Play Solo Flamenco Guitar with Juan Martin, Vol. 2 + CD and DVD

Beautiful for listening. If you were on a road trip and this is the only cd you had you wouldn't get bored. Takes all the simple tunes in book one and uses parts of them in every solo. If you hear something you like and want to learn, you'll already be there if you started with book one and worked your way here. So the whole complete set, book one and two start with the very basics and then each progressive grade layers on another technique or approach to what down below is just a simple song with a melody or just a rhythm to dance to. If you've ever listened to a great guitarist and wish he would just do a simpler version to help you understand, that's what these books do. You may have to give up improvising while you work your way through these books, but you'll come out the other side much improved.

They are really impressive compositions and the standard music notation includes position markings. So you don't have to look at the tab if you don't want to.The CD has almost all the compositions on it (there are two or three not included). And, they are presented in order of ascending difficulty: grades 6 through to 8. That might not mean anything to you. So, grade 6 is the beginning of the professional performance pieces and grade 8 is getting right up there. There are two grades above grade 8. And once you reach them you can play everything. Grade 6 to 7 is what is usually required to get into the better university music programs. So these pieces are hard.You might want to try the other book first if you are not a good player. This is his second book of solo flamenco guitar tunes.

I have spent a lot of time with this book, learningto play most of the pieces. I learned a lot fromit and my relationship with the material hasprogressed from enthusiastic to ambivalent -I have played it so much I am sick of what itsounds like.A superb bargain and quite technically challengingfor an intermediate to advancing guitarist.These days you can find free falseta collectionson the net. A collection I paid $80 for over a decadeago is now given freely by its author. Still, thepieces in this book mix falsetas with compassequences in such a way that a decent vocabularycan be built. It has a lot of different forms in itso it can't be considered a thorough treatmentof falseta ideas for any of the forms.

Finally, a book devoted to playing solo flamenco. Most sheet music requires two guitars, this book is devoted to playing solo. The book is very easy to use and starts out with simple, playable songs and works it's way to more complicated songs. The dvd shows the techniques necessary to play the music.

I'd already purchased Juan Martin's Flamenco tutor volume 1, and was thoroughly delighted by it : it is well-graded, with a logical progression, the music is great and Juan's smiling explanations and remarks are crystal-clear. I could not wish for a better introduction to playing flamenco guitar, and I have recommended it to all my classical guitar students.The second volume is a logical continuation of the first. I've yet to get to work at it, but after scanning through it rapidly, I am convinced it will yield hours of enjoyment (and hard work) to enthusiastic players. And as always, Juan's sensitive and brillant playing really wants you to get at it !Alan Bennett

As always, Juan Martin's instructional book and DVD/CD is exactly what I would recommend to anybody interested in learning flamenco guitar. Like the first book, this second book is taught in a "graded" manner and as you progress through the book you advance to the next level--however, nothing is written in stone and you can skip around and advance at your own pace. A great series and I love the instructional DVD!

I also have his first book. He is an amazing guitar player. The CD is also nice to just listen to. This book will provide plenty of hours of practice to keep you busy. You definitely get your bang for the buck as there are also plenty of songs. The tabs show you which fingers to use and the DVD is really helpful. I highly recommend this, if it were lost or stolen I would buy another.

there are no dvd and cd included in this book. you have to download them off a computer program that is choppy and will not be listenable.

Como todos los libros de Juan Martín, muy recomendables. Un pionero (eso pienso yo) en la divulgación del flamenco con DVD, ahora en las nuevas ediciones usa you tube en vez de DVD

An excellent follow-up to volume one.The grading system continues, though I think it gets a little more relaxed, it is possible to browse amongst the different grades more than you could with volume one, and there are some lovely pieces to play. I'm still way off from being able to play those brutal slides in some of the Sevillanas though !I would say that these two books on their own don't teach you everything you need to know in order to play though - they don't really teach you compás which is absolutely essential (case in point, you're not going to learn bulerias from these books alone, mine was little more than random strumming) and they are lacking in detailed description of techniques so it is easy to pick up bad habits. However, Juan's old book, 'El arte flamenco de la guitarra' is the absolute bible of flamenco books, and together these three books will give you an excellent study course. Try and track down that book if at all possible, even though I think it is out of print. (I'm not convinced by his 'La Guitarra Flamenca' though)

Good book

My father was really happy with this product. Also, fantastic customer service. everything was better than expected throughout the whole order process.

Vivamente consigliato a chi vuole accostarsi alla chitarra flamenco o a chi la vuole perfezionare. Nonostante l'encomiabile sforzo della riduzione in tablatura, è necessaria, a mio avviso, una conoscenza discreta della chitarra classica o delle sue tecniche. Juan Martin è un grande maestro della chitarra flamenco. Da non perdere!