Want to play Paco de Lucía’s "Entre Dos Aguas" like a pro? In this flamenco guitar lesson, I break down Alzapúa—a powerful and percussive thumb technique only found in flamenco!🎸
In this lesson, we dive deeper into "Entre Dos Aguas," focusing on the extensive use of picado throughout the piece. If your fingers are starting to develop calluses, you’re not alone!
In lesson number seven of our series on how to play "Entre Dos Aguas," by Paco De Lucía, the jazz influence of the song begins to emerge. This jazziness, or even bluesiness, is introduced through the incorporation of a pentatonic scale into the second half of the song, which is in E minor.
If you've ever tried to play the rumba on the flamenco guitar, you've probably realized that no matter how you choose to play the rhythm, there's a particular pattern that repeats itself every bar. Through your own experience, you may have found that your playing sounds dry and repetitive, which can be quite frustrating. No matter how well you play the rhythm, it just lacks variation and excitement! So, what are you supposed to do? How can you spice up your sound?
Would you like me to show you how to get faster picado technique on the flamenco guitar? …Particularly in the fast picado section of “Entre Dos Aguas”? After completing this lesson, you’ll see the exact method I use to achieve faster picado on the flamenco guitar.
Now we’ve made it to the part of the song where things really start taking off. The figurative “launch pad” that Paco uses to boost the tempo and rhythmic intensity is a technique called alzapúa.
You are now about to begin studying Lesson # 4 for “Entre Dos Aguas.” In this lesson you will learn the second part of the lead guitar section, where you’ll be introduced to some rather interesting chords you may have never played before.
This is the second installment of our multi-part series on “How to Play Entre Dos Aguas,” I will show you how to play the second rhythm guitar part. If you’ve already watched Lesson #1 for this series, you might notice that the first half of the song—as far as the chords and right-hand strumming patterns are concerned—is quite different than the first rhythm guitar part.
