Comments on: Which Flamenco Guitar Instructional DVD should I buy?

By: GaryB

GaryB — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:16:03 +0000

For the beginner and intermediate learner, Juan Martin has some excellent instruction books with audio and video. I personally swear by his methods. Although he relies more on notation than visual/audio. If you like reading tabs/notation then be sure to try his methods.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:28:29 +0000

For my money and for a truly beginner flamenco player, I recommend Learn to Play Flamenco Guitar with Aaron Gilmartin on Homespun Tapes. Gilmartin’s a great teacher and shows clearly what the right and left hands are doing. He now has three or four of these DVDs out, and actually some of the later ones are more geared to the beginner even than the first one. great stuff.

By: Drew, Australia, player, guitar maker

Drew, Australia, player, guitar maker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:37:44 +0000

The Encuentro series is a marvelous resource and I bought most of the early Book VHS tape editions in England. They were the most expensive packages available but extremely well produced. What a shame though that when the DVD versions were issued we were not allowed to purchase just the DVDs having already got and payed for the books.

The DVD format obviously has huge benefits over the old VHS tapes in searching quickly to find particular toques of interest and rapid navigating back and forth.

I really think that Encuentro has a duty to their original customers to oblige, as do all software manufacturers who provide affordable updates of earlier versions.

Of course I could go to the time and trouble of converting to digital (for personal study use only) but would have to code in all the sections to make it worthwhile.

Come on Encuentro – be reasonable. you have done a good job and I have given you £100s of pounds, so let me give you some more money and let me buy just the DVDs. I already have the books.

By: ARJG

ARJG — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:40:06 +0000

Can anyone tell me what is the best Flamenco Dance Instructual video?

By: Melba

Melba — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:18:16 +0000

Could you do a similar review for flamenco dancing instructional videos? I’ve tried to find reviews from actual users to no avail.

By: Ezra

Ezra — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:45:14 +0000

Your review is really helpful..

thanks!

By: Cesar Serna

Cesar Serna — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:16:52 +0000

Great suggestion… I will keep this in mind for future reviews… I have a few that will be published soon…

By: mark

mark — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:57:08 +0000

hi, your article makes a lot of sense. I haven’t seen the material recommended for beginners or intermediate, so can’t comment on that. Actually, I haven’t seen the Encuentro Gerardo Nunez either, but know the quality and level of his music, and once took a class with him, so know his approach to technique is worth study. What I suggest is to put a list of the album tracks the falsetas and pieces are from where appropriate, and list the keys and tunings that the pieces are in. I cannot seem to find this info anywhere, and would like to know before I buy. Thanks, mark