MARTIN JUAN, PLAY SOLO FLAMENCO GUITAR VOL. 1. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH GUITAR TABLATURE + CD + DVD.
LIBRO METODO DI MUSICA FLAMENCO CON CD E DVD.
SPARTITI PER CHITARRA CON: PENTAGRAMMA, TABLATURE.
with notation and TAB PLAY SOLO FLAMENCO GUITAR with
JUAN MARTiN
Guitarra Flamenca
SOLOS FLAMENCOS
42 solos
Progressively graded for absolute beginner to intermediate and more advanced
GRADES 0 - 5
con notacion y CIFRA
Progresivamente graduados para el principiante absoluto hasta intermedio y mas avanzado
CD Contents
Primera Solea First Solea
Tientos Anhelo (Yearning)
Sevillana Copla tradicional
Verdiales Malaga, mi tierra
Alegrias en Mi Alborozo (Jubilation)
Tangos Festejo (Celebration)
Guajira Fiesta cubana
Solea La base
Fandango de Huelva
Alegrias en mi con silencio
Bulerias por arriba
Rumba Rumba del dia nueve
Malaguelia Velez
Granadinas Albaicin
Solea para acompaliar
Tientos de Ricardo a Paco
Seguiriyas Sabicas y ritmeo
Alegrias Melocotones de Ronda
Verdiales Coplas malaguenas
Bulerias Diego en menor
Guajiras from Cania raja
Solea Solea gitana
Seguiriyas Falsetas clasicas
Zapateado Taconeos
Rumba Cancion popular, more advanced (mas avanzada)
Solea por Bulerias Raices
Tarantas Aires de La Union
Alegrias Tema inicial (Opening theme)
Sevillana Mi copla
Solea Falseta tradicional
Alegrias en la
Tarantos Toque de las minas
Zorongo
Cantilias Luz y sombra (Light and shade)
Seguiriya Lamento
Rumba Rumba flamenca
Solea Falsetas sencillas (Simple falsetas)
Fandango de Alosno
Rumba Cancion popular
Tangos Impulso
Carcelero
Farruca Ritmo del baile (Rhythm of the dance)
FLAMENCOVISION AND PATRICK CAMPBELL
MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC., PACIFIC, MO 63069. MADE AND PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Designed as a comprehensive multimedia teaching set, this book, CD, and DVD present 42 solos, progressively graded in 6 levels from absolute beginners to more advanced, to suit players of all levels. It contains examples of eighteen different palos (rhythmic forms) of flamenco, with a wealth of melodic falsetas and rhythms. The music for all these is accurately written in notation and flamenco tab (cifra) in the book, and is also recorded on the companion CD. The DVD video contains over 57 minutes of solo music, and also includes introduction by Juan Martín and brief scenes of Andalucia today, which help to place this profoundly exciting and deeply felt music in the landscape of its origins. Juan Martín has succeeded here is showing how even music which is simple and very easy to start with can express the essential sound and emotion of flamenco, to build step by step the skills necessary for the performance of concert solos. Written in English and Spanish.
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to my new video series! It can help you to play flamenco guitar whatever your present level of skill. Many people who would like to play flamenco on the guitar tell me they are discouraged by the apparent difficulty of the techniques required. I want to try to change that, because the marvellous art of flamenco is much more about feeling and rhythm, those essential components of aire and compas, than always about sheer speed or amazing technique. The exciting challenge for me has been to arrange and compose music which includes classic elements with more modern sounds and rhythms that will capture for the student the true essence of flamenco guitar right from the very start, without sounding too simplified or lacking that characteristic flamenco sound.
The solos in this project are in a progressive series of grades, from an initial Grade a up to grade 8. This book, CD and video, the first of two sets, contain the pieces for grades a to 5. The grades are intended to be in line with the levels of musical advancement required for the grade examinations of music colleges for any musical instrument. This is a new kind of challenge for flamenco, but the art is now becoming so international that I believe it is time to see flamenco guitar as an art that can be learned in a progressive way by anybody who has the necessary devotion, understanding and determination. To many devotees of flamenco the idea of a formal graded approach, possibly subject to examination, may seem quite alien and even unwelcome. I want to look to the future, however, and to join with others who now nurture the growing world-wide interest in this precious art and the need for systematic methods of teaching. The essence of flamenco is so strong and distinctive that I do not believe its future is threatened by the increasing numbers of people who find in its soul what they want to express and to enjoy in music, any more than the music of the Mississippi Delta has been impoverished by the world-wide interest in the art of the Blues. There are no formal standards or guidelines in flamenco that are widely established to mark the student's stages of progress. In this project, therefore, I have given much thought to what I believe should be the appropriate levels of skill and musicianship necessary for achievement of the grades which can mark the advancement of technical ability and musical understanding. The book contains more details about the contents and requirements of each grade.
