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| DVD-Learn To Play Flamenco Guitar | 
 enlarge | Director: Happy Traum
Actor: Aaron Gilmartin
Studio: Homespun Tapes
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 47907
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 210 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1932537953
UPC: 073999254518
EAN: 9781932537956
ASIN: B0002DVAHM
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
The passion and fire of flamenco, with its driving dance rhythms and spectacular melodies, has inspired guitarists for generations. This Spanish Gypsy folk music has its roots in the Middle East, and you can hear strains of Arabic, Jewish, Eastern European, Indian and other ethnicities in its powerful rhythms and harmonies. Aaron Gilmartin's clear, concise instructions will get you started playing flamenco guitar right away. All you'll need is a basic knowledge of the fingerboard and a nylon string guitar to learn this exciting musical tradition. Whether you now play classical, folk, blues or contemporary fingerstyle guitar, these DVDs will open a whole new world of music to you. Along with flamenco history, terminology and technique, Aaron teaches four of the most important flamenco forms, each with its own recognizable "feel," or aire: Tangos, a dance rhythm in 4/4 similar to the sounds made popular by the Gypsy Kings; Alegrias, a lighter, more uplifting style; Bulerias, the exciting and popular form played by everyone from Sabicas to Paco de Lucia; and Soleares, the "mother of all flamenco forms." In each form you'll learn the basic compas (rhythmic feel), and become familiar with strumming and picking techniques such as the rasgueado, abanico and picado. Throughout the two DVD lessons you'll develop your tone, rhythmic power, strumming variations and the improvisational melodies (falsetas) and heart-thumping rhythms that make flamenco so exciting to players and listeners alike.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 examples not shown in enough detail June 19, 2008
This instructional DVD does not go in detail about strum fingerings and picado fingerings. This DVD is not for beginners.
 This DVD lives up to the title June 16, 2008
My first DVD was Charles Sedlak's which got me started and playing entry level flamenco songs and techniques. Aaron Gilmartin is a much more polished guitarist and this double DVD goes into far more detail. The songs on this DVD are also more technically advanced to play. This DVD is not meant for the novice guitarist. I would make a case that flamenco guitar is not meant for the novice guitarist regardless to who the instructor is.
Excellent Flamenco introduction May 12, 2008
I purchased this 2 DVD set on a recommendation from a flamenco guitarist. Because I saw a negative review somewhere, I needed to write this review. First, this 2-DVD set is VERY WELL organized and Aaron Gilmartin does an excellent job of breaking down the flamenco styles and techniques required to play every piece on both DVDs. If you can fingerpick (bluegrass, folk, any fingerstyle), you can follow everything Gilmartin explains. He even tells you at what points of the DVDs you should hit "pause" and practice what he covered. If you want to explore flamenco and don't know anything about it, this DVD set is as good a starting point as the other instructional DVD's available out there. You won't be sorry, but you will have to devote yourself to it. Not because of any shortcomings in Mr. Gilmartin's presentation, but rather because flamenco is, indeed, a difficult and impressive style of guitar playing. Go for it!
Sorry is it supposed to teach me something? April 3, 2008
The presentation is not good. The guy is not prepared, repeats himself, lacking of methodology... Beside he got some horrible nail infection so the maestro's hands looking like he just had outbreak of leprosy. It is difficult to watch and hard to concentrate on video.
Not for the beginner July 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This DVD does not show or go over basic "how-to"s. Half of the first DVD is devoted to the author explaining Flamenco terminology definitions. The second half of this DVD then shows him playing two Flamenco songs without any explanation. Skip this DVD set altogther. Juan Martin's Flamenco education material is much much much better.
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