Now we’ve made it to the part of the song where things really start taking off. The figurative “launch pad” that Paco uses to boost the tempo and rhythmic intensity is a technique called alzapúa.
I’m very excited to share with you this mega-ultra-awesome flamenco/Spanish guitar scale in E minor, which is so intense that it will give you HULK HANDS after you’ve mastered it!
In this video lesson for the flamenco guitar, one of our supporters, Yolanda, asks a really good question about the pulgar (thumb), and what to do with it when you are playing in E major.
In this fourth lesson on how to play the “Danza Mora,” you’ll get the chance to use your octave skills again, and you’ll learn a beautiful arabesque legado falseta.
If by chance you are a finger-style guitar player, or have had some experience with finger-style guitar playing, then lesson # 3 for “Danza Mora” will be right up your alley!
For this second lesson of “Danza Mora” for the flamenco guitar, you will be doing an upward arpeggio; it’s called an “upward” arpeggio because the plucking pattern runs toward you (the player).
Danza Mora (moorish dance) is an arabesque-themed folk song for the flamenco guitar. In this first lesson of the Danza Mora we will tune our guitars to dropped D tuning.
You are now about to begin studying Lesson # 4 for “Entre Dos Aguas.” In this lesson you will learn the second part of the lead guitar section, where you’ll be introduced to some rather interesting chords you may have never played before.
You’ve done it! You’ve now reached the final part of this lively rumba piece for the flamenco guitar. Bravo! Now we will take our basic rumba strumming pattern using a...
Hold on tight to your fretboard right now because we are about to ramp it up! Fair warning: You may find this lesson particularly challenging because it will incorporate three guitar techniques that are actually some of the hardest ones to get the hang of…at least at first try!
As we continue our lessons on the rumba flamenca in A minor, we have now come to a section where we are doing something really interesting and fun with the rhythm!
