Review - Juan Martin: El Arte Flamenco De La Guitarra

Juan Martin: El Arte Flamenco De La Guitarra By Juan Martin. Instructional book and CD for guitar. 88 pages. The Method has been designed for the player of any standard. You may be an absolute beginner with no previous knowledge of music or the guitar, or you may already play the guitar quite well. Your ambitions may be just to be able to enjoy yourself playing Flamenco, or they may reach much further, perhaps even so far as pursuing a professional career with the guitar. Whatever the case, the Method will provide the basis for you to advance greatly your skill and understanding, so that you find in the joys and sorrows of Flamenco something more of that capacity for expressing oneself through the guitar whcih Juan Martin so excitingly demonstrates. An excellent method that works "This is one of the few methods that really works. You can learn these Flamenco techniques because the method is very carefully edited and well-matched to instruction photos. It helps to have a classical guitar background, but that isn't really necessary since the Flamenco techniques are really different and you can learn those directly if that is your interest. An excellent and well thought out series!" -- Paul L. from Boston area, May 22, 2007 Solid Flamenco "If you want to learn Flamenco, this is the book to start with. It assumes no knowledge of the art prior to starting. The text is very comprehensive and will teach you a lot of important background knowledge. You will soon figure out the absolute importance of the compas and strictly adhering to it. The included CD is indispensable, because you will learn just as much by listening as by reading the music. Although it claims you can start without any guitar experience, this would be very tough. After you have gone through this book, you will have a solid basis on which you can build. The music is not too elaborate and concentrates on providing a pure flamenco basis. You can then expand on this foundation by learning more advanced falsettas. Please note that the book is in two parts. Volume II is purchased separately I. You will need both volumes. This is the reason that I won't give it five stars. It is basically one book that for some strange reason is cut in two. " -- André from Whitby, New Zealand, March 27, 2007 Juan Martin: El Arte Flamenco De La Guitarra