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Title: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: sinackular on November 28, 2010, 02:01:59 PM
Hi guys! Was wondering if anybody else in this forum shares the same passion for me in playing flamenco guitar. Been playing blues actually for 6 years but when I was exposed to Paco de Lucia and the like I immediately sold my strat and bought a flamenco guitar. Been self studying for a year now and been going to the spanish flamenco events in instituto cervantes de manila. Hope to meet fellow flamenco players here.
Cheers!
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: constipation on November 28, 2010, 02:33:42 PM
Hi guys! Was wondering if anybody else in this forum shares the same passion for me in playing flamenco guitar. Been playing blues actually for 6 years but when I was exposed to Paco de Lucia and the like I immediately sold my strat and bought a flamenco guitar. Been self studying for a year now and been going to the spanish flamenco events in instituto cervantes de manila. Hope to meet fellow flamenco players here.
Cheers!
Wow, minsan pumunta ako dyan with my gf ganda ng mga film dyan parang indie yung setup at plot ng film nila, kadalasan Spanish ngalang pero may subtitle naman eh. Regarding sa flamenco lesson nila, mero pala sila ngayun kolang nalaman :-)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: dantuts on November 28, 2010, 02:50:47 PM
gijira , mandarin has been holding flamenco jams and other CG music as well. msg them regarding schedule you sure want to meet them.
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: jbarot on November 28, 2010, 04:54:56 PM
I play a bit of flamenco, but it's the really basic stuff. I play classical guitar mainly, but I do have a flamenco guitar.
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: william251082 on November 28, 2010, 06:24:53 PM
Eto graduation recital ko sa Arnhem Conservatory sa Netherlands
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: hack3rberry on November 28, 2010, 07:01:35 PM
big fan of paco de lucia here.
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: Silaw on November 28, 2010, 07:29:03 PM
my dad is a childhood friend of adolfo toyoda timuat. they don't really get together much now (since adolfo's in spain or touring), but we've been to his concerts here and we kinda hung out for a bit while he was here. i really wished he would gift me with one of his adolfo guitars, pero asa hehe.
i was inspired to try my hand at spanish classical because of maestro timuat, but all i really managed to do was segovia's estudio sin luz and tarrega's gran vals (you know, the nokia ring tune).
maybe i should try learning again, start from simple pieces. at the very least it's a rich source of inspiration.
sinackular: does the instituto cervantes have like basic classes or something?
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: kelen on November 28, 2010, 11:24:45 PM
vicente amigo, anyone? :-D
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: guitarwiz02 on November 30, 2010, 09:27:22 AM
Paco de Luccia will always be my top dog when it comes to flamenco guitar. But this guy is just as good! Carlos Montoya, ladies and gentlemen.
+1 on the frustrated list. Bought Aaron Gilmartin Flamenco DVD but never got the hang of it. Paturo na lang ako kay Mandarin.
parehas tayo..hehe...galing nga nun...paturo sana ako sakanya kaso malayo...nagkita kami minsan pero kulang sa oras para makapaglesson ng madami... :-D
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: janna on December 04, 2010, 04:44:28 AM
my philosophy professor back in college gave me a copy of de lucia, yerbaguena and tomatito cds. they're really great! i wish i could play the guitar just like that, but i cant afford flamenco guitar lessons, i can't even afford a decent guitar! haha so i just settle with listening the music. =)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: cky on December 04, 2010, 12:41:11 PM
my philosophy professor back in college gave me a copy of de lucia, yerbaguena and tomatito cds. they're really great! i wish i could play the guitar just like that, but i cant afford flamenco guitar lessons, i can't even afford a decent guitar! haha so i just settle with listening the music. =)
start ka nalang sa chipipay na guitars (classical or whatever), get some lessons from youtube and other ebooks, you already started the first part anyway - to listen and listen...
humawak ako ng classical guitar nung isang araw, iba talaga yung feel...sarap din e...naisip kong bumili ng guitarra and practice flamenco, but then...priorities muna...and will listen to more stuff first before learning the craft...
