Comments on: Online Flamenco Guitar Lessons

By: pierre

pierre — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22:45 +0000

I am a 43 year old guitar player starting to learn Flamenco. Jason’s site is priceless to me- I can tune and pick from any style or Palos any time I want, and there is a range to suit everybody’s level I would say. The site is better than ’static’ learning from books and videos. Especially good are his commentaries and best of all you know that El Rubio is true Flamenco and his love of the art-form comes shining through.
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By: Jason McGuire

Jason McGuire — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:30:18 +0000

Thanks John and Massaim. I have some great new material on the way really soon. 2008 is going to be a great year for http://www.Flamenco-Lessons.com

By: John Opheim

John Opheim — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:28:03 +0000

Anything I’d want to write about this wonderful site has already been written. It’s the best web site I’ve ever seen for learning flamenco guitar. A definite must for anyone missing a teacher!

By: esonick

esonick — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:26 +0000

i like flamenco very much………. u r d best.

By: falseta

falseta — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:36:46 +0000

I have to agree… One of the things that I enjoyed seeing was the feedback Jason provides to his students. It is of tremendous assistance especially when taking on Flamenco guitar. Not only do you learn from your own questions but all the question asked by the many other students. Tapping into that collective knowledge of all the previous questions asked is a great value for this service.

By: falseta

falseta — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:32:56 +0000

No thank you! Glad to be of service!

By: falseta

falseta — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:31:33 +0000

Good luck with learning Flamenco guitar! Stick with it and come back and let us know what you think about the online lessons!

By: Hamlet Cardenas

Hamlet Cardenas — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:47:31 +0000

This sounds like a good deal….I will try it myself since I am learning how to play flamenco.

By: Maissam

Maissam — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:22:45 +0000

I think flamenco-lessons.com is amazing. I think we are so lucky that Jason Mcguire is divulging all the secrets of flamenco like this. If you are serious about learning flamenco, the only alternative that can compete with this is having a world-class flamenco player teach you in person. But that would cost you upwards of sixty dollars per hour whereas flamenco-lessons.com costs thirty dollars a month. And really, how many world-class flamenco players are there at this level if you don’t live in Spain?

For me, flamenco-lessons.com is actually better than any other option because I just need to practice the rhythms and techniques and learn new material. I don’t really need to always be paying so much money to see a teacher in person. I just need someone to spell out for me what to learn in a very clear and easy way so that I can go hide in my room and work on it at my own pace until I’ve got it right. This site fills in that gap for me. If there are certain points that you need feedback on, Jason is always answering questions on the site and will gladly give you feedback if you just record yourself playing and have him see it.

Even if you already know a lot of flamenco, this site is still extremely useful. I know there are already a lot of expert players who are members of the site, and Jason is constantly putting up brilliant modern flamenco falsetas that he composed himself. In addition, he has a cante accompaniment and dance accompaniment section! You can practice this stuff all day every day and never run out of things to study because he is constantly adding new material. It’s totally worth the money.

Finally, if you aren’t familiar with Jason Mcguire, check out his youtube videos, and go here: http://www.6moons.com/worldmusic/distancias.html where they call him America’s very own Vicente Amigo.

By: Arash

Arash — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:54:09 +0000

I am currently a member of flamenco-lessons.com and i can recommand it to anyone who is interested to learn flamenco guitar.
For both beginners and also more advanced players.

If you dont have a good teacher (and i mean good FLAMENCO teacher and not only someone show shows you how to play some Rumba chords!) where you live, then online lessions with Jason is the best solution IMO.

I also have DVDs of other good guitarists like Moraito, Chicuelo, etc.
The problem with DVDs is that you can not ask questions or request additional informations or get any feedback from them. You can just try to learn their falsetas and thats it!

Jason adds lessions/videos each month to existing lessons and there is also a Forum for members where you can ask all your questions, make suggestions, etc. and as far as i have seen, Jason checks his Forum daily, so you get your answers very fast.

Another good thing is that you can make a video of yourself and your playing of what you have learned from Jason and post it and get feedback. Jason will then tell you what you can make better etc. So it is almost like having a “real” teacher sitting together with you.
All you need is a cheap Camera to film yourself.

It is better to have a fast internet connection because the lessons are only available online and not for download.

If you dont know about Jason, then watch this Video and you will see how cool his playing is!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjAGJOPR0