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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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