The first time I ever heard flamenco was probably around 1962 at my friend Peter Baronas’ house. It was a Carlos Montoya record and I knew immediately that if I was ever going to play the guitar, I wanted it to sound like that. Peter grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. He and his family had [...]
Centro Flamenco presented flamenco dancer Andres Peña as this summer’s guest teacher from July 19th-28th for a series of workshops featuring Solea por Bulerias and, of course, Bulerias de Jerez. This was Andres’ first time teaching in Vancouver and all of the students loved him. He is a great teacher, and very patient. He has [...]
Here are some of the capos (cejillas) I have used over the years: OR Tip: If your capo breaks or if you lose it you can try the pencil and rubber band trick. Although it’s not the greatest, if you put something like fabric or soft cardboard between the pencil and the strings it [...]
