Nov 20, 2017 alvaro antona is a flamenco guitar teacher and artist. Two key values attached to picado are tone and speed. The strum involves flicking your finger over the strings. Rasgueado technique for classical and spanish guitar. The keys used for the flamenco guitar are those which include most or all of the open strings of the guitar relative to the capo. Repertoire youtube flamenco guitar lessons flamenco guitar strings teaching contact faq blog picado. It is also used in classical and other fingerstyle guitar picking techniques. You will learn concepts crucial for accompanying baile dance or cante song. It covers the all the absolute essentials of flamenco guitar technique via lectures, demonstrations and drills. Home join atrafanaschool store elearning skype lessons beginners techniques repertoire youtube flamenco guitar lessons.
Flamenco guitar basic techniques technicas basicas english. Flamenco guitar lessons online school flamenco tips and tricks mastering flamenco guitar, fullhd video tutorials harmony, techniques, styles and nails rumba. In contrast to the classical guitar technique, 4 stroke tremolo, flamenco expands upon this technique with the addition of another stroke at the end. This is a classicalflamenco tremolo forum at strike with the thumb. Level up your strumming technique with spanish guitar. Ok, let me post a little exercise that helped me learn. Level up your strumming technique with spanish guitar exercises. The flamenco fingerstyle technique picado ben woods covers the basics of the flamenco technique picado with examples and exercises instructor. In flamenco guitar, a technique often used to get a rasgueado to snap is to place the upper side of the nails of the fingers used in the rasgueado miamixami, etc. Each lecture is slowly and carefully narrated by orhan in plain english. Explained exercises and concert themes in these videos are suitable for all kind of guitarists from low up to high level. May 21, 2015 spanish terminology for classical and flamenco guitar. The key to developing a nice and even tremolo is to basically do the opposite of what you do for fast picado. The picado technique for the flamenco guitar the spanish word picado, meaning picked, is another special technique that gives flamenco music its unique flavor.
These guitar exercises will help you gain fluency, speed and accuracy on the guitar neck. The thumb plays all notes using down and up strokes. Join in on the juerga with kai and other guitarists, dancers and singers in our online community both for free and subscribed video tutorials and method book lessons. Terminology is important to learning flamenco guitar, partly because flamenco comes from spain.
Solea and alegrias by oscar herrero, and bulerias by jose manuel montoya. Perfect flamenco guitar technique alzapuas, tremolos, rasgueos etc. Gain access to all our videos by becoming a subscriber and learn flamenco guitar today. In flamenco guitar, picado is the act of playing melodic passages using mainly the index and middle fingers in an alternating fashion.
Advanced flamenco guitar technique course number 2 is what you need if youre looking for really challenging exercises that will take your playing to the next level. Flamenco guitar basic techniques technicas basicas. Flamenco guitar techniques picado in flamenco guitar, picado is the act of playing melodic passages using mainly the index and middle fingers in an alternating fashion. You will learn some of the most powerful exercises and studies that make up the daily study routine of javier. Within each key, the major, minor, and phrygian mode scales are related i.
However, most of the technique exercises that can be found dont always consist of things that can be used in your blues guitar playing. At this level the flamenco guitar student should be perfecting technique and understanding all of the most important palos in flamenco. Watch the video lesson below to see how i perform this spanish flamenco guitar picado exercise. The picado technique for the flamenco guitar laga online. Flamenco guitar tabs and notation flamenco explained. Alzapua is a flamenco technique involving the thumb. Flamenco dance and technique courses, to begin or improve. This exercise is from my new book classical guitar technique. Introduction before we dig into how to play flamenco on the guitar for beginners and showcase some basic flamenco guitar techniques, let us first talk about this genre in general, and try to learn a thing or two about its history. Be able to perform 2 falsetas for each central palo.
Flamenco techniques rasgueados ben woods start of hos flamencorock series with some basic flamenco techniques. Hi, this is jose tanaka and i will to teach you a wide range of flamenco guitar playing styles and structures. Oct 03, 2016 introduction before we dig into how to play flamenco on the guitar for beginners and showcase some basic flamenco guitar techniques, let us first talk about this genre in general, and try to learn a thing or two about its history. The technically rich iberian legacy brought every single classical guitar technique into the world of flamenco. Spanish terminology for classical and flamenco guitar. How to play fast picado for flamenco guitar with antonio rey. In this lesson we will start learning the flamenco strumming technique called the rasqueado. Home join atrafanaschool store elearning skype lessons beginners techniques repertoire youtube lessons flamenco guitar strings teaching contact faq blog home. Flamenco guitarists are known as tocaores from an andalusian pronunciation of tocadores, players and flamenco guitar technique is known as toque. The flamenco guitar tremolo technique is done slightly differently than the traditional pami classical guitar tremolo, in a sense that the traditional flamenco. Elite guitarist online flamenco guitar lessons play. Notice that all the slurs are on the first two notes of.
