I've studied stringed instruments by myself all my life. The flamenco was so elusive and inaccessible (much like jazz) that it made me change my ways and start paying for lessons and courses on flamenco guitar. But I'll say this, I've learned more with this one video than i have from most lessons i took in the past. Thank you, master!
Your explanations/examples are incredibly clear. Not everyone (in fact few) can explain things this well - there’s an art to communicating, just as much as there’s an art to playing. So glad I found your channel!
@@TheVersatileGuitarist I like the way you show options to in most cases help us short stubby finger folks gain the ability to enjoy our playing 👏👏👏✌️✌️✌️
I thought almost the same. Excellent teaching. So condensed, but clear at the same time. It suddenly seems so easy! And at the same time it's well played so that you can't wait to learn it. Muchas gracias por esta leccíon!
This is the best single beginner flamenco lesson online, and there are no better teachers. I have over 50 guitar tutorials in my TH-cam playlist, and I keep coming back and re-watching this one, catching some new tip or reminder each time. I got my first guitar in 1961. I have a collection of about 40 and have built 8. I also dabble in Oud and banjo. I just got serious about Flamenco 3 months ago.
Have been a student of classical Spanish for many, many, MANY years, and the “flamenco” structures have been very elusive to me. I have learned more from this vid and your channel in general than I have in a looong time. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos and breaking down the “how” of flamenco guitar.
You make really great tutorials 👏👏👏 I just can’t understand why this videos have not that much likes :c When I wanted to start learning Spanish guitar already being an experienced player - you were the one who introduced this world to me. This lessons are absolutely understandable for everyone. I think even if I were a beginner it was not so hard for me to manage it Thank you ✨
I'm in the same boat. One year into this world, and I've improved a lot, but its a lifetime process. I learn so much from these tutorials that I could not learn anywhere near me.
Great lessons, just what I needed to learn some basics with Tangos! I really like all the vocabulary you use , I am also working on Flamenco dance , so your kind of speaking the language.
Fabulous, Finger tapping, Flamboyant, Farruca, Flamenco...Fphew!!! Loved, loved, loved this tutorial!😍I loved the dark, the sinister and the mysterious! Each technique you demonstrated had me intoxicated, they exemplify all that draws me to flamenco style guitar. You're a great teacher with a deep knowledge and a flair for imparting that knowledge. Guess I'll have to grow out my nails now, huh! BTW the tone of that guitar is superb! Thank you for creating and uploading, great videography and editing too! 👍😎
OK --appreciate --been building and playing DIY electric guitars here in African for 40 years ---pentatonics are easy --Phrygian and flamenco is relatively new --but very interesting--have put nylon strings on a old electric --love the sound --stil llearning at74 yrs old. --Thankyou
Hi Scot, great lesson. I played flamenco for a few years and still have my Burgett flamenco guitar. I studied Juan Martin's El arte flamenco book which I also still have, are you familiar with that ? your right hand technique is awesome.
I appreciate your lessons and multi-stylistic guitar playing. I'm new to Flamenco but have played classical and other styles of guitar for years. Compared to classical guitar, Flamenco seems crude to me in some ways, like music for the peasants and common folk of Spain. The fingering seems arbitrary and awkward. But maybe that is my bias, and I don't agree with all the fingering of Segovia or other such Enlightened Despots of the guitar. Fingering is very personal. There are a lot of excellent qualities with Flamenco: passionate, experimental, aggressive, virtuosic speed, etc. And it reminds me of rap music in that it seems very macho, streetwise, and tough-minded for the guitar players, but is there a softer side? Something delicate? I would think that like the blues, a lot is about some hard time or other - being rapped over by the next conqueror of Spain, whether capitalist, Aristocrat, or Moor. Spain has a terrible history that way. Again I could be terribly off the mark, but this is my impression. The common man's tale can be very harsh - usually about standing up to some overlord and trying to find dignity in the midst of human suffering. Flamenco seems very romantic in today's age of all things new and the fetish for gadgetry. It's a carryover from another time. I like it for that reason. And, like you, I enjoy playing many different guitar styles. I really liked the PDF, and it's a very good introduction to Flamenco. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. Flamenco can seem harsh sometimes (but I like that!) especially the old traditional style of playing, but in the more modern flamenco you’ll find players that are much more nuanced and subtle in their approach and attack on the strings. I think the flamenco techniques that we still use come from a time when the guitarist had to produce as much volume as possible unamplified over the noise of dancers and singers.
