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Soleares

By miguel | June 3rd, 2010

The soleá or soleares is often referred to as the “mother of flamenco”. Although not strictly true from a historical point of view, the soleá does form the basis from which many other palos have developed. Without the soleá, forms such as alegría and bulería would not have come into existence – all share the [...]

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elementary – soleá 3

By miguel | January 6th, 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 | December 16th, 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 | December 16th, 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

By miguel | December 15th, 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. It will help if you tap your foot, click your fingers or tap your knuckles [...]

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Exercise for soleá for alzapúa and arpeggios.

By miguel | April 24th, 2007

Here it is, after far too long, is some music for you. It is, after all the purpose of the site. Continue reading, using the link below to hear the mp3. This soleá is por medio and the cejilla is on the fourth fret. It is really a technical exercise, but with some very useful [...]

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The academy of flamenco guitar

By miguel | January 17th, 2007

Yesterday I came across a large web site managed by Chuck Keyser, based in Santa Barbara, USA, and I was most impressed.
Here you can find very useful information for those starting out with flamenco, the table of contents includes:
Flamenco guitar
Falseta collections
Compás analysis: solea, bulerí­a, alegría and siguiriya, amongst other things.

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Soleá por medio

By miguel | December 17th, 2006

Here is a short recording of the basic compás and falsetas. I have recorded the guitar playing solo, the guitar with percussion and both together. Getting the arpeggios clean and strong requires some work, and there is still some for me to do.
Soleá is often referred to as the mother of flamenco. This is because [...]

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