Essential Flamenco Guitar: Volume 2

Product Description

The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these is the Bulerias. Juan Martin brings his many years of experience as an internationally renowned flamenco soloist and accompanist for singers and dancers to unraveling its mysteries, explaining and demonstrating very clearly the different elements of its rhythmic structure and the various ways it may be accented and counted. He uses traditional and more modern examples of the different kinds of rhythm and melodic passages (falsetas) to provide an invaluable understanding of this wonderful palo. The second rhythmic form is devoted to the popular flamenco Rumba, then Tangos, Tientos and that most profound of all the palos, the deeply moving Seguiriyas. Juan's solo playing is complemented by demonstrations of the guitar's role in accompanying the flamenco dance (baile) and song (cante) with the help of outstanding dancers Raquel de Luna and Miguel Infante and singers Amparo Heredia (La Repompilla) and Carlos Brias. The music for solo guitar is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra) and the online video contain nearly three hours of explanation and demonstrations. The series is complemented by two other best-selling Juan Martin volumes published by Mel Bay. These provide progressively graded solo material to extend the repertoire, from beginner to concert level. Includes access to online video.

Subtitle: An In-Depth Course for Absolute Beginners to More Advanced Players
Language: English
Pages: 140
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
First published: 2020
ISBN: 9781513466194

1) Introduction by Juan Martín

2) Key to Symbols and Notation

3) Tuning the Guitar

4) BULERÍAS

5) Introductory Bulerías Sequence

6) Bulerías – The Basic Compás

7) The Compás – Slightly Faster

8) Elements of the Compás

9) Golpes in the Compás of Bulerías

10) Estilo Campero – al golpe

11) Introducing the Straight Beat

12) The al golpe Beat Again

13) Counting in 6’s (with the Straight Beat)

14) More on the Straight Beat

15) Counting the Compás

16) Counting the 5 Accents Example 1

17) Counting the 5 Accents Example 2

18) Marking Beats 7, 8 and 10

19) Feeling the 6’s

20) A First Falseta

21) Thumb Technique in First Falseta

22) First Falseta – FASTER

23) Two More Falsetas

24) A Simpler Falseta

25) The Key Role of Ritmeo

26) Transition to G minor

27) Further Chord Changes in Ritmeo

28) Raquel Dances a Basic Bulerías

29) Two Classic Falsetas por arriba

30) Another Falseta por arriba

31) A Sad Falseta

32) Thumb Falseta No 1

33) Sequence in the Minor Key and por medio

34) A Sequence with Aranques

35) Analysis – The Timing of Aranques

36) Another Aranque

37) Ritmeo and Falsetas

38) Picado Falseta No 1

39) Picado Falseta No 2

40) Another Thumb Falseta

41) Some Modern Variations

42) Slapping Technique in Bulerías

43) Falseta in A Major Position

44) Raquel Demonstrates the Female Dance

45) The Llamada

46) The Accentuation in 6’s

47) Miguel Dances a Male Version

48) Raquel and Miguel

49) Amparo Sings Bulerías in Ronda

50) RUMBA

51) Rumba Sequence

52) Tu eres la fuente

53) Basic Compás

54) Right Hand in Rumba

55) Left Hand Apagado

56) Phrygian Chordal Sequence

57) Slapping Rhythm

58) Moving the Slaps

59) Rumba Song

60) Another Rhythm Technique

61) – in Slow Motion

62) Arpegio Rhythm

63) Summary of Four Rhythm Techniques

64) Rumba Solo

65) Maria Ángeles

66) El agua se va pa’ el rio

67) The Rumba’s Flexible Rhythm

68) Raquel Teaches a Simple Rumba

69) TIENTO

70) Comparison with Tangos

71) Alternative Tientos Ending with Transitional Chords

72) Falseta Imitating the Cante

73) A Traditional Falseta

74) Tientos por arriba

75) TANGOS

76) Introduction

77) Tangos with Retuned 6th string

78) Raquel Dances Tangos

79) SEGUIRIYAS

80) Counting the Compás (continued)

81) Falseta de Javier Molina

82) Falseta in the Bass

83) A Classic Falseta

84) Doubling the Rhythm

85) Modern Chords for Seguiriyas

86) More Falsetas

87) Miguel Dances Seguiriyas

88) Raquel Dances Seguiriyas, Carlos Sings

89) Amparo Sings Seguiriyas

90) Intro to Next DVD & Fandangos