@@TheVersatileGuitarist Yeah, that makes sense when Flamenco existed before today's technology. Now you can mic the guitar to a PA system. Incidentally, had to correct the word “masochistic” to “macho” in my description... technology tries to correct and/or add words that sometimes you really don't mean. Yes, whacking the guitar is natural for that style of percussive, passionate music. However, I just bought a classical guitar that was beaten senseless with tons of nail marks on the surface near the sound hole. It didn't have a pick guard. I feel sorry for the guitar, though it still has a rich, warm tone. The guitar was made by a luthier (De Jonge) back in 1978. I treat my guitars like women at times and this one was abused. Very unfortunate - and I'm not suggesting Flamenco guitarists beat the guitar like they would beat a woman. I know that the Flamenco guitars have pick guards that protect the guitar. Anyway, nice talking to you.
It has nothing to do with the tuning, in olden times it was just to be able to adjust the pitch of the song easily to accommodate the singer’s voice. Over time we realized that it actually makes it easier to play and in this A phrygian and key There are some stretches we often do that the capo facilitates. But if the song says to play a capo on a certain fret you could easily just not have a capo at all it doesn’t matter
yep i agree with all below, a great guitarist and sooo easy to follow steps, i showed this to a flamenco god called Ricardo De La Juana and he thinks you are de puta madre as he put it. he tried to teach me at his taverna in almunecar spain. i learned more from this cheers.
I've studied stringed instruments by myself all my life. The flamenco was so elusive and inaccessible (much like jazz) that it made me change my ways and start paying for lessons and courses on flamenco guitar. But I'll say this, I've learned more with this one video than i have from most lessons i took in the past. Thank you, master!
Wow thanks that’s quite a compliment!
There's more information in 1 minute of your videos than in whole videos on other channels! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for watching!
Your explanations/examples are incredibly clear. Not everyone (in fact few) can explain things this well - there’s an art to communicating, just as much as there’s an art to playing. So glad I found your channel!
Wow thank you for that great comment
@@TheVersatileGuitarist I like the way you show options to in most cases help us short stubby finger folks gain the ability to enjoy our playing 👏👏👏✌️✌️✌️
I thought almost the same. Excellent teaching. So condensed, but clear at the same time. It suddenly seems so easy! And at the same time it's well played so that you can't wait to learn it. Muchas gracias por esta leccíon!
Me alegra que se enseñe flamenco en otros países con esa pasión,muy bueno maestro.
This is the best single beginner flamenco lesson online, and there are no better teachers. I have over 50 guitar tutorials in my TH-cam playlist, and I keep coming back and re-watching this one, catching some new tip or reminder each time.
I got my first guitar in 1961. I have a collection of about 40 and have built 8. I also dabble in Oud and banjo. I just got serious about Flamenco 3 months ago.
Wow thank you!
the best flamenco show I've ever seen, I'm looking for it, thank you 😁
THE best guitar educator on the internet
Thank you Scot 👍
Superb lesson! I've watched this many times and I keep coming back to it for more.
Man. Stuff for one year practicing in 15 min… masterclass
Thanks 🙏…more Tangos stuff coming in a few weeks
You re a very good teacher. thank you very much, sincerely
Have been a student of classical Spanish for many, many, MANY years, and the “flamenco” structures have been very elusive to me. I have learned more from this vid and your channel in general than I have in a looong time. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos and breaking down the “how” of flamenco guitar.
