Hello! Im looking to join a flamenco class this winter in Montreal Canada. I am a beginner but I have danced before ( tap dance, ballet jazz, dancehall, hiphop). Im looking for recommendations. Thank you!

First lesson with a Flamenco Guitarrista from Seville on Tuesday! This guy is a SERIOUS Flamenco artist! I’m a guitar newbie, no previous guitar experience, and took my first lessons (classical, 1 hour a week, although my instructor had training in Spain) in April! I still feel like I know nothing! I’m also an old man, 66 years old, and just fulfilling a deep desire I’ve had ever since I was a kid! I explained that I’m a newcomer to guitar to my new instructor but I’m afraid he won’t have the patience to teach me once he sees how bad I am! I’m sitting here trying to learn stuff in this short period of time to be worthy! Any advice?

Hi, I've recently listened to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJaThopTyJ4 and I wonder how to make this very first sound. I am not familiar with a lot of flamenco but is this rasgueado? How do I play this?

Just started learning Flamenco (from videos) after playing with a pick for 20 years. It feels almost like starting from scratch in terms of right hand dexterity.

I’m having some issues with the strumming techniques. On the upstroke with the thumb, I keep catching the skin around the nail and it is starting to really hurt. I am using a nylon string guitar, but it still causes friction on the skin.

Is my technique just off? I don’t have the long nail nor do I want to keep my nail long. Is this a requirement? Should I get some of those picks that loop around the finger? Or will I just get used to it with time?

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Honestly, since I've been approaching the Soleá in this way, it has gotten comparably easy to understand it.

In absence of an actual singer.. is the shouts and banter of the palmas crew totally spontaneous or is there more to it? I love it and it just seems like they are cheering on their guitarist buddy..

Hi Everyone, I'm currently in Seville and have been taking Flamenco classes here for a month. I've learned more here in the first two classes than I did in multiple classes and a workshop back in my hometown in the States. My mind is blown and I think I want to do some kind of intensive training here (6 months to a year) to really solidify a strong foundation. I'm a complete beginner to Flamenco. My dance background is mostly 10+years in Middle Eastern/Bellydance styles.

Has anyone studied at a school in Andalucia that offered intensive study and visa assistance?

Also am I crazy to hope for and try to achieve advanced beginner/low intermediate level within a year of intensive study here? With how much more vigorous the courses are it seems possible.(I was chronically ill for many years and am finally in recovery and I'm just feeling really motivated and so excited to dance again, especially with the energy here and how lovely the people are)

I guess it would just be nice to get some encouragement from any beginners since most of what I see is a bit discouraging."Flamenco is hard! You're already too old! You'll never be a good dancer."

Is this really a flamenco guitar, and do you think it's overpriced? I see that another guitar from that maker sold on TodoColeccion for only 350€

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0y0olGHPs&t=149s

At the end of this 7 min Tangos compas metronome it shifts out of compas into this really loud funk rock tag and everytime I'm deep in the zone practising it arrives out of the blue and scares the fucking shit out of me...

I'm trying to learn the traditional Taranta introductory falseta where you rapidly hammer on and pull-off on the F# and G chords. Here's an example, from 0:07 to 0:19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vN1wJJrYhKc

My hammer-ons and pull-offs on the F# chord (frets 2-3-2-open-repeat on the 6th string) sound fine, but I'm having trouble on the G chord, (hammer-on and pull-off on frets 2-4-2-open-repeat on the 5th string).

I have my middle finger fretting the 3rd fret on the 6th string for the G, while I try the hammer-ons and pull-offs previously mentioned, while the other strings are open. The problem is that I keep pulling the 6th string down with my middle finger so that when I do the hammer-ons and pull-offs on the 5th string, that string hits the flesh on my middle fingertip as it oscillates and almost mutes itself, ruining the crisp hammer-ons and pull-offs I'm trying to achieve.

I tried to push the 6th string up with my middle finger to create more space between the 6th and 5th strings in order to mitigate this problem, but it's still happening. I also tend to pull-off in a downward motion and touch the fretboard below a string with my fingertip as I pull off a string, in order to maximize the volume of the pull-off, which often results in me muting, in this case, the 4th string as well.

I use La Bella Red Nylon Silver Plated Flamenco Strings 820, and I'd say the tension on these strings is about medium, if not a bit below.

Do you guys have any tips for me to improve my hammer-ons and pull-offs?

Hola a todos, me llamo Harrison y soy de Australia. Estoy utilizando un traductor para comunicarme, ya que no hablo español muy bien, pero soy un gran fan de la música flamenca y latina. Recientemente descubrí las canciones de Paquito Jerez como “Dos Veces Madre”, “Un Piropo”, “Pulsera de Pedida” y “Ladrona de Amor”, y me gustaría saber más sobre su carrera y su música. Estoy muy interesado en aprender más para poder utilizar muestras en mis propios proyectos musicales. ¿Alguien podría compartir más información o recomendarme dónde puedo encontrar más de su música? ¡Muchas gracias por su ayuda!

3/4 obvs but have a feeling it's not por bulerías?

Edit *Trago amargo a secas

I've played classical guitar for two years because of school and now and am getting sick of it. No diss to classical music. But i just wanted to ask if anyone could tell me how I could get into more strumming types of music. Strumming guitar has a more lively air to it and the coolest part is that it seems like you can just make up songs on the spot if you know chords/music theory. I want to get into a flamenco style of strumming my guitar, your two cents (popular strum patterns, chord progressions, how to mix the two, anything that I could learn) would be super appreciated!!!!