Hi, I am trying to teach guitar to my 8 year old nephew and am little confused as to where to start. I think, the best thing would be if I can find a site where it shows the fingering as well as the notes( Do, Re, Mi, etc...) by strings in a tab form or both.

Can anyone give me directions.

Thanks,

TK

tkh wrote:Hi, I am trying to teach guitar to my 8 year old nephew and am little confused as to where to start. I think, the best thing would be if I can find a site where it shows the fingering as well as the notes( Do, Re, Mi, etc...) by strings in a tab form or both.

Can anyone give me directions.

Thanks,

TK

Hi TK,

I do not know of any internet site that offers what you are looking for, but you may want to check out Juan Martin's two volume method set: 'El Arte Flamenco de la Guitarra'. It seems to contain the information you are looking for.

I am assuming that you are free of negative feelings toward Juan Martin. Many people have found his books/CDs to be quite helpful. He does not deal with 'solfege' [so, re, mi, fa, etc.], but you should be able to convey the basics of that to your nephew quite easily.

You may also want to consider Frederick Noad's books: 'Solo guitar Playing'. He works from ground level up, but only deals with notation. No tabs.

Wow! He is so lucky to have the opportunity to start at such a young age. I hope he loves it and does well. Good luck, it should be a fascinating experience for both of you.

Doog

Thanks Doog. I will look into it.

TK

Juan Martin's El Arte Flamenco de La Guitarra Vol.1 would probably work well. Since he has you, you can show him the proper techniques to apply.

I'm learning on my own so I supplement Juan Martin's material with Graf-Martinez's Flamenco Guitar Method Vol.1. This one has DVDs and technique exercises.

Both methods include tablature (aka cifra).

Play Solo Flamenco Guitar with Juan Martin is a good repertoire collection but the grading seems inaccurate to me. I think it was graded for those who are already familiar with the guitar - perhaps with at least one year of experience. Not many of us do ascending/descending slurs, vibrato, and glissando at Grade 0 classical guitar.

tkh wrote:Hi, I am trying to teach guitar to my 8 year old nephew and am little confused as to where to start. I think, the best thing would be if I can find a site where it shows the fingering as well as the notes( Do, Re, Mi, etc...) by strings in a tab form or both.

Can anyone give me directions.

Thanks,

TK

A book that would address notation, chords, etc in a way that an 8 year old might understand would be>>>

Flamenco Guitar Method for Beginners (Paperback)
by Anita Sheer (Author), Harry Berlow (Author)
still available at amazon.com

Juan de la Mata had a good simple beginners flamenco method out in the 60's and 70's, but it isn't available anymore except on occasion on ebay.

These books will work for the beginner that knows nothing about guitar. Many beginner methods for flamenco assumes one is proficient at switching chords and playing basic scales.