http://miguelbengoa.com Retraining and relearning to play guitar Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:13:31 +0000 en hourly 1 Copyright © Flamenco guitar 2011 mabengoetxea@gmail.com (Flamenco guitar) mabengoetxea@gmail.com (Flamenco guitar) http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://miguelbengoa.com 144 144 Just another WordPress site Flamenco guitar Flamenco guitar mabengoetxea@gmail.com no no http://miguelbengoa.com/practice/elementary-rhythmic-structures-of-the-main-palos-flamenco-forms/ http://miguelbengoa.com/practice/elementary-rhythmic-structures-of-the-main-palos-flamenco-forms/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:41:17 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2007/12/15/elementary-rhythmic-structures-of-the-main-palos-flamenco-forms/ http://miguelbengoa.com/practice/elementary-rhythmic-structures-of-the-main-palos-flamenco-forms/feed/ 4 http://miguelbengoa.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques/abanico/lesson-two-tangos/ http://miguelbengoa.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques/abanico/lesson-two-tangos/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:23:29 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2007/11/25/lesson-two-tangos/ http://miguelbengoa.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques/abanico/lesson-two-tangos/feed/ 0 0:00:32 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. [...] 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 Abánico, Compás, Rasgueado, Tangos mabengoetxea@gmail.com no no http://miguelbengoa.com/toques/compas/lesson-one/ http://miguelbengoa.com/toques/compas/lesson-one/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:49:45 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2007/11/11/lesson-one/ http://miguelbengoa.com/toques/compas/lesson-one/feed/ 0 0:01:19 The “palo” is called “tangos”. In this lesson we will look at basic rasgueados and some thumb techniques. You can find some exercises and advice for rasgueados here and for thumb work here. You will see that there are two mp3[...] The “palo” is called “tangos”. In this lesson we will look at basic rasgueados and some thumb techniques. You can find some exercises and advice for rasgueados here and for thumb work here. You will see that there are two mp3 recordings. One features guitar and the other is palms and cajón. When you practise, always play to a metronome or a rhythm track to help you develop a feel for the compás. Here is the tablature: page one page two You will notice that the tablature is divided into four sections: A, B, C and D. Section A This section is repeated. The first time there is no ‘golpe’ on the sound board, and the second time there is. The aim here is to practise both using and not using the percussive ‘golpe’. Every rasgueado in this section is played using ‘i’ only (index finger). Don’t be fooled into thinking that this is too easy to practise. Later on, this extension practice will serve you well for other techniques and palos. Section B Here, the first beat of every measure is still silence. The third beat features a new rasgueado: the three (or four) finger rasgueado. I prefer the three finger rasgueado that is played using only the a-m-i fingers. The four finger rasgueado uses the little finger as well. Section C In this section, there are variations to the previous section with a more developed rasgueado technique and a little ‘cierre’ or close at the end. Section D Here, simple thumb technique is introduced which alternates with the single finger rasgueados. See the above link to find some exercises and advice on thumb work. The last but one measure features a thumb up and down stroke, played in triplets. This is known as ‘alzapúa’. . See the thumb link for more help on playing this technique. Happy practising and I shall be back in two week2s time for another instalment. Compás, Tangos mabengoetxea@gmail.com no no http://miguelbengoa.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques/alzapua/tangos-improvisation/ http://miguelbengoa.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques/alzapua/tangos-improvisation/#comments Sun, 27 May 2007 15:57:05 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2007/05/27/tangos-improvisation/ http://miguelbengoa.com/flamenco-guitar-techniques/alzapua/tangos-improvisation/feed/ 0 0:02:46 Here is a tangos that features a Solo Compás backing track. I have been practising picado recently and here are the results. Of course, still lots of work to do with respect to technique, but the practice is paying off, slowly but surely! There is a[...] Here is a tangos that features a Solo Compás backing track. I have been practising picado recently and here are the results. Of course, still lots of work to do with respect to technique, but the practice is paying off, slowly but surely! There is also a new alzapúa falseta that I came up with today as well as a little arpeggio work. This little arpeggios falseta is very commonly played but is proving quite reluctant to come off clean! Perhaps I should be spending some time on the organisation of compositions. Anyway, there remains still plenty to do, so I shall leave you with this and start to get the next recording prepared. Alzapúa, Compás, Tangos mabengoetxea@gmail.com no no http://miguelbengoa.com/toques/tangos/tangos-compas/ http://miguelbengoa.com/toques/tangos/tangos-compas/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:14:13 +0000 miguel http://miguelbengoa.com/wordpress/2007/04/01/tangos-compas/ http://miguelbengoa.com/toques/tangos/tangos-compas/feed/ 0 0:02:24 This week I am back to recording and study. This recording follows the great meeting I had on Friday night with Gengizhan. Another flamenco fan, he has been playing for many a long year. Unfortunately, as with many guitar players who have never visi[...] This week I am back to recording and study. This recording follows the great meeting I had on Friday night with Gengizhan. Another flamenco fan, he has been playing for many a long year. Unfortunately, as with many guitar players who have never visited Andalucia, he has never accompanied cante. So we struck a deal, he will help me to play the guitar, and I will help him with compás. So, after a my time away from recording, I sat down and thought that we could start with some tangos. And here it is. There are a couple of simple falsetas, but the whole idea is to think about compás – keeping it simple and everything in its rightful place. A little soporific, but the idea was simply to play slowly and give the piece a little swing… After listening to the recording online, I realize that there is some slight distortion. I will fix the problem during the week. Tangos mabengoetxea@gmail.com no no