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: jbarot on December 04, 2010, 01:56:31 PM
my philosophy professor back in college gave me a copy of de lucia, yerbaguena and tomatito cds. they're really great! i wish i could play the guitar just like that, but i cant afford flamenco guitar lessons, i can't even afford a decent guitar! haha so i just settle with listening the music. =)
actually flamenco guitars started out from cheap reject tonewoods because the gypsies couldn't afford decent guitars. over the years umarte lang yung mga luthiers, nowadays you'll see them made with fancy grade wood with high prices. if you get a chance to look at the really old flamenco guitars (like an old Torres) you'd see that it's not well made and the wood is not of good quality, may knots pa nga yung iba. in fact if you look under the top the bracing is not well carved and there's lots of glue squeeze out. but if you listen to a good player thru that guitar, man...hayup! one of the reasons that i've concluded that the guitar is only but a small fraction of tone, its only an extension of the player.
so don't worry about what kind of guitar you have for flamenco. just play!! :-)
but if you want to be technical about it, i think the only thing you need to look for in a flamenco guitar is that so called "dry" tone, with really fast note decay. in other words walang gaanong sustain. because flamenco playing uses lots of chords and fast strumming patterns it will sound muddy will a true classical guitar with all the tones overlapping each other.
and also, install a clear plastic adhesive for pickguards around the top for the fingertaps. they're called "golpadeores" without them your guitar will scratch and will have damage.
don't let the guitar you have stop you from playing whatever you want.
good luck!
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: constipation on December 04, 2010, 02:28:25 PM
start ka nalang sa chipipay na guitars (classical or whatever), get some lessons from youtube and other ebooks, you already started the first part anyway - to listen and listen...
humawak ako ng classical guitar nung isang araw, iba talaga yung feel...sarap din e...naisip kong bumili ng guitarra and practice flamenco, but then...priorities muna...and will listen to more stuff first before learning the craft...
Tama, mas magandang expose mo muna tenga mo sa pakikinig bago humawak o magaral ng flamenco :-)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: bklixuz on December 04, 2010, 11:47:59 PM
Paco de Luccia and trios los panchos fan here :) sabor a mi.. I wish a flamenco G for Christmas! Santa hear me..
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: janna on December 05, 2010, 01:36:28 AM
my philosophy professor back in college gave me a copy of de lucia, yerbaguena and tomatito cds. they're really great! i wish i could play the guitar just like that, but i cant afford flamenco guitar lessons, i can't even afford a decent guitar! haha so i just settle with listening the music. =)
actually flamenco guitars started out from cheap reject tonewoods because the gypsies couldn't afford decent guitars. over the years umarte lang yung mga luthiers, nowadays you'll see them made with fancy grade wood with high prices. if you get a chance to look at the really old flamenco guitars (like an old Torres) you'd see that it's not well made and the wood is not of good quality, may knots pa nga yung iba. in fact if you look under the top the bracing is not well carved and there's lots of glue squeeze out. but if you listen to a good player thru that guitar, man...hayup! one of the reasons that i've concluded that the guitar is only but a small fraction of tone, its only an extension of the player.
so don't worry about what kind of guitar you have for flamenco. just play!! :-)
but if you want to be technical about it, i think the only thing you need to look for in a flamenco guitar is that so called "dry" tone, with really fast note decay. in other words walang gaanong sustain. because flamenco playing uses lots of chords and fast strumming patterns it will sound muddy will a true classical guitar with all the tones overlapping each other.
and also, install a clear plastic adhesive for pickguards around the top for the fingertaps. they're called "golpadeores" without them your guitar will scratch and will have damage.
don't let the guitar you have stop you from playing whatever you want.
good luck!
wow that was really interesting! hey thanks for sharing! i really appreciate it! in fact i saved what you wrote in a word doc! that quite changed my perspective =)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: music_adik_to on December 05, 2010, 03:31:57 AM
I play a bit of flamenco, but it's the really basic stuff. I play classical guitar mainly, but I do have a flamenco guitar.
same here... i play classical as well... i play most of the time electric... :-)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: jbarot on December 05, 2010, 07:52:47 AM
you're very welcome, janna! :-) think of it this way: when you get better at flamenco the rest of us mere mortals would just stupidly stare and marvel at your music, and i'd bet we won't even notice the guitar you'll be playing. the music always comes first. the rest is just gravy hehehehe
same here... i play classical as well... i play most of the time electric... :-)
i play classical because its fun for me. also practical and logical, i don't have a band anymore and i don't like setting up the electric gear for playing so i sold my electrics. i play solo and i can't f#%@ing sing to save my life so the transition to classical was welcome step for me. :-D so now i'm down to three guitars: my classical, my flamenco (which is not really mine, i made it for my wife. and its on a boat on its way here) and a steel string taylor. i'm happy to say that i don't get GAS anymore hahahaha!!
