty serious.

flamenco isn't really something you dabble in, but theres plenty of books of spanish pieces with CD's that'll do you too...but for a method book, graf-martinez is awesome.

eddiewagner · June 27th, 2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jazztele

gerhard graf-martinez's "flamenco" series is tops, but it's pretty serious.

just ordered it. he jazztele, my plan is to steal some licks, some techniques and try to mix them into my countryblues-surf-maneuvres that i regularly play.

jazztele · June 27th, 2009, 09:38 AM

shoot man...i dunno if that's the book you want then---like i said, it's a method book, and flamenco is some pretty serious technique! it will get your right hand cooking though--some rasgueos in a surf tune should sound great too...

eddiewagner · July 2nd, 2009, 04:55 AM

i just got graf-martinez dvd "gipsy guitar". super! extremely cool rhythm pattern, that will turn you into a gipsy king in no time. i played a bit of that stuff on my dreadnough and that works great.

jazztele · July 2nd, 2009, 01:53 PM

glad you dig it man! the rhythms are where it's at--much of flamenco is improvised, which is why i like it so much...it's all about the dance.

polishcomedy · September 11th, 2009, 01:30 AM

I'd have to second the Graf-Martinez Flamenco Books 1-2. I've come across many flamenco tutorials, and that one is hands down the best. I went out and got a concert level flamenco guitar hand made in Mexico, and it plays like butter. I've gotten pretty good at the stuff, and as you said, I have managed to mix it in with other styles that I play. I even do stuff like the quintuplet tremolo and rasguedos on my fretted bass. Fun stuff. I'm a huge flamenco freak, so anything you want to know just ask!

Bob Mc · September 11th, 2009, 02:07 PM

OK, so I read this thread to check out the flamenco, and wound up watching a bunch of polishcomedy's stuff; Patrick, really really great work!

(my wife and inlaws are all Polish, so I just had to look).

polishcomedy · September 11th, 2009, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Mc

OK, so I read this thread to check out the flamenco, and wound up watching a bunch of polishcomedy's stuff; Patrick, really really great work!

(my wife and inlaws are all Polish, so I just had to look).

Thank you, kind sir! I have a lot of stuff planned to post to YouTube soon, so don't be a stranger!

June 26th, 2009, 05:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
eddiewagner Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ROCK!linghausen/germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,096 27 Photos	can you recommend a flamenco dvd? hi friends, i want to learn something totally new and flamenco-style would be cool. i have no idea how things are done down in anadlucia. are there any good dvds on the market? thanks, eddie __________________ My Drum/Guitar-Duo: www.myspace.com/captaintwangandhisrhythmcat

June 26th, 2009, 10:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 30 Posts: 4,101	gerhard graf-martinez's "flamenco" series is tops, but it's pretty serious. flamenco isn't really something you dabble in, but theres plenty of books of spanish pieces with CD's that'll do you too...but for a method book, graf-martinez is awesome. __________________ "Jazz isn't a what, it's a how" -- Bill Evans

June 27th, 2009, 09:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 30 Posts: 4,101	shoot man...i dunno if that's the book you want then---like i said, it's a method book, and flamenco is some pretty serious technique! it will get your right hand cooking though--some rasgueos in a surf tune should sound great too... __________________ "Jazz isn't a what, it's a how" -- Bill Evans

July 2nd, 2009, 04:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
eddiewagner Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ROCK!linghausen/germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,096 27 Photos	i just got graf-martinez dvd "gipsy guitar". super! extremely cool rhythm pattern, that will turn you into a gipsy king in no time. i played a bit of that stuff on my dreadnough and that works great. __________________ My Drum/Guitar-Duo: www.myspace.com/captaintwangandhisrhythmcat

July 2nd, 2009, 01:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 30 Posts: 4,101	glad you dig it man! the rhythms are where it's at--much of flamenco is improvised, which is why i like it so much...it's all about the dance. __________________ "Jazz isn't a what, it's a how" -- Bill Evans

September 11th, 2009, 01:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
polishcomedy Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando Age: 30 Posts: 245	I'd have to second the Graf-Martinez Flamenco Books 1-2. I've come across many flamenco tutorials, and that one is hands down the best. I went out and got a concert level flamenco guitar hand made in Mexico, and it plays like butter. I've gotten pretty good at the stuff, and as you said, I have managed to mix it in with other styles that I play. I even do stuff like the quintuplet tremolo and rasguedos on my fretted bass. Fun stuff. I'm a huge flamenco freak, so anything you want to know just ask! __________________ Patrick - Musician/Actor/Comedian www.youtube.com/polishcomedy

September 11th, 2009, 02:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
Bob Mc Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mo'town NJ Posts: 1,855	OK, so I read this thread to check out the flamenco, and wound up watching a bunch of polishcomedy's stuff; Patrick, really really great work! (my wife and inlaws are all Polish, so I just had to look). __________________ All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out. Mark Twain

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