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Volume One
Book, CD and DVD £22.00

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Volume 1 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 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.

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Volume Two (intermediate and advanced)
Book, CD and DVD £22.00

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Volume 2 provides 21 solos progressively graded in the three higher grades 6 to 8, to suit players at intermediate and more advanced stages, who already have some experience of the instrument and the techniques of flamenco. In addition it contains 4 extra recorded tracks and 2 more complete concert solos presented only in notation and tablature. Besides further examples of 9 of the 18 forms played in Volume 1, it contains examples of 7 further forms to make a total of 25 for the series. The music for all these is accurately written in notation and flamenco tab in this book and is also recorded on the accompanying CD. The dvd contains over 60 minutes of music plus introductions by Juan Martín and brief scenes of Andalucia today. Juan Martín superbly demonstrates how the art of flamenco soloing develops from simple beginnings to the level of concert solos which draw on classic falsetas and his own original compositions from his albums.

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Both volumes are also available from Mel Bay Publications Inc
Po Box 66
Pacific
MO 63069-0066
USA

The Exciting Sound of Flamenco - Volumes 1 and 2