Comments on: Guitar Lessons: Flamenco Made Easy Learn How to play Flamenco guitar instructional video (2005)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:45:52 +0000

2.0 out of 5 stars
Flamenco made easy
I am not very fond of this DVD. You can learn some technical aspects of Rasgueos, but all the flamenco pieces of the DVD do not really sound like the soul of flamenco.

By: Valora

Valora — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:43:33 +0000

I purchased two other flamenco guiter programs from amazon that were rated 4 1/2 to 5 stars and they unfortunately were not good for beginners in flamenco. I am a seasoned guitar player and I had no idea what was being presented. I rented Charles Sedlak’s dvd and must say…it is a real easy approach to flamenco. So I purchased it her at amazon, which by the way offered the best price. In a matter of weeks, I was able to play like I had been playing for years. Best one out there! He breaks it down step by step and teaches you songs in the process….I give it 5 stars…

By: Meyshia

Meyshia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:05:27 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Good DVD if you already play guitar
This DVD is clearly not intended for someone who has never played the guitar before (although you can download a PDF from the website that explains chords, TAB, and other…

By: Huong

Huong — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:31:53 +0000

3.0 out of 5 stars
A quick inexpensive intro to flemenco guitar
The instructor’s guitar technique is mediocre although what he teaches is within the grasp of an intermediate guitarist.

By: Baxter

Baxter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:48:46 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
This DVD really makes flamenco easy
well… i bought it, and i just started playing the guitar few months ago, and this really helps a lot… Charles explains in a very easy way the techniques…

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:16:12 +0000

The instructional DVD is definitely helpful. It has a number of excellent right hand strumming & picking patterns. Don’t let the heavey metal appearance of Charles Sedlack fool you. The DVD is well suited to people like myself who have never played flamenco guitar. He does a good job breaking down the right hand patterns in to smaller segments so that any one can learn them with practice. He also slows them down so they are understandable.

By: Bayarmaa

Bayarmaa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:47:52 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent delivery & content – Must buy!!
Flamenco Made Easy offers a casual but informative delivery of HOW TO flamenco information. I consider my self a novice Flamenco player with an overall intermediate level of…

By: Jennessa

Jennessa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:38:12 +0000

Charles Sedlak is not what you'd call a pedantic music instructor. He's more like Arlo Guthrie showing you some licks in the back room after a set at the Berkeley Cafe. In this DVD Sedlak assumes you have the basics of the guitar figured out and just want to sound like a flamenco guitarist. He doesn't dwell on the musical tradition behind flamenco, spend time teaching you all the forms, or hold forth on the nuances of technique.

He just shows you how to get the flamenco sound, while informally teaching you some cool sounding but easy to play pieces. And sometimes that's all you want. Formal flamenco studies are slow going. Sedlak gets you to the payoff quickly, so you can sound like you halfway could actually BE a flamenco player, with just a few weeks of consistent practice.

There is much, much more to flamenco than Sedlak presents in this video course. But you're more likely to stay motivated with this material, especially if you're a begninning flamenco player, than if you take the long road of the flamenco purist. Even intermediate players will find some nifty secrets to add flair to their playing. And in contrast to the sometimes stupefying cadence of other flamenco teachers, Charles, with his long hair and wavy eyes, is wonderfully entertaining.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:21:48 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
A friendly, unintimidating approach to Flemenco
This is a wonderful DVD to get a taste of some of the technical aspects of Flamenco in a very informal setting.

By: Yatin

Yatin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:28 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars beginners level
its a fantastic intro to flamenco,,easy to follow,,he does it slowly then speeds up so you can see the end effect,,uses the same chords so you practice technique and bundles it up...