Flamenco Guitar Showcase

I found one book that you might be interested in, it is the big book of the musical theory of the Flamenco Guitar. In this book, you will be able to read and understand more about the history, development and art of the Flamenco guitar. It is a very comprehensive book about covering a wide range of topics. You can read the excerpt of the book in the following website:

http://www.flamenco-world.com/guitar/granados-teoria/teoria.htm

Musical Theory of Flamenco Guitar. Manuel Granados.
Fundamentals of Harmony and principles of composition. Music and tablature.

AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE

In the Romantic era Spain, and Andalusia in particular, like a magnet, attracted artists, writers and innovators from near and far. Spain projected an exotic, authentic image, and this, with its long, rich history, was exactly what many Westerners were looking for in an epoch when the Orient and its flavours were the fashion of the day.

Andalusia was the Orient within the West. The prevailing Western society, bored with the stagnation of the times, reached across its borders to the foreign in order to embrace a return to the past in which people saw different ways of life and refreshing attitudes formerly considered vulgar, thus considerably widening their experience and ideas. This digging into roots far and wide also helped to assert inchoate nationalisms. Another side effect of all this was a vision confounded by stereotypes, a confusion that has come down to the present day in which, for example, the Gypsy is confused with the Andalusian, and Flamenco with folklore.

Musical Theory of Flamenco Guitar. Manuel Granados.

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As a modern luthier, Daniel Turner is very creative and skillful in the design and the making of modern flamenco guitar. His made custom and unique flamenco guitars for many of his customers: professional guitar player, instrument collector and flamenco fans from around the world.

In his website (presented with Macromedia flash format), you will see an interactive selection menu to help you customize your very own unique Flamenco guitar online, and listen to the sample sound so that you can get a very close feeling to the final product even before the guitar is made for you. It is very interesting to play around various combination of possible setting of each part of the guitar. So what are you waiting for?

Daniel Turner - Flamenco Guitar Maker

A Quick Note Of Lutheir:

A luthier or violin maker is a person who builds or repairs stringed instruments, either bowed or plucked. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, guitars of all kinds, lutes, and mandolins.The French word lutherie, used in both French and English, refers to the art of constructing string instruments. The name luthier harkens back to early lute-makers. In the USA, the term "luthier" is only rarely used even by specialists and not generally known, and the term "violin maker" is the usual term for makers of all members of the violin family and string basses. It is usual to differentiate in US English between violin makers and makers of other string instruments like guitars, lutes, etc.

Luthier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jose and Liam have been running their courses for five years now.The two week course takes you through the complete 'Romanillos' method They have been attended by people from all parts of the world.Many people have finished fine instruments during the two week course. Some people have used their knowledge gained at the course to launch themselves in to fulltime building.

Guitarmaking Course

Nothing is better than playing the guitar made by our own hands. You might be wondering, how are we going to make ourself a guitar? I don't know anything about the materials and parts used to make the guitar. Don't worry. Jose & Liam will work us through the complete 'Romanillos'- Guitar Making course (In Siguenza, Spain), show us a step by step, teach us everything that we should know to make a good guitar.

The course is open to anyone, from beginners to professionals. One thing to remember is to prepare and bring certain parts of your own material & tool. You will receive a detail list of tools and preparation to be done before attending.

The course will be on next month, which is August, 2006. See you there and have fun with your own handmade guitar!

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Differences between a Flamenco guitar and a conventional classical guitar:

"Many of the larger builders offer Classical and Flamenco Guitars. Flamenco Guitars often have a slightly smaller body so that they can be sat higher on the lap. They tend to have a teardrop scratch plate for the golpe and other percussive strokes. They tend to have a more percussive tone, in which the energy you put into the strings comes out louder, over a shorter period. This allows better articulation of the rasgueado and rhythmic strokes, together with a high degree of clarity when playing quickly."

"In contrast, the Classical guitar often has a larger soundbox - many now call themselves Concert Guitars. The sustain is better and the sound more mellow. But they can be a little woolly when playing Spanish music."

"Horses for Courses."

"It is often good to try your guitar alongside others in the same environment."

