The The music of Spain came to the new world and returned brimming with new flavors generating the ?Cantes de Ida y Vuelta.?

The Colombiana, unlike inferred by its name, is a jovial flamenco style that incorporates the beauty and flirtatious quality of the Cuban Guajira and the festive air of the rumba. ?Zalamera,? or flatterer, unites these melodic and rhythmical influences.

A hard-hitting Flamenco guitar arrangement for Fandango de Huelva based on standard traditional themes. The Fandango de Huelva is a relatively fast and rhythmically strict Fandango compared to Fandangos from other regions in Andalusia (Granada, Ronda, Málaga, Almería) that are often slower and without a steady rhythm (sans mesure). Rhythmically, Fandango de Huelva consists of a repetition of a six beat phrase, that Flamencos refer to as a compás, with accents on the third and fifth beats (1 2 3 4 5 6). This is notated in the score as a repeated sequence of 4/4 and 2/4 measures with the first beat of the compás falling on the third beat of the first 4/4 measure. The first accented beat in the compás falls on the first beat of the following 2/4 measure and the second accented beat falls on the first beat of the 4/4 measure following. This asymmetrical distribution of accents in the phrase gives the Fandango a kind of choppy almost stop-and-go flow. Note the number of holds that occur in the melodic passages. These are signs of a feature of the Fandango that is used much more in the slower versions where the singer or guitarist can vary the rhythmic flow at will. The melodic passages in the piece are based on traditional songs for Fandango de Huelva, much as Brahms? Hungarian Dances were based on traditional romani melodies from Hungary. The piece ends with a so-called Macho, a finale, in Verdiales, a fast Fandango rhythm from the region of Malaga. The Verdiales runs in standard 3/4 measures.I learned the Fandango de Huelva rhythm in my studies with Juan González ?Triguito? in Madrid in the late 1960?s. I gathered further rhythmic and melodic material working with other Flamenco guitarists and singers, especially in El Mesón de la Guitarra just off the Plaza Mayor, during my years in Spain.The Fandango de Huelva is a fast and lively style (palo) of Flamenco with lots of good old-fashioned strumming (rasgueados) together with long continuous melodic passages. There is quite a bit of tapping on the face of guitar (golpes) in combination with the strumming and left hand legatos. Some passages are played with the thumb in alzapúa, meaning that the thumb strikes in triplets down, up, and down again in rapid sequence in combination with glopes. The alzapúa and tapping really add to the gitano-andalusian flavour of the piece. The last measures of the finale in abanico (fanning) rasqueado style are a powerful sendoff. Audiences have always enjoyed the positive spirit and energy that the Fandango de Huelva radiates.

Los ?12 estudios flamencos para piano? son una síntesis entre el pianismo virtuoso romántico y las sonoridades y armonías flamencas y españolas. Su objetivo va más allá de las aproximaciones basadas en copiar los estereotipos propios de la guitarra flamenca y sus patrones típicos, pues musicalmente no se trata ni de flamenco puro, ni de simples estudios técnicos de mecanismo: se trata más bien hablar a través del lenguaje flamenco y español para dar libertad a las dificultades típicas del piano: octavas, arpegios, notas dobles, escalas, acordes y figuraciones varias, pretendiendo crear un lenguaje propio, natural, adaptado al piano y a sus posibilidades. Se pueden considerar pues, 12 estudios de concierto, cada uno con su propia personalidad, su sonoridad particular y su carácter diferenciado.

The ?12 flamenco studies for piano? are a synthesis between romantic virtuoso pianism and flamenco and Spanish sounds and harmonies. Its objective goes beyond the approaches based on copying the stereotypes typical of flamenco guitar and its typical patterns, since musically it is not about pure flamenco, nor about simple technical studies of mechanism: it is rather about speaking through language. flamenco and Spanish to give freedom to the typical difficulties of the piano: octaves, arpeggios, double notes, scales, chords and various figurations, trying to create their own, natural language, adapted to the piano and its possibilities. Thus, 12 concert studios can be considered, each one with its own personality, its particular sound and its distinctive character.

I hope you will enjoy this note-for-note transcription of the wonderful Verde Selva by the great Flamenco guitarist, Juan Serrano, from his 1965 RCA Victor recording Popular Music of Spain and the Old World. Verde Selva is a rumba, a rhythmic dance that has its origins in Cuba, becoming a part of the flamenco tradition in the 19th century in Andalusia, Spain. The playing technique used by Serrano in Verde Selva is often referred to as Rumba Melodica due to its use of arpeggiated chords rather than the rhythmic strumming that is typically associated with rumbas. As it is typical for Flamenco guitarists to improvise and change their pieces with subsequent performances, Juan Serrano\'s Verde Selva evolved over the span of his career, resulting in two versions of the piece; the first, featured on the 1965 vinyl LP Popular Music of Spain and the Old World (the basis for this transcription) and the second, in the 1981 Mel Bay publication Juan Serrano - Flamenco Concert Selections, which included Juan Serrano\'s own transcription of his then current version of the piece, along with the recorded track on the included audio CD. Although it is this 1981 version that is performed by guitarists, today, it is my fondness of the 1965 Popular Music of Spain and the Old World recording that inspired me to transcribe this rendition of Serrano\'s Verde Selva, a transcription which had not before been released to the public. Although this transcription is note-for-note to the original recording, liberties were taken only in one regard in that repeats were added in some sections to give more length to this beautiful piece.

As an accompaniment in the home of people's lives during the 50's onwards, music between the stoves was a common activity and made the task of cooking more enjoyable, adding culinary art to the musical art. Even in the flamenco melodies, some secret recipes or ingredients were noted, perhaps to perpetuate the tradition and passing between generations of culinary ideas, thus preserving the essence of typical stews in musical styles such as tanguillo, tango, rumba or rancheras. In this album, as a continuation of the previous one, we present the transcription for piano of seven flamenco songs with gastronomic content.

