Issue 51 - Jun 14th, 2014

I would like to invite you to be part of this Weekly Magazine by raising questions and giving me suggestions through e-mail so this magazine can become a good material for all flamenco lovers, researchers and musicians. Enjoy it!

A.-The Matchless Guitar Trio: Paco de Lucia / Al Di Meola / John Mc.Laughlin

B.-Comments, Questions and Answers:

QUESTION 1: Is Paco de Lucia’s output completely different from traditional flamenco guitar?

QUESTION 2: I heard you to say that Paco de Lucia’s Technique has everything included on it can you explain me a bit about this ?

QUESTION 3: Could you please demonstrate how the flamenco guitar has evolved until nowadays?

QUESTION 4: Is it considered defective a new guitar that needs to be “fixed” either re-fretted or re-levelled or even to lower the action?

QUESTION 5: Can you please play a piece, and give me some examples regarding which percussive and otherwise interpretative technical-expressive resources require those very specific characteristics you mentioned earlier in YouTube regarding the extra flat bridge, and the atypical kind of general setting that you have as perfectly suitable on your instrument to facilitate you playing Paco de Lucia’s repertoire?

C.- Videos of the Week:

1) Flamenco Coaching - Bulerías por Arriba NEW VIDEO Part 58

D.- Videos Recently Included in My Website

1) The Norwegian Top

2) Beginners Are In The Lead as They Don't Have Bad Habits From Wrong Methods

3) Mask Your Lack of Technique in Flamenco Guitar With Technology. Great! (Fancy Microphones & Sound-Processing)

4) For Beginners It's Even More Important to Get Used to The Right Ways

E.- Video Recommendations of the Week:

1) A Perfect Example of a Quality Buyer Person - Joshua Bell's Twice Stolen Stradivarius Violin Is Still Hot

A.- The Matchless Guitar Trio: Paco de Lucia / Al Di Meola / John Mc.Laughlin

The following picture is the one used for the cover of "Guitar Player" Magazine (March, 1980). Many young players (and not so young) would think that this interview was made more than 30 yeasr ago and it's not actual (current) as if modernity has something to do with minutes, years, decades... And that should be a red flag for us, without learning from the great masters, the ones who really have changed music field and are still changing it we are left with ignorance that seems knowledge... That "Guitar Magazine" Issue contains an extensive and very interesting interview. I made a little compilation of it but the whole interview is worth of reading it!

B.-Questions and Answers

Here is el "Niño Seve" (Champion in the Cordoba contest) improvising with maestro Paco Navarro at his school, he is founder of the main academy or school of flamenco guitar in Cordoba

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