Guitar Atlas: Flamenco (Book & CD) [Sheet music]

Dennis Koster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002

The Guitar Atlas series continues with a vivid exploration of Flamenco guitar. Dennis Koster, one of New York's most sought-after teachers for over 25 years, guides you through distinctive rhythms such as soleares, alegr?as, and buler?as, along with important techniques like rasgueado, tremolo, and golpe. Music is written in standard notation and TAB. The book also includes a demonstration CD, which is sure to make learning this style both easy and fun.

Product Details

• Sheet music: 48 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739024787
• ISBN-13: 978-0739024782
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great explanations from a true virtuoso, January 22, 2005

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Edward Brown - See all my reviews
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I was fortunate to have studied with Dennis in NYC in the early 80's. Back then he was an amazing guitarist. I recently visited him in NYC again and was amazed at how much his playing has
sweetened. Dennis is not only a great player but his explanations of the techniques are among the best out there. I recommend this book for any student who has played at least one year of classical guitar.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Series-Guitar Atlas, September 15, 2007

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Michael Kasper "guitar fan" (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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I would recommend this book to anyone with a passion for classical guitar and for any world enthusiast. The whole Guitar Atlas series is so informative in terms of guitar techniques, rhythms, and melodies. I enjoy reading about the history of the regions such as Spain. Many of the famous flamenco artists are listed so you can look them up on the internet or buy a CD to learn more about them. Any guitarist with an interest in other cultural music or interest in finding new ways to play the guitar should buy at least one in this series. Overall, I would give high marks on these books and they are not too difficult for an intermediate guitar player.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkably Succinct and Effective Book, May 16, 2010

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J. W. Coop (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Atlas: Flamenco (Book & CD) (Sheet music)

Koster has really distilled flamenco technique down to several essentials and offers very impressive and enjoyable material to play. He quickly introduces three main flamenco forms--soleares, alegrias and buler1as--offering several good basic rhythmic phrases (compas) for each, plus some good basic solo material. He also gives a taste of several additional flamenco forms. For each main form, he teaches basic flamenco techniques--strumming (rasgueado), thumb use (apoyando and alzapua), tremelo, arpeggios. (He doesn't cover picado (scale and individual note playing) very much, which is a little surprising, though he works a little into the solos. Speaking of solos, at the back of the book are some really terrific solos--not easy, but playable if one works through them diligently. The CD is helpful, actually essential. Like many if not all flamenco books, this one assumes that the student can play the guitar decently already and wants to learn some authentic flamenco in a quick and straightforward manner. If you fit that bill, I wouldn't leave this book out of your library.