ISBN 9781513455532. 8.75x11.75 inches.

The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues on with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these is the Bulerias. Juan Martin brings his many years of experience as an internationally renowned flamenco soloist and accompanist for singers and dancers to unravelling its mysteries, explaining and demonstrating very clearly the different elements of its rhythmic structure and the various ways it may be accented and counted. He uses traditional and more modern examples of the different kinds of rhythm and melodic passages (falsetas) to provide an invaluable understanding of this wonderful palo. The second rhythmic form is devoted to the popular flamenco Rumba, then Tangos, Tientos and that most profound of all the palos, the deeply moving Seguiriyas. Juan\'s solo playing is complemented by demonstrations of the guitar\'s role in accompanying the flamenco dance (baile) and song (cante) with the help of outstanding dancers Raquel de Luna and Miguel Infante and singers Amparo Heredia (La Repompilla) and Carlos Brias. The music for solo guitar is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra) and the online video contain nearly three hours of explanation and demonstrations. The series is complemented by two other best-selling Juan Martin volumes published by Mel Bay. These provide progressively graded solo material to extend the repertoire, from beginner to concert level. Includes access to online video.

ISBN 9781609740702.

Here's yet another book that should be in every serious classical and flamenco guitarist's library; this time, Ioannis Anastassakis (The Art of Rasguedo) eliminates the guesswork on how to practice and perform the tremolo technique. The book addresses over 70 different approaches and methods to practice the tremolo with unprecedented advice from some of the greatest classical and flamenco guitarists including: Andres Segovia, John Williams, Sharon Isbin, Christopher Parkening, Pepe Romero, Scott Tennant, David Russell, Narciso Yepes, Stanley Yates, Stepan Rak, Juan Serrano, Manolo Sanlucar, Manolo Franco, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Paco Serrano, and many more.

Este segundo libro de estudios flamencos para piano sigue la estela del primer volumen, siendo una síntesis entre el pianismo virtuoso romántico y las sonoridades y armonías flamencas y españolas, "hablando" a través del lenguaje flamenco y español para dar libertad a las dificultades típicas del piano: octavas, arpegios, etc., pretendiendo crear un lenguaje propio, natural, adaptado al piano y a sus posibilidades. Se pueden considerar pues, 12 estudios de concierto, cada uno con su propia personalidad, su sonoridad particular y su carácter diferenciado.
Nivel de dificultad alto.
40 min. aprox.


This second book of flamenco studies for piano follows the wake of the first volume, being a synthesis between romantic virtuoso pianism and flamenco and Spanish sounds and harmonies, "speaking" through the flamenco and Spanish language to give freedom to the typical difficulties of the piano: octaves, arpeggios, etc., trying to create its own natural language, adapted to the piano and its possibilities. Thus, 12 concert studios can be considered, each with its own personality, its particular sound and its differentiated character.High difficulty level.40 min. approx.

If the composition\'s heart has a romantic essence, then it embodies a flamenco soul. The beginning has a happy and vibrant nature, but is followed up by modal flourishes that passionately collide against rasgueados. As the piece progresses, the ideas continue to morph and cascade through different moods and gestures before the main theme is recapitulated.

An arrangement of the Flamenco style (palo) Tientos for solo acoustic guitar. The piece is based on traditional themes for the Tientos that I have expanded and elaborated on to weave together a self-contained composition that lies somewhere between Brahms? Hungarian Dances and Dvorak?s Slavic Dances. The composition is inspired by my studies with Juan González ?Triguito? in Madrid in the late 1960s. The Tientos belongs to the Tango family of Flamenco styles and is a slow majestic Flamenco rhythm that can reach great emotional depth in the hands of skilled guitarists. The Tientos is notated in standard 4/4 measures that although seemly simple can be deceptively complex because of the nearly inexhaustible possibilities for rhythmic variation. Lots of tapping can be found in the notation together with melody and chords, but also alone at rests which I leave in the notation. The tapping is perhaps a vestige of the African origin attributed to the Tango family of Flamenco palos. The arrangement ends with a finale (macho) that moves from the Tientos through a few bars of Tango to a finish in Rumba Gitana, the fastest and liveliest member of the Tango family.The Tientos is played in a Phrygian modal that moves from D minor through C and B-flat to A or A7. This variant of the so-called Andalusian cadence is typical for gitano Flamenco palos.The piece can be played by students of Flamenco guitar at the intermediate to advanced levels and contains many essential elements of serious (jondo) Flamenco guitar playing.

This is a flamenco guitar arrangement of Malagueña, a pianopiece written by Cuban pianist/composer Ernesto Lecuona. It was originallyadapted for solo Spanish/Flamenco guitar by Carlos Montoya in 1961 and is widely believed to have been originallywritten for the guitar. The fact that Lecuona wrote the piece in thestyle of Spain is likely what makes the Spanish guitar arrangement feel like itbelongs to the instrument. Anotherreason for its association with Spanish guitar is the fact that the main melodyfrom the piece was not Lecuona?s invention but was taken from the ?Malagueña? flamencoform, originating out of Málaga, Spain, in the 19th century. ?Malagueña,? andthe melodic lines associated with it, is one of the traditional styles of Flamenco/Andalusianmusic. This rendition is ?in the style of Sabicas,? a Spanish Gypsy guitaristwho is considered by many to be one of the finest flamenco solo guitarists of his time. Lecuona?sMalagueña is typically found as a solo piano piece in the key of C# Phrygian,whereas on the guitar, (as is the case with this arrangement) it isnormally arranged in E Phrygian.

Eugen Sedko's bulerias falseta, advaced level. The video tutorial is present on youtube (sedkolessons).