but i do make guitars. i made my classical and like i've mentioned, the flamenco. i've brought tonewoods here and they are seasoning and i can't wait to make more! its fun for me and its just a hobby.
i don't know how to post pics here (i've tried, pero palpak, is it because of my apple platform?) but here's a few pics of my builds:
and a few pics of my classical: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/23524834 :-)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: sinackular on December 05, 2010, 09:10:53 PM
Awesome! nice to know there are fellow flamenco lovers here as well.
Silaw - Every time Instituto Cervantes hosts a flamenco event, more often than not the guest guitarist hosts a master class 1 or 2 days before the actual event.
Janna - Funny, I have a philosophy teacher too that lent me some flamenco material. His name is Mr. Raj Mansukani from DLSU :)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: janna on December 05, 2010, 11:39:27 PM
Awesome! nice to know there are fellow flamenco lovers here as well.
Silaw - Every time Instituto Cervantes hosts a flamenco event, more often than not the guest guitarist hosts a master class 1 or 2 days before the actual event.
Janna - Funny, I have a philosophy teacher too that lent me some flamenco material. His name is Mr. Raj Mansukani from DLSU :)
@sinackular: haha nice! im also referring to the same prof, Dr. Raj! he invited me once to a flamenco dance event and there were filipino as well as spanish dancers. another philo prof from dlsu (Dr. Leni) is a flamenco dancer.
@jbarot: wow you got an 8 string guitar, that's really cool! really great handmade guitars i saw from picturetrail! i dont have a facebook account so i cant access your other guitar photos, but i really wish to see them though. i think you can use photobucket to post pics here. nevertheless i am amazed by your skills!
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: constipation on December 06, 2010, 01:08:54 AM
@sinackular: haha nice! im also referring to the same prof, Dr. Raj! he invited me once to a flamenco dance event and there were filipino as well as spanish dancers. another philo prof from dlsu (Dr. Leni) is a flamenco dancer.
@jbarot: wow you got an 8 string guitar, that's really cool! really great handmade guitars i saw from picturetrail! i dont have a facebook account so i cant access your other guitar photos, but i really wish to see them though. i think you can use photobucket to post pics here. nevertheless i am amazed by your skills!
Anti-social? :lol: joke lng my dear
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: rednas on December 14, 2010, 09:24:39 AM
I used to play classical cause I took up some lessons - and was really fascinated with the flamenco style, specially the right hand techniques... Pag may events do post here para makanood. :-D
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: 5150 on December 09, 2011, 06:21:14 AM
Wondering if there are still posters who are interested in this thread... get in touch... I'm also into flamenco and classical guitar playing :money:
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: sinackular on December 09, 2011, 09:38:40 AM
Wondering if there are still posters who are interested in this thread... get in touch... I'm also into flamenco and classical guitar playing :money:
Yep we're still alive! haha!
Here's a video I'd like to share.
One of the best flamenco jams I've ever heard! :cute:
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Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: MrGobots on December 09, 2011, 11:10:46 AM
not a flamenco player... But i'm a fan of the playing style. Yes please announce events here haven't seen a trueblue event in a while, except for the occasional request from restaurant kumbancheros
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: 5150 on December 09, 2011, 03:14:31 PM
Nice video btw... I'm not a fan of Nuovo Jazz Flamenco, I'm more on the traditional... maybe comes with age... Speaking of duets...
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: sinackular on November 03, 2013, 04:47:15 AM
BUMP! How are you flamenco players out there? :)
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: Ricky19 on November 06, 2013, 11:35:34 PM
Guys, pa OT, di ko po kasi alam kung saan makakabili ng string tie, baka po may ma suggest kayo store kung saan available, galing na po ako lyric and jb, parang di nman nila alam kung ano yun...maraming salamat po
Title: Re: The Flamenco/Spanish Guitar Players thread
Post by: dannygatton on March 27, 2019, 12:15:07 PM
Paco Pena, Paco de Lucia, and our very own Adolfo Timuat. FLAMINGO is a bird, Flamenco is an art (form).