RIP Manolo Sanlúcar

[Brad Little]

Flamenco guitarist and composer Manolo Sanlúcar has passed at age 78.



You can clearly see the traditional Spanish Cejilla on the 2nd fret. Traditional Flamenco players almost always capoed on the the second, not sure why.

 

[lungimsam]

Shorter scale? Singer key? Uniformity of open notes and fretted? Just my guesses.

 

[chazmo]

Flamenco guitarist and composer Manolo Sanlúcar has passed at age 78.



You can clearly see the traditional Spanish Cejilla on the 2nd fret. Traditional Flamenco players almost always capoed on the the second, not sure why.

Yeah, I wonder why that is, Brad!

Those are some good ideas, lungimsam. Could be.

 

[Brad Little]

Shorter scale? Singer key? Uniformity of open notes and fretted? Just my guesses.

Vaguely remember reading somewhere many years ago that it was the shorter scale.