Comments by Derek Hasted from cguitar-digest Digest V98 #256 cguitar-digest-request@eskimo.com

Flamenco Guitar: Resources on the Web - 1000 Great Guitar Sites on the Web

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If you are looking for a second hand guitar, a good place where you can find one at an unbeatable price is from ebay, of course :-)

The Lucida LG-797 Picado, the one that you see in here, is a all-solid wood Flamenco guitar.

It has a very good review score, an average of 9.6 out of 10! You can read more the review from the website below.

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data4/Lucida_Artista/LG_797_Picado-1.html

If you plan on getting a new one instead of the 2nd hand, you can find it in Intrumental Alley website at:
http://www.instrumentalley.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=LG-797

The price is $822.99 and it comes with Free Shipping & Lifetime Warranty.

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Beside being a guitar dealer, I am a professor at the University of Arizona, and have played classical and flamenco guitar since 1961. In fact, I earned my way through college both by playing guitar and by doing guitar repairs. When I started to fill the house with guitars, my wife, Eva Zavaleta, started this business to control my spending. We agreed that I could buy guitars, if she could sell them.Dr. James B. Greenberg

Zavaleta's: Who we are.

Zavaleta is not just "yet another guitar dealer store". With the strong background of the owner being an expertise on the field, backed by a group of professional guitar makers, a wealthy collection of antique and rare quitars, a strong track of good records, you won't be dissapointed considering getting one guitar from them. They have a world wide shopping service, plus, if you need to see, listen to the guitar before making any decision, you can call them up and made appointment with them and they will gladly meet up with you and show you the guitars. Isn't it a great service?

Let's see Dr.James in action!

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What is your favorite Flamenco guitar?

If you are looking to get a good Flamenco guitar, one of the place that you can look at is here:

http://www.zavaletas-guitarras.com/files/inventoryf.htm

They are specailizes in making both the quality handmade Classical & Flamenco Guitar, located in Spain. If you live outside Spain, don't worry, as they do accept international order. In their website, you will not only get a full details and photo about the guitar together with the pricing, you can also listen to the sample sound quality produced by the guitar in .mp3 format.

Some of the guitars produced by the company: "Zavaleta's La Casa de Guitarras" were used by leading flamenco artists like the legendary Pepe Romero, Sergio Lara and many more.The price for the handmade Flamenco guitars range from $1800 to $5800. Some of the models already been sold out. Even if you are currently not planning to get a new Flamenco guitar, it is still good to see the various model of the guitars, know the pricing, and download and listen to the sound sample. I hope you enjoy it!

2005 Pedro Maldonado 1a Especial Concert Flamenco Guitar.

Pedro Maldonado was born in Loja, Granada in 1929. He apprenticed first with the luthier Manuel de la Chica, and later with Miguel Robles, who he credits as being his primary teacher. In 1959, he open his own workshop, and currently builds with his sons Pedro and Luis. His flamenco instruments are highly esteemed in flamenco circles. They have all the qualities one would expect of a good flamenco guitar: power, burn, snarl, firm crisp basses, brilliant vibrant trebles, but also refinement and loveliness of tone. These qualities have lead many leading flamenco artists to use his instruments, including Vícente Amigo, Pepe Romero, Manuel Cano, Sergio Lara, Diego Vargas, Strunz and Farah, and many more. This is his top of the line flamenca negra 1a- especial.

Zavaleta's Inventory of Flamenco Guitars Made in Spain

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Liebert has said that "flamenco is a music both romantic and dangerous; it is an attitude as much as it is a musical genre." Therein lies the philosophy that catapulted him to fame at the end of the '80s with an engaging mix of subdued flamenco guitar and South American percussion, rock, jazz, and pop influences. Liebert's "attitude" actually suppresses the more challenging and "dangerous" aspects of flamenco in favor of the romantic - and the stylish.

Jazz News :: Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra in New Zealand

In this article published by Jazz News, you will read a story about the influential of the Flamenco music to the world of a award nominated & talented musician who has been a regular best selling & double platinum albums winner.Also in the article is the story of how he started to begin learning guitar at his early age of eleven, how he went through the darkest day in his music business, the combination of this traditional music with the new age music and Jazz.

