The rumba is a delightful rhythm to explore when initially learning flamenco guitar. As you may have already noticed, there are various variations of the rumba, including different strumming patterns. Honestly, it can be a bit overwhelming to decipher all the variations and intricate techniques involved in this particular flamenco compás.
...However, there's no need to worry—I've got you covered. In this video lesson on the rumba, I will guide you through breaking down this specific strumming pattern, taking it one movement at a time. Once we piece it all together, you'll have a beautiful rumba rhythm to play, enjoy, and share with others!
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You may have heard the beautiful guitar intro for the 2000 hit song performed by Toni Braxton, “Spanish Guitar.” This solo was performed by renowned studio guitarist, Dean Parks. Although Parks played this solo with a pick, I am going to show you how to play it with your fingers while using common flamenco guitar techniques, such as arpegio, picado, ligado, and rasgueados.
You won’t want to miss with tutorials for the flamenco guitar. If you’ve ever been asked to play something “Spanish” on the guitar, then this solo is just what you’ve been looking for, because not only will I teach you one…but TWO flamenco rasgueados or “rasgueos,” or AKA: "rajeos." Enjoy!
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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.
The late, great, Paco de Lucía’s “Entre Dos Aguas” demonstrates his incredibly fast picado abilities. Most of us flamenco guitarists only dream of matching his picado, apoyado, and legado speed and precision, but that shouldn’t discourage us from striving to achieve fast picado skills like Paco.
In this lesson you’ll learn a modified approach to Paco de Lucia’s rapid picado falseta, which with practice, you’ll be able to play at 210BPM—the same tempo as the original recording of this Spanish guitar rumba classic!
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I've made a lot of different videos on the Rumba over the years. The most popular video by far has been the very first video tutorial I ever made, which was titled, "How to Play Rumba on the Flamenco Guitar."
Since then, I've wanted to go a bit more in-depth on the mechanics involved for the right hand. I also wanted to give you, the student, more visual aids to go along with the lesson.
I hope this revised lesson on how to play the rumba is helpful in explaining the fundamental movements of this particular compás. Enoy!
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This lesson is set to be an exciting one…and an interesting one too!
What you will learn in this lesson is how to play the Andalusian cadence in the compás of rumba anywhere on the guitar neck!
In this four-part lesson series, I will show you how to play barre chords within the Andalusian cadence chord progression even when you think you may have run out of frets! This is a valuable skill to have as a flamenco guitarist, especially when you encounter occasions when you are jamming with another musician who is playing in an unconventional key—at least from from a guitarist’s perspective.
Watch the videos tutorial and you’ll understand exactly what I mean. Enjoy!
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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.
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Watch the lesson video to see in detail how it’s done. By the time we finish the lesson, you’ll have a highly valuable new tool in your flamenco guitar toolbox. Enjoy!
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I’m very excited to share with you this mega-ultra-awesome flamenco/Spanish guitar scale in E minor, which is so intense that it will give you HULK HANDS after you’ve mastered it!
What’s this scale called? Well, I call it the “Escala de Gerardo” (Gerardo’s Scale), because I always heard that it was written by Gerardo Núñez; it may or may not have been written by him, but I think it sounds like his style.
Anyhow, follow this lesson along closely. Watch it as many times as you need in order to get this scale in your flamenco guitar toolbox PRONTO!
Once you’ve gotten to the point where you can do this exercise at 120 beats per minute, you’ll be a bonafide flamenco guitar beast!
…And you will have learned your way through the Aeolian scale like a pro!
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In this video lesson for the flamenco guitar, one of our supporters, Yolanda, asks a really good question about the pulgar (thumb), and what to do with it when you are playing in E major.
Quite often, we tend to rest our thumb on the E string (sixth string) when playing falsetas and chords, but sometimes our thumb can get in the way when we need to strum the sixth string. So, in this lesson, I will show you exactly how to solve this problem!
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If by chance you are a finger-style guitar player, or have had some experience with finger-style guitar playing, then lesson # 3 for “Danza Mora” will be right up your alley!
You will be using octaves between the first and fourth strings for your melody while accompanying that melody with some running eight-notes on the bass strings.
(For an introduction to the most effective use of octaves, please watch these two videos:
Octaves Video #1
Octaves Video #2
Towards the end of the section, you will repeat some rapid legado movements between fingers one and four while striking those--somewhat haunting--arabesque bass notes.
I want you to pay particularly close attention to the aforementioned legado by holding tightly to the first fret before finally letting go to the open position, and make sure to use a metronome while you practice this section! I know you’ll really enjoy this one!
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Danza Mora (moorish dance) is an arabesque-themed folk song for the flamenco guitar. In this first lesson of the Danza Mora we will tune our guitars to dropped D tuning.
You will hear an interesting snare drum effect produced by the sixth and fifth strings being struck while being coiled together. Watch the video very closely to see exactly how this effect is done.
The second portion of this opening section involves exclusive use of the thumb (pulgar) for all the notes, including the natural harmonics at the end. Enjoy!
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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.