I have been greatly encouraged in this project by my young son Carlos, whose need for interesting music to play from the start of his learning the guitar has given me a valuable purpose and focus in preparing the music, particularly with the earliest grades.
There is bound to be disagreement about whether a piece is right for the grade assigned, or whether it is too easy or too difficult. I think that sort of argument is both unavoidable and not really very helpful. I have tried to present a logical development of musical understanding and of techniques for the right and left hand, but the important thing is not to be too rigid about the sequence of grades. Students and players have to differ in their capacities and needs. The music always matters more than anything else! More advanced players will be able to incorporate the music of the video in their own arrangements, and they should find things worth learning at any grade.
My aim is to give the student music which he or she will enjoy playing and which will reward the effort to practise and learn. This is not primarily a project to explain technique, but I have included some brief notes about the individual pieces. I hope you will share in the enjoyment I have had in undertaking this project with my good friend and former student Patrick Campbell who has again worked hard to communicate my playing through video, the CD and the printed page. I would also like to thank Bill Bay and his team for their invaluable advice and encouragement with what we believe to be a new advance in learning methods for flamenco. Viva el arte - y vamos a tocar!
Contents:
CONTENIDO / CONTENTS
Introduction By Juan Martín
Introducción Por Juan Martín
The Elements of Flamenco Guitar-Playing
Los Elementos del toque de la guitarra flamenca
Symbols and Notation
Símbolos y Notación
GRADE / NIVEL O Notes and Requirements/Notas y requisitos
PRIMERA SOLEÁ First Soleá
TIENTOS Anhelo (Yearning)
SEVILLANA Copla tradicional
VERDIALES Málaga, mi tierra
ALEGRÍAS EN MI Alborozo (Jubilation)
TANGOS Festejo (Celebration)
GUAJIRA Fiesta cubana
GRADE / NIVEL 1
Notes and Requirements/Notas y requisitos
SOLEÁ Falsetas sencillas (Simple falsetas)
FANDANGO DE ALOSNO
RUMBA Canción popular
TANGOS Impulso
CARCELERO
FARRUCA Ritmo del baile (Rhythm of the dance)
SEVILLANA Mi copla
GRADE / NIVEL 2
Notes and Requirements/Notas y requisitos
SOLEÁ Falseta tradicional
ALEGRÍAS EN LA
TARANTOS Toque de las minas
ZORONGO
CANTIÑAS Luz y sombra (Light and shade)
SEGUIRIYA Lamento
RUMBA Rumba flamenca
GRADE / NIVEL 3
Notes and Requirements/Notas y requisitos
SOLEÁ La base
FANDANGO DE HUELVA
ALEGRÍAS EN MI con silencio
BULERÍAS POR ARRIBA
RUMBA Rumba del día nueve
MALAGUEÑA Vélez
GRANADINAS Albaicín
GRADE / NIVEL 4
Notes and Requirements/Notas y requisitos
SOLEÁ Soleá gitana
SEGUIRIYAS Falsetas clásicas
ZAPATEADO Taconeos
RUMBA Canción popular, more advanced (más avanzada)
SOLEÁ POR BULERÍAS Raíces
TARANTAS Aires de La Unión
ALEGRÍAS Tema inicial (Opening theme)
GRADE / NIVEL 5
Notes and Requirements/Notas y requisitos
SOLEÁ PARA ACOMPAÑAR
TIENTOS de Ricardo a Paco
SEGUIRIYAS Sabicas y ritmeo
ALEGRÍAS Melocotones de Ronda
VERDIALES Coplas malagueñas
BULERÍAS Diego en menor
GUAJIRAS from Caña rajá
APPENDIX: PUBLICATIONS BY/PUBLICACIONES DE IUAN MARTÍN