Learning flamenco guitar

The most daunting aspect of flamenco guitar to the beginner is the right hand technique.  While a good left hand technique will look almost the same in many different styles of guitar, the flamenco right hand technique is distinct and unique.  It is therefore important to find a good teacher from the beginning - learning from a book will usually result in bad technical habits which will later be difficult to rectify.  Once a grounding in the technique has been achieved, it is essential to start to learn about flamenco singing and dancing.  Flamenco guitar cannot be properly understood divorced from its wider context, and accompaniment of the singing and dancing is considered to be an essential part of learning the instrument.  Search out and get to know singers and dancers living in your area.  At this stage it is also a good idea to start learning the Spanish language - at the very least you will be able to understand some of the cante and therefore the emotional content behind the forms, but also if you plan to take this further you will eventually want to go to Spain.  That's all for now; in the future I plan to put some some guitar lessons on the site - let me know what you would like to see!

What is flamenco?
What is flamenco guitar?