Rush to Queue

I have always wanted to play guitar. I never took the time to try very hard. Once as a teenager I bought a blues DVD but all the instruction was in tablature form. When I was in my late teens I listened to one of my fathers LPs, The Best of Carlos Montoya,  and became more and more impressed and appreciative of Spanish guitar, Classical guitar and flamenco in general. From that moment I poured into classical guitar and flamenco. I borrowed CDs from the library. I ordered imports from Europe. My first real gritty flamenco CD was Enrique Morente and Sabicas in their record Nuevo York. I ordered CDs from the Naxos label. One of my favorites being a Nakita Koshkin composition The Princes Coach performed by Artyom Dervoed. At the end of the song Dervoed taps the four fingers of his right hand from the lower bout of his guitar all the way up the neck to the tuners making the sound of a horse galloping away. Oops I digress, back to learning guitar. I ordered a beginners flamenco guitar book, An Introduction to the Flamenco Guitar, by Anita Sheer and Harry Berlow. Unfortunately in this book all the songs are in musical notation. Years have passed and I have decided to mess around with some music theory as tablature seemed so incomplete to me.

I found a great website to help me learn some theory and get me started plucking some songs. The website is www.learnclassicalguitar.com. The instructor supplies PDF files and video showing how the songs are played. He also provides countless instruction via his website as well as a very well written music notation and theory primer sent through email. I started out with Hush Little Baby  and now on lesson #9 which is a simplified Bach.

I have yet to open my beginners flamenco book again but I am very happy with what I have learned thus far.