Flamenco and Classical Guitar

I was curious about the flamenco guitars and techniques Eric mentioned, so here's some demonstration of some basic flamenco techniques.

Here's one on the physical and cultural differences between the guitars themselves:

Music below the fold.

Here's Paco de Lucia playing flamenco:

For classical guitar, here's Francisco Tárrega's composition, "Memories of Alhambra," played by John Williams:

And here's Jenny and the Mexicats playing "La Bruja," wherein we can hear a bit of flamenco but it's really just for fun:

And why not some Gipsy Kings?

The Spanish gave us both the classical and flamenco guitars and musical styles. In fact, classical guitar is sometimes called Spanish guitar, although classical guitarists have come from many other cultures as well. It's a remarkable musical culture.