ANICETO University
What the guitar is. Where it came from. Why it sounds the way it does.
90 lessons. Six modules. The complete history of flamenco guitar, built around the instruments in The ANICETO Collection.
90Lessons
6Modules
25Instruments
115+Years Spanned
Not technique. Not scales. Not how to play.
Most people who love flamenco guitar have never been told what the instrument actually is. Not technique. Not scales. The wood. The maker. The school. The 1,300-year tradition behind the sound. That is what this curriculum teaches.
The Curriculum
Six Modules · 90 Lessons
Day numbers mark sequence, not deadline. Move at whatever pace works for you.
Module 1
The Guitar
Days 1–30 · 30 lessons
The oud in Andalucía. Torres and the fan brace. The flamenca blanca and the flamenca negra. How a guitar makes sound, what a label tells you and what it cannot, and the regional schools that make a Granada instrument different from a Madrid one.
Module 2
The Makers
Days 31–42 · 12 lessons
How the craft passes between people. What an apprenticeship actually taught. Ferrer, Conde, Gerundino, Sanchis. What a workshop holds beyond its tools, and what dies when one closes.
Module 3
The Wood
Days 43–54 · 12 lessons
The tree before the guitar. Quarter-sawing, seasoning, spruce and cedar. Why cypress makes a blanca and rosewood a negra. What a hundred years of playing does to an instrument, and why we do not restore.
Module 4
The Palos
Days 55–66 · 12 lessons
Eight major forms by compás (com-PAHS, Spanish: rhythmic cycle), region and mood. Soleá, siguiriya, tangos, fandangos, bulería, alegrías, the mining songs of the Levante, and farruca. How each palo (PAH-loh, Spanish: flamenco form) asks something different of the guitar.
Module 5
The Gitano
Days 67–78 · 12 lessons
The migration out of India and the arrival in Spain in 1425. Three centuries of prohibition. Caló (kah-LOH, Spanish: the language of the Spanish Roma), the family, the fiesta, and cante jondo (KAN-tay KHON-doh, Spanish: deep song). Gitano (hee-TAH-no, Spanish: the Spanish Roma community's own name for itself) is used across Spanish life and not only in flamenco.
Module 6
The Collection
Days 79–90 · 12 lessons
The instruments grouped by school and lineage. Madrid, Granada, Almería, Valencia, and the smaller schools. The dynasties standing side by side, and the origin instrument that precedes the collection.
Not Sure Yet?
Read Before Spain First
The free lesson that opens the curriculum. No account, no signup. If this is how the curriculum begins, consider what 90 lessons looks like.
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Frequently Asked
Do I need to play guitar?
No. The history and culture of flamenco is the curriculum. The guitar is the lens, not a prerequisite. Every lesson works for players and non-players equally.
How long does each lesson take?
Most lessons are completed in ten to fifteen minutes. One complete idea per lesson. 90 lessons total, one per day if you follow the sequence, at whatever pace works for you.
Do I need to go in order?
Start with Module 1. It establishes the vocabulary and the frame. After that, follow curiosity. Want to know what makes a guitar sound the way it does? Start with Module 3. Want to know what the instrument was built to play? Start with Module 4.
Is there a free lesson I can read first?
Yes. Before Spain, the lesson that opens the curriculum. No signup required.
Who built this?
ANICETO Acuña, a collector and student of flamenco guitar, and the designer of the curatorial system that governs both the collection and this curriculum. I did not make these instruments, and I did not make the music they were built for. Spanish luthiers made the guitars; the Gitano and Andalusian people made the tradition, with a depth I can study but never claim as my own. The same accuracy standards that govern the collection govern every lesson here. About the collection →
Is ANICETO University an accredited institution?
No. It is a private 90-lesson curriculum, not a degree-granting institution, and it confers no credential. Every lesson is anchored to a real guitar in The ANICETO Collection.
Why does this exist?
Building this collection meant confronting a problem: accurate information about Spanish flamenco guitar makers, schools, and cultural history was scattered across specialist books, fragmented sources, and years of difficult research. No centralized place existed. This curriculum is that place, built first to serve the collection, now made available to anyone who wants it.
How is the content validated?
Every factual claim has a source: a luthier inspection report, an archival record, a specialist publication, or direct maker provenance. Where the record is incomplete or disputed, the lesson says so. Gitano and Andalusian history are presented as living traditions that belong to the people who made them. I study them. I do not claim them.
What are the terms once enrollment opens?
One enrollment fee. Lifetime access to the lessons in your enrollment, no renewal, no expiration. Any device, any browser, no downloads. Questions: contact@anicetocollection.com.
Are enrollments refundable?
The lessons in your enrollment are accessible the moment you enroll. Because of that, all sales are final and non-refundable. If you're unsure it's right for you, start with the free lesson. It reflects the same depth and approach as the rest, so you'll know before you buy.
What does an institutional license include?
A set number of student seats, renewed annually. Students enroll with a code from your institution and receive their own account and their own progress record.
What happens to our students if we do not renew?
They keep what they enrolled in. Enrolled students retain lifetime access to the lessons in their enrollment and to their certificate. Renewal covers enrolling new students. A license that lapses stops new enrollments. It never removes anyone already enrolled.
Is the individual enrollment a subscription?
No. One payment, lifetime access to the lessons in your enrollment, no renewal.
Does my enrollment cover everything ANICETO University publishes?
No. Your enrollment covers the lessons it includes, for life. Anything offered separately is a separate enrollment.
Are any of the guitars for sale?
No. Not individually, not as a group. The value is in the arrangement, not any one instrument. Remove a sole representative and a school is gone. The archive acquires and does not disperse. If you own or know of an instrument that belongs here, that is a different conversation. Get in touch →
"Flamenco construction is all about maximizing volume and responsiveness with lighter bracing and thinner wood. It's built to move air fast and loud, different from the stability focus you see elsewhere."
Garrett RileyRiley Custom Guitars · Collection Inspector and Conservator
"Each guitar has its own unique personality, history, and sound, but they all share one thing: they are truly outstanding examples of Spanish guitar making."
Heiko LiepoldVintage Guitar World · Specialist Dealer
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