Flamenco & Spanish Guitar (JamPlay)

Ignite Your Passion for Latin Guitar with Authentic Style and Expression

Marty FriedmanTommy EmmanuelSteve VaiEric GalesEric Johnson

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Flamenco & Spanish Guitar (JamPlay)

About this course

If you’ve ever been captivated by the fiery rhythms, intricate melodies, and emotional depth of Flamenco and Spanish guitar, this course will show you how to bring that same passion and energy into your own playing. In Flamenco & Spanish Guitar, internationally acclaimed guitarist, composer, and Latin music artist Marcelo Berestovoy offers a rich and approachable deep dive into the heart of these iconic musical styles.

Through 67 comprehensive video lessons, Marcelo unpacks traditional and contemporary Flamenco and Spanish techniques, rhythms, and progressions with clarity and flair. You’ll explore the mechanics and feel of essential right-hand movements, strumming patterns, triplets, and plucking techniques as you apply them to authentic chord progressions and grooves. Marcelo guides you through key rhythmic styles like rumba, bolero, bossa nova, cha-cha, gypsy jazz, salsa, and South American 6/8, all while weaving in theory, voicings, walking bass lines, improvisation, and melodic development.

With his proven teaching style, Marcelo makes complex phrasing and rhythmic subtleties accessible to guitarists of all backgrounds. You'll learn not only how to play these beautiful styles, but how to feel them—and how to confidently incorporate them into your own musical voice. The course includes original compositions like “La Cita” and “Phrygian Rumba Blues,” which serve as real-world applications of the techniques and concepts taught throughout.

Whether you're a classical player looking to expand your repertoire, a contemporary guitarist curious about Latin and world styles, or simply someone inspired by expressive, rhythm-driven music, this course will elevate your playing and broaden your creative palette with authentic artistry and cultural depth.

What you'll learn

  • Play gypsy jazz rhythm using fingerstyle technique
  • Play 12-bar blues progression in minor key with gypsy jazz feel
  • Play 2-5-1 progressions using shell voicings in multiple keys
  • Create percussive, bouncy rhythm patterns
  • Construct shell voicings for minor7, dominant7, major7, and 6th chords
Release date: 04/03/2012 • 7h 24m runtime
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Sample lessons
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Basic Right Hand Moves
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Applying to a Chord
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Andalusian Cadence
Phrygian Rumba Blues
Phrygian Rumba Blues
Phrygian Rumba Blues

What's included

67 lessons • 27 charts • 1 Jam Tracks

Series Introduction
Marcelo artfully demonstrates the playing style he teaches in this Flamenco & Spanish Guitar series. He also plays through four basic rhythm techniques and sets the course for the lessons ahead.
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Marcelo teaches the eight basic right hand moves for the Rumba Flamenca strum pattern. He then shows you how to apply it to a single chord as well as one of the most important chord progressions in Spanish music.
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Marcelo teaches the eight basic right hand moves for the Rumba Flamenca strum pattern. He then shows you how to apply it to a single chord as well as one of the most important chord progressions in Spanish music.
Rumba Flamenca: Basic Right Hand Moves
Marcelo teaches the eight basic right hand moves for the Rumba Flamenca strum pattern. He then shows you how to apply it to a single chord as well as one of the most important chord progressions in Spanish music.
Phrygian Rumba Blues
Marcelo blends familiar sounds with new ones as he looks at how to combine the rumba rhythm with a standard blues progression and the Phrygian mode.
7ths, 9ths, and Secondary Dominants
Take the rumba and the Andalusian Cadence to the next level by adding tasty extensions and chord substitutions.
7ths, 9ths, and Secondary Dominants
Take the rumba and the Andalusian Cadence to the next level by adding tasty extensions and chord substitutions.

+ 60 more lessons

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Reviews

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klaswestholm

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05/08/25

A very inpiring collection of lessons!

I am excited about this course and I look forward to go deeper with it.

Billybo88

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04/10/25

Really geat content

TayBan07

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04/01/25

Good structured lessons.

I have found this extremely helpful. Each lesson demonstrated slowly, with good visuals for both hands. Pdf’s also an added advantage. Thank you Marcelo.

waynekencil

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02/16/25

Fun to learn

alan195473

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12/02/24

Excellent instruction!

I was so impressed with this series of lessons and learned so much that I contacted Marcelo and now study weekly with him via Zoom. Need I say more?

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