flamenco

But to get a true connection to flamenco you need to find people that play flamenco, whether IRL or online.

He was true to his flamenco roots, but he was an innovator as well, playing with countless artists from different genres, and helping flamenco music become popular worldwide.

He played a lot along with Camarón de la Isla (or just Camarón), one of the pioneers of flamenco-fusión.

This is a common classical guitar technique too, but Flamenco takes it further, often using 4 plucks instead of 3.

You don't need a ton of fancy chords or technique to get some flamenco like sounds out of your instrument.

There are similarities in the processes of learning almost anything - be it martial arts, glassblowing, flamenco dancing or web programming.

Once you’ve mastered (I mean, can play Eric Clapton and Co) it then take it into the minor keys and learn the directional flamenco picking.

If there is a flamenco dance school in your area, see if they offer guitar lessons and the opportunity to accompany dancers.

And Flamenco itself it's a mix of Arabic, Gypsy and -who knows- more roots...

The book: el arte flamenco de la guitarra By juan martín is good.

It doesn't have to be a flamenco guitar per-se, any classical will do.

I recommend finding a good teacher who specialises in Flamenco if that's where your interest lies.

They said what Camarón did was "Heresy" to Flamenco music, that his album was not flamenco at all.

Mine (Spain) said "control your DNS like a flamenco singer" and it doesn't make sense at all.

You might find these too diluted from "real" flamenco, but they can be another entry point for building up your playing.

This is the characteristic "Spanish" sound recognisable by everyone, and is in fact a fundamental building block of Flamenco style (por arriba).

Flamenco can be a very challenging and technical style, but it doesn't have to be.