rasgueado

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 toque. After there are four very simple exercises that form a part of my daily practice. They are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 Rasgueado 1 [0:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Rasgueado 2 [0:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Rasgueado 3 [0:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Rasgueado 4 [0:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Soleá basic example [1:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This tangos introduces thumb and index work and the thumb to play simple compás as well as the abánico technique.

Practise dead slowly, as always because speed will come alone. The focus here is to stay in compás and keep everything even and clean.

The fingering for the abánico can be found with the other rasgueado exercises here. The abánco is shown in numbers “e” and “f” on that page.

page one

 

 Guitar only [0:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Palmas only [1:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Guitar and palmas [0:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download