FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
$60.00 per hour. $30.00 per half hour. Private lessons one on one is the best way to learn. In group lessons you lose allot.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
You will learn all the essential guitar techniques and rhythms including: Alza Pua (thumb work) Picados (scales) Rasqueados (strumming) Tremolo (melody & harmony at the same time) Music Theory (music notation or tablature) Studies and exercises designed to reinforce the compas or rhythm A repertoire of classic and contemporary flamenco falsetas How to accompany flamenco dancers and singers
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
René was taught the rudiments of flamenco guitar and Spanish gypsy dance as a boy. René remembers that as a child his parents’ home was always full of flamencos such as Carlos Montoya, Vicente Escudero, Mario Escudero, José Greco’s dance company, Carmen Amaya, Sabicas, and La Chunga and her company. They were all close friends of his father, José Heredia, and his family. Sabicas would help to teach René the secrets of flamenco at his mother’s kitchen table. René studied classical guitar for three and half years in Paris France with Antonio Francisco Serra a student of Emilo Pujol.