This is the kind of TH-cam comment I live for
Just the best! Thank you.
Packed with a lot of great information. Also, logical build up of the more tricky parts. Nice job.
You make really great tutorials 👏👏👏
I just can’t understand why this videos have not that much likes :c
When I wanted to start learning Spanish guitar already being an experienced player - you were the one who introduced this world to me. This lessons are absolutely understandable for everyone. I think even if I were a beginner it was not so hard for me to manage it
Thank you ✨
Great! Thanks for watching!
I'm in the same boat. One year into this world, and I've improved a lot, but its a lifetime process. I learn so much from these tutorials that I could not learn anywhere near me.
Great lessons, just what I needed to learn some basics with Tangos! I really like all the vocabulary you use , I am also working on Flamenco dance , so your kind of speaking the language.
Thank you!
Great teacher 👍and if more people follow your teachings they will progress so much better with their guitar journey 👌
That’s what I keep trying to tell everyone!
Brilliant lesson! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Oleee..great lesson. Regards from Barcelona
Wow, so glad I found this. This is excellent. Thank you so much. Looking forward to getting into this.
Glad you like it!
the free tango course is really interesting, thank u for your great content!!
Fabulous, Finger tapping, Flamboyant, Farruca, Flamenco...Fphew!!!
Loved, loved, loved this tutorial!😍I loved the dark, the sinister and the mysterious! Each technique you demonstrated had me intoxicated, they exemplify all that draws me to flamenco style guitar. You're a great teacher with a deep knowledge and a flair for imparting that knowledge. Guess I'll have to grow out my nails now, huh! BTW the tone of that guitar is superb! Thank you for creating and uploading, great videography and editing too! 👍😎
OK --appreciate --been building and playing DIY electric guitars here in African for 40 years ---pentatonics are easy --Phrygian and flamenco is relatively new --but very interesting--have put nylon strings on a old electric --love the sound --stil llearning at74 yrs old. --Thankyou
That sounds like it wouldn’t work…. nylon strings on an electric
Woaw, what a polyvalent GOOD. teacher. Thank you for your generosity again
Great instructional videos, thank you. You deserve to have WAY more views!
I like the no bullshit approach. . .
Hier habe ich am meisten gelernt.
Great teaching Sir
Great. Thanks for sharing Sir❤❤❤❤❤
Great lesson Scott 🙌🏻❤️
Be happy we are watching a real pro here 😊
Best teacher ever!
Awesome, thank you ❤❤❤
Terima kasih ilmunya. Saya suka sekali cara mengajar anda. Karena itu saya subcribe...🇲🇨👍🙏
Merci !!! Thank You !!!🙏
Good input
Thanks for watching! 📺
Very useful tutorial indeed. Greatly appreciate your helping us amateurs make due progress.
Thank you so much for your teaching, can I know the module of you guitar? it sounds great!
This is a flamenco negra by Pavan guitars… I’ve had this for over 15 years and love it!
Thank You
Thank you❤❤❤
Hi Scot, great lesson. I played flamenco for a few years and still have my Burgett flamenco guitar. I studied Juan Martin's El arte flamenco book which I also still have, are you familiar with that ? your right hand technique is awesome.
Yes my teacher got me on that back way back at the beginning.. some great stuff in there!
Amazing lesson! SUB
Well done and great lesson. I thinking of become a subscriber. Do you teach also acoustic delta blues on nylon ??
At the moment I don’t have too much blues material, but I’m working on it!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!!!!! 😊
Hey Scot, where are you located? Thanks for your work.
I’m in San Diego
@@TheVersatileGuitarist Thanks Scot. I'm up in the SF Valley. Wondering about lessons and traveling.
He is like the Marty Swartz of flamenco
Very good. Thank you !
Would you tell me what is this guitar which sounds so flamenco ?
Many thanks again !!!
This is a flamenco negra by Pavan guitars
@@TheVersatileGuitarist Thank you Scot and thank you for your passionate work
Hi Scot, great overview to different Tango variations, super described and notated 🍀👌👍
Do you have that for Buleria too?!
Not yet but I will!
@@TheVersatileGuitaristPlease do! Your explaining is amazing
your guitar sounds beautiful ! what brand is this ?
That is a flamenco negra guitar from Pavan guitars. I bought it new over 15 years ago and it’s still my main gigging guitar
@@TheVersatileGuitarist thanks for reply
I appreciate your lessons and multi-stylistic guitar playing. I'm new to Flamenco but have played classical and other styles of guitar for years. Compared to classical guitar, Flamenco seems crude to me in some ways, like music for the peasants and common folk of Spain. The fingering seems arbitrary and awkward. But maybe that is my bias, and I don't agree with all the fingering of Segovia or other such Enlightened Despots of the guitar. Fingering is very personal. There are a lot of excellent qualities with Flamenco: passionate, experimental, aggressive, virtuosic speed, etc. And it reminds me of rap music in that it seems very macho, streetwise, and tough-minded for the guitar players, but is there a softer side? Something delicate? I would think that like the blues, a lot is about some hard time or other - being rapped over by the next conqueror of Spain, whether capitalist, Aristocrat, or Moor. Spain has a terrible history that way. Again I could be terribly off the mark, but this is my impression. The common man's tale can be very harsh - usually about standing up to some overlord and trying to find dignity in the midst of human suffering. Flamenco seems very romantic in today's age of all things new and the fetish for gadgetry. It's a carryover from another time. I like it for that reason. And, like you, I enjoy playing many different guitar styles. I really liked the PDF, and it's a very good introduction to Flamenco. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. Flamenco can seem harsh sometimes (but I like that!) especially the old traditional style of playing, but in the more modern flamenco you’ll find players that are much more nuanced and subtle in their approach and attack on the strings. I think the flamenco techniques that we still use come from a time when the guitarist had to produce as much volume as possible unamplified over the noise of dancers and singers.
@@TheVersatileGuitarist Yeah, that makes sense when Flamenco existed before today's technology. Now you can mic the guitar to a PA system. Incidentally, had to correct the word “masochistic” to “macho” in my description... technology tries to correct and/or add words that sometimes you really don't mean. Yes, whacking the guitar is natural for that style of percussive, passionate music. However, I just bought a classical guitar that was beaten senseless with tons of nail marks on the surface near the sound hole. It didn't have a pick guard. I feel sorry for the guitar, though it still has a rich, warm tone. The guitar was made by a luthier (De Jonge) back in 1978. I treat my guitars like women at times and this one was abused. Very unfortunate - and I'm not suggesting Flamenco guitarists beat the guitar like they would beat a woman. I know that the Flamenco guitars have pick guards that protect the guitar. Anyway, nice talking to you.
Scot is a slide and a bend is also a slur?
Yes!
que buen tutorial
Gracias por ver
Why the Caop second fret. ? some special phrygian tuning?
It has nothing to do with the tuning, in olden times it was just to be able to adjust the pitch of the song easily to accommodate the singer’s voice. Over time we realized that it actually makes it easier to play and in this A phrygian and key There are some stretches we often do that the capo facilitates. But if the song says to play a capo on a certain fret you could easily just not have a capo at all it doesn’t matter
J adore le flamenco
Peut être une buleria?
Coming soon!
yep i agree with all below, a great guitarist and sooo easy to follow steps, i showed this to a flamenco god called Ricardo De La Juana and he thinks you are de puta madre as he put it.
he tried to teach me at his taverna in almunecar spain. i learned more from this cheers.
Great to hear!
gut
Meant CAPO !
Hmmm ..calling off the gypsies' pluff... what if they are sincere??