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In various ways,
this method is in direct contrast to Juan
Martin's style and approach. The rasgueados
lessons and exercises are great and very
different in style. So many beginners think
that there is only one way to play
flamenco. Not true. I learned some valuable
lessons about right hand technique from
this method. Juan Serrano has some other
books full of challenging, but manageable
solos, but this is the book to buy
first.
This book begins
at the beginning with photos showing finger
strokes and basic music theory. The
technical section has exercises for
rasgueados, tremolo, arpeggio scales and
ligados. The 11 solos are good, chunky
study pieces and include a preamble
explaining origins and characteristics. The
rasgueado styles used in this book are
significantly different to Juan Martin's
style of playing. Both are solid
traditional flamenco styles but different.
It’s worth leaning both. I particularly
like Juan Serrano’s way of starting
rasgueados with "i" instead of "e". Written
in English and Spanish.
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