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Thank you so much, your lessons are incredibly helpful for an absolute beginner like me! In lack of a proper flamenco guitar I currently practice the rasgueado and other techniques using my western guitar wirh steel strings, and it's quite the pain in the ass to be honest 😅 Do you think I should continue or wait until I can get my hands on an actual flamenco guitar?
First off, thanks so much for the kind words and feedback. Really appreciate hearing that. 🙏🏼Secondly, that’s a tough call, playing on a Spanish guitar with nylon strings is going to be a whole new game when youre able to switch over. 😅 Out of all the techniques, rasgueados can be the most challenging on steel strings. I would lightly practice some of the techniques for now, until you’re able to get a nylon string. Arpeggios and picado can be a little more assessable to practice for now. You can also work on left hand advancements for now as well. That’s the best I can say for now. Btw, I have a special announcement for a new course for beginners course I’m launching this month, hope you’re able to sign up for one of my free webinars I’ll be announcing soon. 🙂
For rasgueados, depending on the context of the music, it can be ok to hit less strings, for example strings 5 through 2. But it’s ideal to develop the skill of being able to play through all the strings when you want to, or vise versa, just on a few. Most of us that anchor our thumb on the 6th string, don’t worry as much about the sixth string most of the time. For nails, ideally it’s great to have just a little bit of length passing your finger tip so that you can use a combination of nail and your flesh on the finger tip. There are a minority of players that don’t have nails, but the sound will be much more opaque and some techniques will not shine through as easily and might feel a little more difficult.
In the end, it’s the results that matter. If that works for you, then go for it. The old school guitarist Juan Serrano is know for playing and teaching the rasgueado in that order, but it’s not too typical or common. If you’re early in your learning, then experiment with the other order, otherwise if you’re already comfortable with that method and it’s working, keep it.
My hand seems only to want to do this order as well. Ring - middle - index just ends up straining my ringfinger, whereas index - middle - ring is fluent..
Hey, David, lil bit of trouble here. What do u think of Ben Woods' rasgueados ? I've been playing flamenco now for 10 months, and at the time i started, i didn't have access to flamenco lessons and i only followed Ben. He did his rasgueados backwards and i did them backwards too. I worked on them quite a bit and I think they sound pretty decent Soon after taking real flamenco lessons i realised , that his way is 'wrong'. Do u think it's worth to revert back to the traditional way of doing rasgueados ? I feel like it's a bit too late
Hey Amar! Happy to answer… So there’s another known flamenco guitarist, Juan Serrano that many of us started with one of his methods or beginner songs. He also did the reverse rasgueado. Personally I don’t think it’s ideal, and just doesn’t seem to flow naturally. That said, sometimes people learn things the “wrong” way or non standard and they make it work out of default. So yes, it worked for them, but I would never personally recommend it. Now you’re worried that it’s too late too change. Here’s what I’ll say on that. After playing for over 10 or more years of Spanish Guitar, I realized many techniques I played weren’t with good form and were holding me back. Nobody corrected me. They were all embedded into my muscle memory and form. But I decided to re-learn them the proper ideal way, and yes, it took me backwards for a bit, and I had to focus on one at a time basically, but it was possible and was worth it. I still have a lifetime of playing ahead, and it was worth it to be able to play in proper form. That’s up to you if you want to keep going with it, or take a step back and change it up. Less than a year of playing is still a great place to make any changes or adjustments in my opinion. It’s really never too late.
@@DavidChiribogahey David, I just want to take a moment to thank u for this reply. The day you made this reply, i immediately decided to switch back to traditional rasgueados. After 2 months of aggressive drilling, they've developed decently and I can use them in phrases at good tempos. You were right, the traditional rasgueados indeed flow much much better than doing them backwards. After doing them the traditional way, i realised how wrong doing them backwards actually was. I would not be able to play a lot of sequences had I continued doing them backwards. So thanks again, this reply by you turned out extremely beneficial for me
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Thanks again. You make it look so easy….
It eventually becomes “easy-ish” 🙂
Thank you so much, your lessons are incredibly helpful for an absolute beginner like me! In lack of a proper flamenco guitar I currently practice the rasgueado and other techniques using my western guitar wirh steel strings, and it's quite the pain in the ass to be honest 😅 Do you think I should continue or wait until I can get my hands on an actual flamenco guitar?
