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Page update
At last! The chords page has some tablature for downloading. It is a simple, though long, series of six note chords that I often use to assist my right hand study and training.
“One of the maxims of effective practice is to break everything down to the smallest possible movement. Isolated problems
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The revised technique page
The technique page has been fully revised and is now waiting for photos and videos to be taken and inserted. It is has fuller explanations and a linked index for easy navigation throughout the rather long page.
Next on the list of things to do is a revision of the individual technique pages. The old ones [...]
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elementary – soleá 3
Here is the final installment of our soleá. There are four rasgueado exercises that form the basic soleá rasgueados. More details about these are given in the newly updated rasgueado page.You can download the pdf here:
At the top of the page I have shown some simple chords that are most often used for this [...]
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elementary – rhythmic structures of the main “palos” (flamenco forms)
How can you start learning the rhythmic forms of flamenco?
Start counting. Count the beats out loud, or in your head. Do it in any language you like, the idea is to start to develop a feel for the accents sub-consciously.
Jorge on 
Richard Sweeton on 
miguel on 
Klemen on 
Carlo on 
Gaylene Lea Barron on 
tomer on 
Xavier on 
Gerald on 
Tim Richards on 
Riccardo Ascani on 
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