Saturday, February 24, 2018

Flamenco Guitar Appreciation

Flamenco Guitar vs Classical Guitar

Basic techniques
 

Left-hand techniques

Solo

Duo


Traditional Flamenco Guitar

A master must
- excel in techniques,
- have his own compositions and styles,
- have solo performance and disc publication.

The traditional school has 3 generations.

Generation 1 masters includes Manolo de Huelva, and Ramon Montoya.

Generation 2 includes Sabicas, Nina Ricardo, Pepe Martinez, among others.

G3 includes Paco Peno, Juan Martin, Manolo Sanlucar.
 


Flamenco dance
 


Asturias (Leyenda) --- the Prelude to Chants d'Espagne 吉他手是北京姑娘

Flamenco Tango


Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Museum Secrets 1/7



1. The Vatican Museums, Vatican

  


2. The Louvre, Paris

  




3. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

 


Museum Secrets 2/7

4. Egyptian Museum, Cairo

  


5. Natural History Museum, London

 


6. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

 

Museum Secrets 3/7

7. American Museum of Natural History, NYC


  


8. Imperial War Museum, London

  


9. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

 

Museum Secrets 4/7

10. Pergamon & Neues Museums, Berlin 

(on the "Museum Island")

  

  


11. Art History Museum, Vienna


  


12. Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul

  


Museum Secrets 5/7

13. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

  


14. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

   


15. The Palacio Real, Madrid

 

Extra

   

(R) Museo del Prado


Museum Secrets 6/7

16. Israel Museum, Jerusalem

  


17. State Historical Museum, Moscow

  


18. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

  

Museum Secrets 7/7

19. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

  


20. Chateau de Versailles, Paris


  


21. Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

(has 19 museums, 9 research centers, and zoo, mostly located in the District of Columbia.)

  


22. Bardo National Museum, Tunisia

  


A. Musée d'Orsay, Paris

... converted from a railway station and a side-by-side hotel:






B. British Museum, London

 



EXTRA: