When flamenco guitar students hear about the compás of Bulerías, they are usually told that this is the “hardest” of all the palos, but is this really the case? Is Bulerías the hardest palo in the flamenco repertoire?
Villancicos are the carols sung in Andalusia, and all over Spain, during Christmas. This version, arranged for rhythm and lead guitar, is a typical type of Villancicos that you would hear in Jerez de la Frontera
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Learning how to perform a golpe (tap) on the flamenco guitar is one of the tricker techniques when first trying it. A lot of people have trouble doing a golpe at the same time they strum the strings with another finger. In this flamenco guitar tutorial, I will show you how to tackle this seemingly tricky technique!
When learning flamenco guitar, the Andalusian cadence is the starting point, regardless of the palo (syle) that you start with. Whether if you're learning tientos, siguiriyas, or soleares (don't worry if you haven't heard of some of these yet), you are in fact learning the Andalusian cadence!
The guitar I’m playing in this video was found by Alonso the other day, sitting out among a pile of junk that the neighbors were about to throw away. Fortunately, he asked if he may have it, and they were happy to give it away rather than tossing it into the garbage.
In this tutorial, I will show you the chromatic scale; it's called that because fretting finger follows a chromatic path (i.e., C, C#, D, D#, E, F,F#,etc.).
In this final installment of Chord Changes for the Flamenco Guitar Made Easy, we explore three really important chords for the Spanish/classical and flamenco guitar (Am, E7, and Dm).