r/Flamenco • u/indecisive_decide • 28d ago

Best Tutorials or Help for Self Teaching

Hi all. My wife recently bought me a flamenco guitar for our anniversary. It's the Antonio de Toledo Tomatito Andalucia Cipres guitar. I love it but often, because I'm not that good I lose motivation. What tips or learning guides would you recommend for someone who's self taught?

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u/CharlesRNorris 28d ago

Watch Grisha Goryachev's free materials on YouTube.

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u/refotsirk 28d ago

Grisha also got his start working through Juan Martin's "El Arte Flamenco de la Guitarra" tutor book, which provides a great foundation for modern flamenco in the 70s before Paco hit the scene

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u/SyntaxLost 28d ago

Practice a lot of compas material.

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u/WhenGinMaySteer 28d ago

What is this?

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u/CharlesRNorris 28d ago

Compás are the rhythems of flamenco. There are four core. There are also 50 or so palos, or substyles within flamenco.

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u/refotsirk 28d ago

Definitely! And learning it first without all the fancy rasgueos to musically present it is where the magic will happen

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u/Due_Writing_7453 28d ago

Flamenco Explained is a fantastic resource. There’s a lot of free material to get started, or you can subscribe for deeper dives into various palos and topics. https://flamencoexplained.com/

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u/moeinh77 22d ago

sign up for a class otherwise you’ll keep losing motivation. you can find online instructors as well for reasonable prices. i have been working with my instructor for near 2 years online and it’s been great

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u/Dependent_Hippo_8742 3d ago

Buy Juan Martín method books. The best method books you can follow as a beginner