DVD-Learn To Play Flamenco Guitar

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.
Customer Review: examples not shown in enough detail
This instructional DVD does not go in detail about strum fingerings and picado fingerings. This DVD is not for beginners.
Customer Review: This DVD lives up to the title
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. “BUY NOW”