Tag Archives: thumb

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: starting with rasgueados and thumb

By miguel | Published: November 11, 2007

Here is the first lesson. The “palo” is called “tangos” and there is no relationship with the Argentinian song and dance form. 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.

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Exercise for soleá for alzapúa and arpeggios.

By miguel | Published: April 24, 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 [...]