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Title: Flamenco on a steel string guitar? I don't think so...
Review: This is a very strange book - flamenco is not played on a steel string guitar, but the accompanying cd uses a steel string. That says a lot about the quality of this book. The pieces don't sound like flamenco and do not adhere to any of the flamenco forms, e.g., soleares, tangos, etc. Nor is there any emphasis on rhythm or accent, which is necessary to flamenco. Skip this book and get one of the many excellent books instead, such as "Play Solos Flamenco Guitar with Juan Martin Book, CD, and DVD", Gerhard Graf-Martinez's "Flamenco Guitar Method", and Juan Martin's flamenco guitar method "El Arte Flamenco De La Guitarra". Martin's flamenco solos book is filled with excellent pieces for every level of player, and even the simplest of them have a strong flamenco feel about them, with clear rhythms and accents, and excellent preformances of all the peices on both the accompanying cd and dvd..
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