Hi Andreas I am 17 and I started the guitar a few weeks ago and I am in love with it, I am practicing up to 12 hours in some days, how are you doing now?
@@teok5665 hi teo, I've been practicing everyday for the past six months and in still going strong because I love flamenco, I hope you are doing fine as well
Thanks very much Grisha! All that information was very helpful, especially on your nail care. As I am getting older my natural nails are no longer serving me well and I think it's time to consider a different solution. I am a steel string finger style player and steel strings are very hard on my nails. I will try the nails you have suggested and the adhesive. Thanks again for being so very kind in sharing great tips that you have learned along the way. Your playing is superb and quite inspiring!
We are really enjoying these videos! We would love to hear more about your interaction with Paco De Lucia as well as other famous players as well as some more insight about what you admire about them. You shared some info in a previous video and we want more! Thank you for sharing about your nails, guitars and strings!
can you show us the shape of your finger nails? because, i have been struggling with the thumb nail shape. that would be really really helpful! thank you!
Thanks Grisha! I appreciate the thoughtful input you've provided, I look forward to every new post. I have enjoyed your performances immeasurably and hope to see you play in person eventually!
Thank you for sharing so much, your videos are sensational and inspiring as well as educational, a real treasure for those of us who love this instrument
Maestro thanks for sharing your personal experience and tips with us. You are a wonderful humble soul. And the way you teach us explaining with your videos and finger position I think is the best way of teaching. I like that style ❤ And Yes if you can share how did you learn to play by ear. Or some insights regarding playing by ear will be of great help 😇
Just saw you play "Con Garbo y Salero." Brilliant playing thank you. By the way the root maca is a powerful herb when taken internally that would strengthen your nails, if you decide to ever play with your own nails.
Grisha thanks you! Its so aspiring to see a master at your level actually sitting and helping out with the small details so much, Really thanks you it makes the life of a beginner Flamenco guitarist much easier when you know you get the right information
Thanks for the equipment advice. I will try out the ErgoPlay Tappert on my acoustic. I have a lift/support, but I am not satisfied with it. Good posture and comfort are essential. Like you, I also have a long torso. You are doing the whole world an amazingly beautiful job of teaching.
Hello, Grisha, very informative video. Of the guitars I've seen you playing I like this blanca you've been using the best, it has a visceral sound. I also would like to see you talking about your approach to nail filling and its importance to the right hand techniques, such as picado or tremolo. Cheers!
Thank you so much for these videos Grisha! I’ve always wondered why you almost never look at the guitar when you play, what that does for you, and how you are able to do that.
For guitarist who learn by watching, go to the lower right hand corner of your RU-vid screen. You'll see an icon that looks like a six sided gear. Click on that. Settings options will appear to give choices. Click on playback speed and you'll have choices to slow down video and sound without pitch change. Its pretty good quality and useful. Don't forget to return to normal play back speed when you're done , otherwise the next computer user isn't tearing their hair out. Ask me how I know! Nice that you're answering questions. Thanks. :)
Maestro. I used to have weak nails and the solution have been simple: 1- Never use nail clippers. Instead just sand your nails. 2- Use this product that is for hair grow, one drop per nail on your cuticles: Minoxidil. A dermatologist subjected to me. 3- Don’t wash your hands often, unless your are eating. Humidity is a killer for nails.
If you could make a video about nail filing and shaping. How to find out the ultimate nail shape while accounting for different nail curves and flesh size people may have. Thanks💐
Thank you Grisha, great video as usual! I have a lower back pain as well, I use "lazy glasses" it helps me reading and surfing on my laptop while I'm in bed :)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge without jealousy. I can see a great humility in all your work, you already have a place among the greats de la Guitarra. Y sos Ruso, #Admiración
Hey Grisha, thanks a lot for those recent videos .. so good that you are doing now :) Could you please do a video doing your nails? Impressed that It takes a month to change .. How is your real nail using this one above it? Is it worst because of the products? Would be great to see a video with more details .. And, whats your routine today with studies? How do you solve problems with a piece (if this even happen .. )?
Grisha, could you please do a video covering continual rasgueos it would be really helpful as I am working on Zapateado en Re. I feel like I may be straining too much at the end. Thank you very much for these insightful videos.
Grisha thank you so much. can you please make a video about Almoramia? there's no tutorial of this masterpiece and tabs can not show the true techniques and feeling behind it. you are the only player that not only can play it but reflect the exact meaning of every single note. please spend some time to do so. I'd be in your debt.
thank you so much, I really appreciate these videos, I have a question to ask, how can I memorize a piece of flamenco guitar well, I read the tab, but I have a big problem that I often forget the position of the hands on the frets ..... there it's some technician who helps memorizing the pieces. Thank you so much
Thank you very much for your helpful videos! It would be very useful listen about your principles of right hand fingering (while playing scales passages by 3 fingers technique). Especially in the ascending scale passages (prevention of crisscrossing etc.) Maybe you've already recorded such video and I missed it?