First off, thanks so much for the kind words and feedback. Really appreciate hearing that. 🙏🏼Secondly, that’s a tough call, playing on a Spanish guitar with nylon strings is going to be a whole new game when youre able to switch over. 😅 Out of all the techniques, rasgueados can be the most challenging on steel strings. I would lightly practice some of the techniques for now, until you’re able to get a nylon string. Arpeggios and picado can be a little more assessable to practice for now. You can also work on left hand advancements for now as well. That’s the best I can say for now.
Btw, I have a special announcement for a new course for beginners course I’m launching this month, hope you’re able to sign up for one of my free webinars I’ll be announcing soon. 🙂
Does our fingers have to hit all strings
And do we need long nails to play this flemenco style
For rasgueados, depending on the context of the music, it can be ok to hit less strings, for example strings 5 through 2. But it’s ideal to develop the skill of being able to play through all the strings when you want to, or vise versa, just on a few. Most of us that anchor our thumb on the 6th string, don’t worry as much about the sixth string most of the time.
For nails, ideally it’s great to have just a little bit of length passing your finger tip so that you can use a combination of nail and your flesh on the finger tip. There are a minority of players that don’t have nails, but the sound will be much more opaque and some techniques will not shine through as easily and might feel a little more difficult.
Great instructional - clear and simple. thanks!
Awesome, thanks for the nice feedback! Clear and simple are the goals of all my tutorials!
David you're the man!!! Thanks a whole bunch!! )))
Your welcome! Hope you found it helpful! 👍🏼
Awesome!
Thanks man!
Cool lesson!
Could I ask you to share a few of the easiest examples to start from?
Thanks! Do you mean examples/excerpts from songs or something else?
@@DavidChiriboga That's exactly what I meant! Thanks!
OK you do have a side view in this great I haven't really done this style with Spanish songs yet but I'm sure willing to try
Great, good luck with it! Hopefully I laid it out nice and clear.
@@DavidChiriboga you have
What if I can only do it in reverse? e.g. Index, Middle, Ring, Index
In the end, it’s the results that matter. If that works for you, then go for it. The old school guitarist Juan Serrano is know for playing and teaching the rasgueado in that order, but it’s not too typical or common. If you’re early in your learning, then experiment with the other order, otherwise if you’re already comfortable with that method and it’s working, keep it.
@@DavidChiriboga Thanks for the prompt response 🙂
My hand seems only to want to do this order as well. Ring - middle - index just ends up straining my ringfinger, whereas index - middle - ring is fluent..
Hey, David, lil bit of trouble here. What do u think of Ben Woods' rasgueados ? I've been playing flamenco now for 10 months, and at the time i started, i didn't have access to flamenco lessons and i only followed Ben. He did his rasgueados backwards and i did them backwards too. I worked on them quite a bit and I think they sound pretty decent
Soon after taking real flamenco lessons i realised , that his way is 'wrong'.
Do u think it's worth to revert back to the traditional way of doing rasgueados ? I feel like it's a bit too late
Hey Amar! Happy to answer…
So there’s another known flamenco guitarist, Juan Serrano that many of us started with one of his methods or beginner songs. He also did the reverse rasgueado. Personally I don’t think it’s ideal, and just doesn’t seem to flow naturally. That said, sometimes people learn things the “wrong” way or non standard and they make it work out of default. So yes, it worked for them, but I would never personally recommend it.
Now you’re worried that it’s too late too change. Here’s what I’ll say on that. After playing for over 10 or more years of Spanish Guitar, I realized many techniques I played weren’t with good form and were holding me back. Nobody corrected me. They were all embedded into my muscle memory and form. But I decided to re-learn them the proper ideal way, and yes, it took me backwards for a bit, and I had to focus on one at a time basically, but it was possible and was worth it. I still have a lifetime of playing ahead, and it was worth it to be able to play in proper form. That’s up to you if you want to keep going with it, or take a step back and change it up. Less than a year of playing is still a great place to make any changes or adjustments in my opinion. It’s really never too late.
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@@DavidChiribogahey David, I just want to take a moment to thank u for this reply. The day you made this reply, i immediately decided to switch back to traditional rasgueados. After
2 months of aggressive drilling, they've developed decently and I can use them in phrases at good tempos. You were right, the traditional rasgueados indeed flow much much better than doing them backwards. After doing them the traditional way, i realised how wrong doing them backwards actually was. I would not be able to play a lot of sequences had I continued doing them backwards. So thanks again, this reply by you turned out extremely beneficial for me