Issue 8 - August 19th, 2012

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

1.- Comments, Questions and Answers: "In one of your videos you say that the beginner has an advantageous position when compared to some intermediate students, can you explain me about that?"

2.- Videos of the Week:
1) Friendship with the Metronome

3.- Video Recommendation of the Week: McLaughlin, di Meola, de Lucia - Orient Blue Suite.

1.- Comments, Questions and Answers: "In one of your videos you say that the beginner has an advantageous position when compared to some intermediate students, can you explain me about that?"

QUESTION:

In one of your videos you say that the beginner has an advantageous position when compared to some intermediate students, can you explain me about that?

ANSWER:

The advantage the beginner has is that he  has not nurtured and/or acquired bad habits in advance (like wrong posture in his hands etc.).

The principle is: It’s better to have done nothing at all rather than having done it wrong for long time.

Other problem is that sometimes the so called intermediate players think they know something and they don’t… So how can you help them?

Sometimes is overwhelming for an intermediate guitar player just to confront psychologically with the fact that he has wasted a lot of time with the wrong technique or methods for learning.

In the following video I talk about obstacles or anchors as well as on the importance of an objective assessment of one’s level:

http://www.rdiaz.org/rdvideo798.html

2.- Videos of the Week:

1) Friendship with the Metronome

Friendship with the Metronome
Based on: “Chanela” (Rumba) by Paco de Lucía (Interactive and No-interactive)

Download Tabluture from the following link:

Chanela Theme Tablature

This recording is important because it changed forever the way flamenco was played .