Issue 68 - September 19th, 2015

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.- Francisco Simplicio 1927 Head Stock (Picture)

B.- Special News

1) Testing the new AG Francisco Simplicio 1929 Model

C.-Comments, Questions and Answers:

QUESTION 1: During your Skype lessons, should I practice what I feel I just learnt from you? Because sometimes I have the feeling that I understood what you taught me and I would like to learn more and to practice at home.

QUESTION 2: How can I tell if it´s my guitar which does not tune well, or perhaps are the strings the problem?

QUESTION 3: Should I be using motion of the joint of the thumb at the wrist (the carpometacarpal joint) to play a melody or series of notes or should I be using a stiff wrist and more of a motion from the elbow joint which gives more power - or are there times when both are correct? Where should my other fingers be? Resting on the guitar top for balance or touching the underside of the first string as I see in some of Paco's videos? How about the angle of the thumb to the guitar top? - sometimes I see you turn it in quite a bit and other times it seems more parallel to the strings.

D.- Lesson of the Week:

1) Approach to Tangos - "Solo quiero caminar" by paco de Lucía PART 2

E.- Video Recommendations of the Week:

1) 1928 Francisco Simplicio 1928 Guitar

2) A nice article about Francisco Simplicio

B.-Special News

Video 2

An impressive quality of sound in this Francisco Simplicio 1928 classical guitar, it prove's that he first mastered the traditional sound hole to perfection.

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