Devoted to professional dance since the age of 14, he has spread his art in such places as mallorca, lanzarote, barcelona and naples italy, participating in. Flamenco guitar lesson picado rest stroke scale technique. Deep study of flamenco styles palos, for beginers with basic knowledge of flamenco guitar techniques. It starts with the chords d, a, g and f sharp in arpeggios and picado and ends with a variation on this idea, using the chords b minor, a, g and f sharp. Elite guitarist online flamenco guitar lessons learn. Flamenco players tend to play the guitar between the sound hole and the bridge, but as closely as possible to the bridge, to produce a harsher, rasping sound quality. Originated in spain many centuries ago the oldest flamenco record dates back to the mid 17th century, particularly in. All styles all styles, rock, blues, jazz, classical flamenco, country, acoustic, classical flamenco, acoustic slurring your notes and gaspar sanzs canarios mike shows you how to execute and practice slurs and uses canarios by gaspar sanz to demonstrate the technique. Jul, 20 thats a big mistake and thats more of an electric guitar kind of position. Rasgueado on classical guitar this is classical guitar. Flamenco players tend to play the guitar between the sound hole and the bridge, but as closely as possible to the. Finger exercises on guitar can be very helpful to improve your overall technique.
Flamenco guitar fundamentals is a comprehensive foundations course by atrafanaschool. Juan serrano is one of the worlds premier flamenco concert soloist and is a seasoned teacher and performer in this vibrant, colorful musical genre. In classical guitar terminology picado is known as rest stroke where the finger, after striking the string to make the sound, rests on the next upper string. The advanced flamenco guitar technique course is perfect if you want to take your flamenco guitar technique to the next level. Mar 18, 20 ben woods explains how to do 7 basic flamenco techniques. Arpeggio is one of the foundational techniques for the right hand in all guitar playing. The rasqueado strumming technique allows for the complex, subdivided rhythms that we find in flamenco music. Here you will be able to access all of the flamenco explained tabs and notation for flamenco guitar. The video lessons 25 to 29 present the various ways in which you are required to use your flamenco pulgar. With video tutorials on the way, this is a great place to do some exercises focusing strictly on your strumming hand. With a 20year career teaching and performing flamenco guitar all over the world, he now offers a free 20 minute flamenco guitar consultation for those who live thousands of kilometres from the nearest guitar strumming maestro.
Kai narezo takes the intimidation out of learning to play flamenco guitar for fun and alongside the art with dancers and singers. When only 15 years old, javier conde gained the prestigious bordon minero in 2004, subsequently hes been awarded with many other important flamenco prizes, as well as many oustanding critics. Javier conde is internationally recognized as one of the most gifted young flamenco guitarists. Ben woods explains how to do 7 basic flamenco techniques. Here well cover terms used to describe musical elements, parts of the guitar, guitar technique.
To play picado, the guitarist plays passages of single notes with apoyando strokes, alternating his righthand fingers. Practice routines, tips, 100 open string exercises, 120 giuliani arpeggios, scales, slur exercises, shifts, finger independence, barre, tremolo, common harmonics, and much more. We will start with a very basic one finger rasqueado strum. Here well cover terms used to describe musical elements, parts of the guitar, guitar technique in general, as well as those particular to flamenco guitar. All styles all styles, rock, blues, jazz, classicalflamenco, country, acoustic, classicalflamenco, acoustic slurring your notes and gaspar sanzs canarios mike shows you how to execute and practice slurs and uses canarios by gaspar sanz to demonstrate the technique. Thats a big mistake and thats more of an electric guitar kind of position. This is a classical flamenco tremolo forum at strike with the thumb. The spanish guitar strumming techniques books takes a deep dive into right hand technique for achieving that famous latin sound. How to play flamenco on the guitar for beginners basic. This book, written in both english and spanish is the most authoritative method available on flamenco guitar technique.
Basic rasgueado on open strings there are many great books that fully. Arpeggio basically is the breaking a chord into its components by playing its notes in succession one after the other. It is usually payed as a fast flourish of notes in quick sequence. You play the base or the root note on the lowest string with your thumb 1 stroke, while on the higher e string you do 4 strokes continuously like this. These exercises are one of the key ingredients that helped javier become a virtuoso flamenco guitarist. Different from picado, arpeggio notes are played with free strokes. In this lesson he covers various rasgueado techniques. Okay, in flamenco guitar you really want to try to keep your pinkie very close to the neck, so your hand always stays. Thats why the flamenco guitarists today are on the technical front lines, widening. In classical guitar, tremolo is typically played p a m i, which is one bass note followed by three trebles 4 notes in total. It starts with the chords d, a, g and f sharp in arpeggios and picado and ends with a variation of this idea using the chords b minor, a, g and f sharp. Captions are also added to each video to make sure you understand everything. Youll learn some of the more difficult exercises and studies that make up the daily study routine of javier.