HOMEPAGE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL GUITAR IMAGES ANCIENT GUITARS HISTORY OF FLAMENCO TABLE OF CONTENT ORIGINS THE MODERN FLAMENCO GUITAR REFERENCES LINKS FOLK ART CULTURE PARTICULAR THE PROVINCE ANDALUSIA ALWAYS MUSICAL OUTLET THE POOR OPPRESSED ORAL TRADITION ARTIST USES BASIS TRIPARTITE DANCE THE GUITAR SIMULTANEOUSLY PUNCTUATION HUNDREDS PIECES NAMES SOLEARES ALEGRAS MALAGUEAS ZAPATEADO DEFINED CHARACTERISTIC HARMONIC MOOD REGIONAL SIMILAR WAS TO EVOLVE SONG AS IT SYNTHESIS THE GYPSIES ARABS THE JEWS INDIGENOUS ANDALUSIANS THE GENERAL PERSECUTION EXPULSION THE MOORS EVENTUALLY FUSION ANDALUSIAN ACCOMPANIMENT THE SINGING PHENOMENON THE 18TH CENTURY ANDALUCIAN FOLK SONGS THE PAST INSTRUMENTS BANDURRIA VIOLIN PERFORMING ART THE SECOND HALF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY EMERGENCE THE CAFE CAFE SEVILLE LITTLE 1860S CAFS THE MAJOR CITIES ANDALUCIA AUDIENCE AFICIONADOS CLASSES THE PERFORMANCE EXPECT ENTERTAINED GROUP COMPRISING THREE OR FOUR FEMALE MALE DANCERS GUITARISTS THE GREAT AGES THE GYPSY SINGERS ANDALUZ MASTERS THE ROLE REGULAR GUITARIST HAD TO KNOW HOW SONGS ABLE FOLLOW THE SINGER LEADING LESS GOOD COMPETITION EACH OTHER THE PLAYERS SOMETIMES TRICKS OUTRAGEOUS ACTS SHOWMANSHIP PLAYING GLOVE HAND ABOVE FINE RMON THE FOUNDER STYLE SOLO GUITAR GREATEST DAYS WERE OVER THE TURN OF THE CENTURY THE YEARS WERE TO THEATRICAL PRESENTATION PUBLIC TASTE TURNED TOWARD TYPE ANTONIO CHACN LIGHTER PROFESSIONAL TORRE REAL TRUE ARTISTS THE DANCE JAVIER MOLINA RAMN MONTOYA MANOLO PERICO LUNAR WAR IN EUROPE THE AFTERMATH CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN DECADE OPPORTUNITY PAID OUTSIDE CONCERN FOR TRUE OPPORTUNITIES FESTIVALS JEREZ MALAGA FIFTIES SIXTIES PUBLIC INTEREST NEW GENERATION FIRST COUSIN CLASSICAL COMMON ANCESTRY PARTICULARLY SOUND ACTION TIMBERS THE BODY DIMENSIONS PRIMARY DIFFERENCES THE CLASSICAL CEDAR SPRUCE TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT GENERALLY OVERALL PERCUSSIVE ACTUALLY PREFER DEPTH SOLO HYBRID INSTRUMENT PLASTIC PROTECT THE FACE TAPS FEATURE FLAMENCO MUSIC FLAMENCO GUITARS GEARED MACHINE HEADS RECENT AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS ANTONIO DE TORRES SHOULD DEVELOPMENT STABILIZATION PERIOD THE SAME WAY TORRES STRINGS WOODEN SMALLER THAN THE EQUIVALENT SPANISH CYPRESS THE EXTREME LIGHTNESS LIGHT BACKS GIVE THE WHOLE INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION SIMPLER THE ACTION CLOSER RAPID FINGERING FINGERBOARD ITSELF THE TABLE PLATE DRUMMING SLAPPING ESSENTIAL THE NEED INEXPENSIVE ELEMENT TRUTH TRADITIONALLY RICH THE LAST TRIALS MAPLE RATHER INTRODUCTION THE HYBRID ROSEWOOD MACHINE GYPSY FAMILY BULERAS SEGUIRIYA TIENTOS TANGOS FANDANGOS HUELVA MEDIA GRANANAS VERDIALES MINERA RONDEA TARANTAS FARRUCA GARROTN SEVILLANAS VILLANCICO EL VITO LATIN RUMBA MARY EVANS PLAYERS THE RENAISSANCE MAGNUSSEN DEVELOPMENT OF FOUNDATION AMERICA TRANSLATION BOHDAN UKRAINIAN GERMAN HISTORIA POLISH ADRIAN DICTIONARY RELATED INFORMATION STUDENT DANCERS RECORDINGS GEORGIAN LANGUAGE IRAKLI BOSNIAN PETRA MACEDONIAN PAGE COPYRIGHT FRANOIS