Manolo Sanlucar is seen as the other pioneer of modern flamenco after Paco de Lucia. He collaborated with Paco on a few pieces.

Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site. I remember so many times picking up the tabs for a piece with excitement only to trash it after playing the first few bars. Barrio la Vina - excerpt (Alegria).

Sanlucar is also very much a 'progressive' flamenco player like Paco looking for new harmonies and using unconventional instruments in his music. Vicente Amigo was his apprentice The following two pieces are from his earlier recordings therefore closer to the traditional harmonies than his more recent stuff. Especially the farruca is one of my favourite flamenco pieces.

I always find farruca to be a difficult form to display creativity and make beautiful (unlike, say, buleria). This one does exactly that. Click on the titles to watch them on youtube: Esteban de Sanlucar. Although Escudero (1928-2004) was quite an accomplished flamenco player with many beautiful compositions, he has never been as popular as de Lucia, Sanlucar, or Pena.

His buleria Impetu, however, earned such popularity that it exceeded the fame of its composer and became a classical piece. Unfortunately people usually think Impetu is composed by Paco de Lucia as it was made famous by him. Even Gerardo Nunez plays Impetu on one of his albums. Empire earth lan patches. Click on the title to watch it on youtube: Classical Guitar.

I was trained by conservatory teachers as a classical player. Although I spend most of my practice time working on flamenco pieces these days, my approach to playing guitar is very much shaped by my classical training. The following are a few pieces in the genre of classical guitar. My flamenco technique certainly influences my approach to playing them, such as playing Alhambra with flamenco tremolo or playing flamenco golpes in the Falla piece. Click on the titles to watch them on youtube: Baroque.

Although Cardoso can be categorized as South American music, I reserved a separate section for him as his music is quite special for me. I had the privilege of studying with Cardoso in the years 90 and 91. I truly enjoy playing Cardoso's pieces as they all share this rare quality: when you listen to them you think they are technically demanding and tricky whereas in fact they just slide through your fingers. This is in contrast to many other compositions that practically break your hands and make the player sound mediocre or incompetent no matter how well they perform. Cardoso composes all his works ON the guitar FOR guitar players. So, he almost never writes passages that require inhuman finger stretches or fast jumps in-between far positions. Therefore, even if you can barely play the piece, it sounds pretty!

Also each Cardoso piece refers to a country or region in South America with a specific musical/rhythmical form, very much like flamenco. I think Jorge Cardoso is a perfect composer for the guitar. I highly recommend it for both beginners and pros. Click on the titles to watch them on youtube: Argentine Tango.