Hope you enjoy the article. Please post you comment if any.

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In the effort to promote the popularity of Flamenco Guitar to around the world, Spanish Embassy in Iran plans to hold the competition in Tehran on 6 of September. At the end of the competition, there will be a performance of the flamenco concert. The jury members are formed by 5 Iranian and 3 Spanish musicians. This will be a real exciting event of the month. Don't miss this event if you have the chance to be in Tehran at the month of September.

Above is the poster for 2005

Spanish Embassy to hold “Flamenco Guitar” competition in Iran MehrNews.com, Iran - Jun 27, 2006 TEHRAN, June 27 (MNA) – Spanish Embassy in Iran plans to hold the second phase of “Flamenco Guitar” competition at the Arasbaran Cultural Center in ...

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The Walton's Guitar Festival rocks the land of Ireland on Friday (7th of July)!

One of the world well knowned guitarist: Paco Pena, who has taken flamenco into the new era, once again performed at the stage of the guitar festival.

Read more of his story and his journey to become a famous flamenco guitarist in the following article.

Paco Pena - Walton's Guitar Festival of Ireland Dublinks,?Ireland?- Jun 8, 2006 ... Paco Pena's mastery in flamenco guitar has been acclaimed around the globe for stellar solo albums like Arte Passion, Flamenco Guitar and Fabulous Flamenco ...

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This is one of the oldest Interview that i found on Flamenco-World .

Excerpt from the introduction of the interview published on Flamenco-World.com

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Ramón Montoya (1937)

This appeared in the Argentine newspaper "La Nación", on May 11th, 1937, but did not include the name of the journalist.

ANDALUSIAN POPULAR ART

Ramón Montoya remembers great singers of "cante jondo"The adventurous life of the cantaor Antonio Chacón

In the early hours of yesterday morning, the celebrated guitarist Ramón Montoya arrived in our city aboard the steamship Campana, from Marseilles. He is considered to be the most complete performer of popular Andalusian music, and has come to our capital, contracted by the owners of the Maravillas theater, where he will perform in tonight's presentation of regional art, as part of the show being offered by the dancer Carmen Amaya. Montoya has been involved in performances of the art of cante jondo for over a quarter century, and his skillful playing has been compared to important figures in flamenco expression such as the Macarronas, the Niña de los Peines, and Antonio Chacón. In an interview held in the Maravillas theater, the famous guitarist remembered all the "greats" that have venerated the popular singing styles of the Andalusian people. He offered many colorful episodes, some picturesque, and others sentimental, and others involving the actor Manolo Vico, linked to the artistic life of Montoya through several adventurous performances on the peninsula. At plain sight, Montoya offers no clues as to his place of birth, nor does his accent when he speaks. Upon seeing him, with his face lit up, one would say that he was from the north of Spain; and speaking, he seems to be perfectly Andalusian. But from the very first questions, Montoya speaks at length and in detail on all things that one may ask about him.

Flamenco - World.com / Ramon Montoya.

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http://www.music123.com/Cordoba-1a-Flamenca-Acoustic-Guitar-i72802.music?source=linkshare

"Cordoba 1a Flamenca Acoustic Guitar" is one of the first grade Flamenco Guitar which currently selling in the popular musical instrument store: Music123, its pricing is currently at $2,849.99. Whow, it is really something. The quality of the sound it produces is just top notch, of course, as it is made under the workmanship of top guitar maker with details and choice of high quality wood.

Check out for more details on the Music123 website.

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Just recently, on Jul 8, 2006, two of the famous guitarists and musicians: Juan José Manzano and Guiliano Nistri, performed in the concert which took place in the Factory Performance Space as part of the Cairde Festival.

The location is near the shores of Sligo, here is the map of Sligo.

Showcasing the art of the Flamenco guitar Sligo Weekender, Ireland - Jul 4, 2006 ... Juan José was awarded third place in the All Spain Flamenco Guitar competition in 2005. Tickets for the concert are priced at E12/E10. ...

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