You will also encounter some insanely high notes on the fretboard—at least for the flamenco guitar—ranging from the 14th to the 17th fret!
The apoyado and picado parts will be progressing in speed, which will prepare you for the next lesson, where the notes will figuratively fly off the tablature page!
…With all that said, buckle up! Hold on tight to your fretboard because here we go!
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You’ve done it! You’ve now reached the final part of this lively rumba piece for the flamenco guitar. Bravo! Now we will take our basic rumba strumming pattern using a slap on the three-beat while moving some of the other beats around between the neck and the saddle.
On the one-beat, go ahead and thump your middle finger (m) and your ring finger (a) along the saddle for a kick-drum effect. Next, while strumming the beats in between, move your right hand over frets 15 and 18 for a slap. Increase your speed and dynamic intensity as you approach the picado section. Finally, finish out the piece with an olé!
As always, remember to take it slow, paying close attention to what you are doing, which means you should be listening to what you are playing. Enjoy!
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I’ve taught you several falsetas for the rumba now (all at increasing levels of difficulty), but now you’re going to enjoy a little break from all the fast picado you saw in the last lesson.
…And notice I said that it would be only a “little break.” Trust me. After the last falseta we went through, anything following that would rightfully be considered by most players to be a well deserved “break.”
You will be using octaves on the fourth and first strings for this falseta. Octaves are very easy to fret for two reasons. First, the fretting hand naturally forms to the octave shape. Second, no matter where you move your fretting hand, the fretting positions do not change! That’s good news, right?
As for the right hand, you will strike the fourth string with the thumb (p) while striking the first string with either the index (i) or the middle (m) finger. Remember to alternate between the index and middle each time you play these octaves, which is to say, play like this: p-i, p-m, p-i, p-m, etc.; and NOT like this: p-i, p-i, p-i, p-i, etc.
As always, remember to take it slow, paying close attention to what you are doing, which means you should be listening to what you are playing. Enjoy!
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Hold on tight to your fretboard right now because we are about to ramp it up! Fair warning: You may find this lesson particularly challenging because it will incorporate three guitar techniques that are actually some of the hardest ones to get the hang of…at least at first try!
For this lesson, you will be using (1) barre chords (cejillas); (2) golpes (finger tapping); and (3) picado (rapid playing finger movements).
All these aforementioned techniques involve the right hand. So, once you get familiar with all the chord shapes, which are as follows: Am, D7, G7, C7, F7, Bb7, Esus4, and E7, you can then begin redirecting your focus to your right-hand playing techniques.
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As we continue our lessons on the rumba flamenca in A minor, we have now come to a section where we are doing something really interesting and fun with the rhythm! You’ve seen in previous lessons how to play the Andalusian cadence in A minor using barre chords (cejilla); in this section we will interject new barre chords between each of the Am, Gmaj, and Fmaj chords—you’ll see what chords those are in the lesson guide and the video.
We will also employ a lot of rasgueado work with the right-hand playing fingers in between each of the chord changes. This lesson may seem challenging at first, but just like with every new falseta you learn, start out slow, pay close attention to the lesson guide, and stick with it! Once you’ve memorized the chords shapes and the right-hand patterns, then begin using a metronome at a slow tempo and build up.
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In this week’s lesson, I am going to teach you a beautiful chord progression from beginning section of “Será Verdad,” by El Maestro from Córdoba, Vicente Amigo! This is Part I of a series for this song.
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Have you ever wondered how guitarists make simple melodies come alive with chords? Have you ever wanted to take a simple song-line and be able to accompany it with chords?
Well, in this flamenco guitar lesson, I’m very excited to show you how to compose your own rumba! First, we’ll start out with a simple melody line. Next, we’ll listen closely to the melody to figure out which chords we’ll need to use. Lastly, I’ll show you how to add the correct rhythm and chords along with the melody so that you can accompany yourself so well that it will sound like two guitars are playing!
So grab your guitar, a pen and paper, and follow along carefully. While you’re at it, get a friend to join along with you during this lesson so that you can help and encourage each other on the journey! Let’s go! ¡Vamonos!
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Now that you’ve been exposed to the basic rumba rhythm (from previous lessons), and now that you’ve learned at least one or two falsetas for the rumba in A minor, now I want to teach you three fiery falsetas in one lesson!
There will be a lot of thumb-work involved in this lesson, as well as a lot of rapid movement with the index finger.
Finally, you’ll learn an exciting and fast apoyando (alternating finger) technique run-on that nicely wraps up these three combined falsetas into a solid remate (finishing) sequence!
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You’ve probably heard this iconic falseta (flamenco riff) for the Malagueña before; in fact, you may already know some iteration of it. It seems like—at least in my experience—that when someone is asked to play something “Spanish-sounding” on the guitar, this is the go-to falseta for the average player (and that’s perfectly fine!).
…But, I want more for you! I want you to really get the essence of this particular falseta by learning the basic resting thumb pattern well, so that I can show you how to add some arpeggios and even a tremolo to this falseta.
