Ask HN: How do you learn Spanish guitar?

Not just you. Brian May brought Steve Howe in to execute the complex flamenco-style classic guitar in “Innuendo” while Brian himself played the main electric guitar parts.

So if Brian May can’t do it.. it’s fine.

YT Video: https://youtu.be/X468z5AwefI?si=G929iSPdDwzr4QkK

Ps. Practice. There is no other way. What you are trying to do is hard. Takes practice and dedication.

Spanish guitar is hard, there is not much crossover between spanish styles and modern pop/metal etc. It probably has more in common with classical music, but then the picking is completely different. It's not that Brian couldn't have done that solo, he's an amazing player and can play in multiple styles, it sounded like from the interview they just wanted to add a different perspective to the track.

If you want to listen to something I think very few people in the pop scene could replicate I would suggest listening to Paco De Lucia. Of course people like Al Di Meola who played with Paco were able to crossover into that world but he is a virtuoso in his own right.

I grew up listening to Paco De Lucía on long family road trips to Italy. My dad had a deep appreciation for guitarists like Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits, Eric Clapton (hey hey, from the unplugged), BB King and of course, Paco De Lucía. We had a double “greatest hits” CD of his that played on repeat. I remember those drives from the backseat as a kid, the car gliding along as if it were floating. Some of my fondest memories.