Tag Archives: Compás

elementary – soleá 3

By miguel | Published: January 6, 2008

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 – soleá 2

By miguel | Published: December 16, 2007

Here is our second installment of soleá. Another fundamental part of the guitarists’ repetoire. The cierre (cadence or closure) is from Manuel Granados – more about this incredible man in later posts.

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elementary – soleá 1

By miguel | Published: December 16, 2007

This lesson introduces the soleá with the most simple of melodies. This melody, played only with the thumb is a fundamental part of the guitar repertoire. Although easy to play there are some important things to consider.

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elementary – rhythmic structures of the main “palos” (flamenco forms)

By miguel | Published: December 15, 2007

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.

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elementary – tangos and abánico

By miguel | Published: November 25, 2007

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 [...]