In this lesson guide, you will be introduced to five variations of the falseta, which will increase in difficulty as you progress through each level. After learning these variations, you will not only enjoy how they sound, but other’s will too; so that the next time someone asks you to play some “flamenco guitar,” you’ll really be able to catch their ear, and hopefully also catch…el duende! ¡Olé!
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]]>In this lesson for the flamenco guitar, I will show you how to play two very energetic falsetas for the compás of rumba! I will warn you, it’s going to be a gople frenzy!
…What does that mean? Well, in the flamenco guitar style, there is a technique called “golpe,” where the player taps on the golpeador (tapping plate), which is affixed to the face of the guitar body in order to protect the wood finish.
One of the things you will learn in this lesson is how to do a golpe with you anular (ring) finger and the medio (middle) finger.
Each one of those types of golpe is executed in different eras of the golpeador. Aside from glolpes, there is much more that you will learn in this flamenco guitar tutorial. So grab your guitar, take notes, and let’s start playing!
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]]>Well...if you clicked on my latest tutorial on YouTube this week, you got pranked!
....Because it was April 1st (Fools Day)! I didn't really record a How to Play Evil Morty Theme tutorial! Instead, you'll discover a lesson for Soleares, where I'll show you another beautiful falseta for the flamenco guitar. Enjoy!
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]]>Have you ever wanted to learn a beautiful-sounding falseta (riff) on the guitar that has that signature Spanish or Flamenco sound? Well, in this lesson I’ll show you how to play a falseta in A minor that you’ll not only enjoy playing, but will have others captivated as they listen to you!
I like to play use this falseta at the beginning of a rumba in A minor, but practically speaking, you can use this falseta for any palo (song form) in the flamenco repertoire, just so long as it’s in the key of A minor.
If you have a friend playing along with you, then this falseta will sound even more amazing if he or she is playing a series of repeating rasgueados in Am, G, F7, and E(b9) while you play the solo. Enjoy!
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]]>In this lesson, I want to show you a very popular falseta for the compás of Soleares; it’s a rather basic falseta—that is, “basic” to the extent that its a falseta that most flamenco guitar players learn when they are first learning Soleares; it’s also basic in the sense that its a bit of a stock falseta, but the truth about this falseta is that it is a very good exercise for the thumb—including rapid movement and alzapua.
…But, we are we are going to attempt to make this falseta sound less basic by adding some nuances like rasqueado just before the first beat. We’ll also ad a accented golpe on the 3rd and 6th beast to really emphasize the rhythm. Enjoy!
Warm regards,
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Now that you’ve watched Lessons # 1 & 2 of “Entre Dos Aguas,” it’s now time to begin the part I know you’ve been waiting for…
…The lead guitar section! It was this famous improvised melody, by Paco de Lucía, that sent the flamenco guitar soaring across the airways all over Europe, and eventually all over the world! It would inspire other flamenco guitar masters, like Manolo Sanlúcar, to compose “Caballo Negro,” and Paco Cepero to compose “Agua Marina.”
…And now, it here it is!
…Delivered to your hands. So let’s not wait any longer to get started! Make sure to check in with me to show me your progress, and/or to ask me any questions you may have about the piece.
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Have you been wondering how to read tablature? Or do you know how to read, but there are some things you see sometimes in TABs that you don't understand? Well, you might not know this, but there are actually markings and symbols in flamenco TABs that aren't used in electric or steel-string guitar TABs, or even classical guitar TABs!
In this short video, I will show you how to read TAB from scratch, even if you've never tried to read TAB before. I'll also show you some of the most frequently used markings in flamenco guitar TAB, and how they correspond with standard notation.
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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.
For this second rhythm guitar part, I will show you how to execute a palm-mute rhythm technique on the fourth-beat—don’t know what exactly I’m talking about? Don’t fret (pun intended)! Just watch this helpful tutorial to see the step-by-step instructions on how to play this really cool rumba flamenca rhythm!
Now, as for the second half of the song, it should sound quite familiar to you if you’ve already reviewed the first rhythm guitar part, because it’s virtually the same, just with some differentiating nuances.
Don’t forget to download your TABs and standard notation to follow along
Warm regards,
-Ben 🎸
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I’ll have to admit that I’ve been wanting to do a video lesson on this particular song for a long time! …
]]>Recently, I received a request from one of my Oro-Tier Patrons for the rumba flamenca classic, “Entre Dos Aguas,” by Paco de Lucía; and I’ll have to admit that I’ve been wanting to do a video lesson on this particular song for a long time! …
So what better time than now?
Paco’s sister said in an interview for the documentary, “Light and Shade,” that when Paco recorded “Entre Dos Aguas,” it “just went BOOM!”
…And today, this amazingly performed song by Paco is still going BOOM! I’ve decided to break up this lesson into a series of digestible video tutorials, so that we can cover the two rhythm guitar parts and the lead guitar parts.
In this first episode, I go over, in as much detail possible (in less than 15 minutes) how to hold the chords and hold the rhythm as well.
I hope you enjoy this lesson! Now go and pick up your guitar! ¡Vamonos! Here's the link to the finger nail shaping video I refered to: https://youtu.be/R32mmUHCJDk
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