It does help —save for the spiritual part, probably because I did not wait para una noche de media luna-, but a flamenco guitar, even a Negra, is not only about action and tap-guards. The basses sustain, for instance, remains an issue although one can mitigate it by playing closer to the bridge. Pimientito Posts: Joined: Jul. Hi Barrozo I posted this last week if it helps. I would agree with Michelob though You can pay as much or as little as you like.
There are bargains out there if you look. Charity shops, adverts in shops, friends with unwanted presents etc Generally stay away from anything made in China. Providing the neck is straight and the intonation is ok you can get a music shop or even better, a guitar maker to fit a Golpe plate clear plastic protector to the top, and adjust the action, polish the frets, check the nut and generally set the guitar up. This costs about 50 euros in Spain.. I don't know what a set up costs in the US.
For under dollars you will have a guitar that at least you can learn and practice on until you are ready for a better instrument. PS Actually I would advise almost any beginner to invest a small amount in taking their guitar to be set up anyway.
Even quite good instruments sometimes have horribly high actions and are left unfinished. It is assumed in spain that the player will set it up to suit themselves afterwards so often the bridge and frets are left rough.
A professional set up may not change the sound so much on a student instrument but it will play like a totally different guitar and solve many technique problems. CD and digital download vailable on Amazon and CDbaby.
Haizum Posts: 43 Joined: Apr. Barozzo, I too am learning with a classical guitar and have played on a flamenco guitar and I do notice a difference. However as I have not yet gone out and bought one, I am still using the classical. As pimientito said, just getting a cheap one and getting it set up right can make a world of difference, though personally as a beginner I am more than happy with using a classical for the time being.
Munin Posts: Joined: Sep. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. My question is from classical experience, can i play flamenco music but just learning the right hand techniques Rumba,Tremolo Most authorities agree that the best approach to flamenco technique is through careful study of basic classic guitar technique.
Because of the unusual and striking effects required to perform true flamenco music, the playing technique is necessarily somewhat different; however, the basic technique of playing the classic guitar, correctly applied, remains the same whether the instrument is used for classica, popular, or flamenco music.
Basically I think the left hand is pretty much the same, but techniques of the right hand the ones you pointed out should be specially learned. There are a few left hand positions in flamenco that I had never encountered in classical guitar.
For instance, you at times may need to play the 4th fret of the 6th string with your index finger while simultaneous playing the 3rd fret of the 2nd and 3rd string with your pinky and ring finger. The end result is your index being positioned higher up on the neck than your pinky and ring finger, which is uncomfortable to say the least this most often occurs when playing the alzapua technique. That being said, it is true that most of the techniques that are specific to flamenco are right hand techniques.
Some of them also exist in classical guitar but are not used in the same way or to the same extent. For instance, in flamenco guitar, the thumb does almost exclusively rest strokes and hardly any free strokes. To finish on the left hand in flamenco, there are certain hand positions that are extremely common.
These are not techniques per se, they are simply different chord voicings that are widely used in flamenco but that are uncommon in other forms of guitar and that you must learn to play actual flamenco pieces.
If you only learn the right hand techniques, then you will only be able to play non-flamenco pieces and make them "sound flamenco" for instance, playing "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" with a 4-note flamenco tremolo.
If, however, you want to play a piece by Paco de Lucia, then knowing the commong left hand positions in flamenco is important. I learned to play the classical guitar when I was a kid, and later continued to music school for nearly 3 years. After a few years of not playing at all, I got the urge to start learning flamenco after spending some time is Andalucia southern Spain and watching flamenco shows there. From my experience, there are pros and cons to starting with classical guitar before moving to flamenco, here's a summary:.
Another good reason to practice classical guitar before switching to flamenco is related to ear training. The sound produced by flamenco guitars is more bright and powerful , which is not ideal for playing soft and mellow music. When we are talking about classical guitar and flamenco guitar, there is usually another term that often pops up in describing these guitars, the Spanish guitar. Spanish guitar is the name to describe the family of nylon-string guitars.
Since both classical guitar and flamenco guitars are nylon-string guitars, both are also called Spanish guitars. In other words, a classical guitar and a flamenco guitar is a Spanish guitar. But a classical guitar is not a flamenco guitar. You have learned that there are many differences between classical guitar and flamenco guitars.
These include their wood materials, construction, sound, play style, holding position, string height, and extra features such as tapping plates. In general, classical guitars are thicker and heavier than flamenco guitars.
Classical guitars produce a sound that is soft and mellow while flamenco guitars produce bright and powerful sound. The materials used as the tonewood for flamenco guitars are spruce, cypress, or sycamore. These woods provide a lighter white-ish color on the guitar and more lightweight.
In contrast, the materials used as the tonewood for classical guitars are cedar, mahogany, and Rosewood. These materials are darker in color, heavier, and thicker than the wood materials used in flamenco guitars. As the name implies, classical guitars are used to play classical music, which is characterized as soft and mellow. Flamenco guitars are used to play flamenco music, which has a lot of percussive tapping, aggressive and loud tones. With the intense percussive tapping, flamenco guitars need a protective plate to protect their finish.
Flamenco guitars also need lower string height in order to play fast tapping more efficiently and produce string buzz sounds. Classical guitar string heights are generally higher because they do not want to create any buzz sounds. There is also a specific holding position to hold classical guitars where they are held at a degree angle from horizontal. In contrast, flamenco guitars are held in the normal horizontal position.
This article also discussed the similarities between classical and Flamenco guitars, for instance, having the same nylon strings, bridge, neck width, and neck materials. They both also belong to the family of nylon-string guitars, which are referred to as Spanish Guitars.
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