Grisha now You are My flamenco teacher. Beautiful guitar by the way! It's awesome that you learn by ear. I learnt by tabs but it worked for me. You are a great soul i can tell. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with your fans. I'm more of a rock guitar player but i'm in love of Flamenco because it's more spiritual in My opinion and impressive. In your next videos can You name the chords that You play in the song that you Will teach por favor. I would like to learn Malagueña the whole song. I know how to play Malagueña just a piece of it like the intro and the Main riff but i wanna learn all the picados and the most dificult parts which are the faster parts of the song. I know the rest. Gracias and have a great day maestro.
Гриша, благодарен тебе за ответы. Очень полезная информация! Я сам недавно перешел на искусственные ногти guitarplayernails, это решило мою проблему очень тонких ногтей. Еще хотелось бы больше узнать о том, какие произведения ты учил, когда играл на классической гитаре. Спасибо
Do you think it's necessary to buy the quick-drying spray and nail polisher? Or would it be okay with the set of nails they sell on the page already prepared? Thank you Grisha for your content, always so good.
I would like to see a close up of your fingernails, I have very strong nails but they catch a little on rest stroke picado. Thanks for al of the great information.
Can u please explain that why is Vicente Amigos flamenco music sounds so different? Not like the other players, I'm also trying to learn flamenco by listening and watching but I can't understand how Vicente creates that sound.... please🙏 if u can share what kind of scales or modes etc.. he implements in his music that would be a great help🙏.Thanks maestro for making these videos they are really helpful
It is both the music and the playing. Attention to dynamics, tone production. Also check out Antonio Rey, he is another great one, and there are others. Like a candy store for the ears!
Can you please say how the suction cups of your support damage the guitar's finish? I recently started using a support with soft plastic suction cups, which claim to not damage the finish. What do you mean by adding a thin plastic wrapper? Thanks for your amazing videos!
Actually the distance between the 12 fret and the strings are 3mm and an half. My other 2 classic guitar the distance between the 12 fret and the strings are 2 mm.
Thank you a lot for your time and effort spent for these videos. I have a question: I play classical guitar and I only use sheet music to learn the pieces so I can't learn by ears. I really like flamenco and want to try it but the lack of materials online and difficult techniques keep me away from starting with it (Or maybe I just don't know how to start with flamenco yet). Could you make a video about how to start learning flamenco and how to find learning materials online?
Hi! I play guitar a lot, but because I also play bass and other instruments, it's impossible for me to grow nails because they would make problems on those other instruments. I'm not sure if I'm ever going to be able to build as good technique as a player who has nails. Do you believe it's possible to play flamenco without nails? Thanks and I wish you all the best!
Grisha i have a classic guitar that i really love but the distance between the 12 fret and the string it's 3mm and an half instead of 2 mm that it's what you recomend. I use D'Addario Pro Arte Nylon Core Silverplated Wound Medium tension EJ45. I think the reason that the strings are a little bit to high it's because i'm the bridge the White thing Made of bone i think it's too high compared with My other 2 classic guitars. What should i do. Sand down that White piece of the bridge or live it like that since i'm using medium tension EJ45 D'Addario Pro Arte Nylon Core Silverplated Wound strings. Which i'm used to but i would like to listen your opinion . Gracias and have a great day maestro
Thank you for the great video! I was wondering if you could clear up some confusion of mine regarding the section on tabs. When you say you never read tabs and instead go by ear, do you mean that you don't read any kind of notes as well? That would be surprising to me!
Grisha, you say you protect the guitar from the guitar support suction cups using removable plastic. What specifically is that plastic? It must stick well enough to cling to the guitar and yet be removable. Do you know whether it can work with the french polish shellac finish on my Spanish flamenco guitar?
What other Guitar Support product you would recommend other than ErgoPlay, since you mentioned in the video that put plastic cover so not damage the guitar..
Grisha, you don't read tabs. Can you read standard notation and maybe more importantly) do you ever do it for classical or other pieces? I'd have to assume you can do it because of your training. Out of curiosity, how did Eliot Fisk feel about you learning pieces by ear?
hi Maaestro. What kind of plastic protector should I use to avoid to damage the finishing of my guitar with the suction cups? adhesive one? like the golpeador protector? Thanks