I am wearing out the replay button on this video. This is an exceptionally beautiful flamenco flavored piece that is also quite playable. Lots of usable (and reusable) licks to boot! thx✌
Kai, you are cool. I took lot of "Live" lessons. And, then I caught this video of yours on TH-cam, and one more of yours. And, now it all makes sense, not even to mention that the way that you present the material is so cool. Thank you.
Ann Zack Thanks! And yeah, we have tabs/notation for most stuff. And all the tabs themselves are free if you go to the tabs link on our site (most of the videos are subscription-based, but tabs are always free).
great tutorial, thank you Kai! @7:21 wonder why pressing 3rd fret on the 6th string while it is thumb muted? Even in the beginning of the video @0:17, I don't think you are hitting the low E string?
I use that voicing a lot, as it sounds good when I do hit all six strings. Definitely not the only time my left hand grabs a chord even though I won't be hitting all of the strings with the right hand. Cheers, Kai
I think you'll find that part much easier to play with the thumb, especially given what I play right after it, but there's no real reason you couldn't use other fingers if that works better for you. (Also, I like the thumb sound there, but again, it's not written in stone or anything).
@@FlamencoExplained Yeah, I have been practising the song for a week now, and the thumb makes much more sense. I guess it's also good to get used to it. Thank you for the vids, they are a huge help, and you're very pleasant!
Hey Adam - I alternate between using all index and using thumb (not quite sure why/when, if I'm honest), but when I use the thumb in that way it's generally just for the upstrokes. Cheers, Kai
Hi kai. Just wondering what determines using the thumb (pulgar) vs using picado for the runs between the chords. Is it just a personal thing or is to do with positioning of your hand to be ready for the strumming?
Hey Adam - it's mainly about how you want it to sound, though sometimes it's also about how fast you need to go, as you can generally go faster with picado. Cheers, Kai
@@FlamencoExplained Crashing this party because I had the exact same question. Furthermore (at the risk of sounding stupid); is it typical to compartmentalize the strings, fretboard and fingers for different tasks such as playing chords, arpeggios or melody, like in alzapua the right thumb typically playing bass and strumming while the left hand holds a chord with some fingers and slightly varies it *and* pushes other strings for melody on the bass strings? With so much alternating between strumming (often concentrated on a subset of strings), chords, arpeggios and picado, I'm tempted to think there must be such systems to achieve the rich expressiveness of the flamenco sound. I'm keen to find out any and all such standard techniques that might make this divine music attainable for mortals. I hope this makes sense, but if it doesn't then my bad, because I've only recently discovered flamenco and I'm also new to playing guitar and am mostly oblivious to how anything is done on this instrument. Love your videos though. Thanks, and cheers from a fellow nerd!
@@FlamencoExplained I also wanted to ask your opinion about the different scale/chord systems on the fretboard, namely CAGED and the "three notes per string", because these are most talked about when I search for learning material. Should I even care? I am currently practicing scales but am having some difficulties deciding at which positions to move up/down the neck if I want to span a higher range than the max. two octaves with fixed hand position. I bet memorizing the most essential patterns (minor, major, phrygian) as well as the fretboard in its entirety is better than counting from reference positions. In programming we call these look-up/hash tables or dictionaries, meaning we look up a key that directly points to a value in memory in order to retrieve, which is faster than retrieving from the same memory intermediate values or references and calculating/dereferencing to get the value (excuse the nerdiness). I see lots of awful mnemonics and pattern-based referencing systems being promoted to beginners, but I want to waste as little time as possible in doing the latter when it comes to locating a note on the fretboard. I guess the best way to get to know it intimately is just play scales while singing the note names/degrees? The problem I'm having is partly technical, as I'm not sure when (if ever) I should prefer fine movements ("clever" fingering) over coarse (shift hand position) when traversing the scales. I'm thinking this freedom of movement is essential so that I have more opportunities to switch scales in the middle, e.g. if I'm playing E major and am about to arrive at B, I can plan my hand position and fingering to smoothly modulate to B tonic, with more directions to take from there.
@@adammadtin8451 For the money the F10 is really quite good, but there are a bunch of good Spanish companies that'll make guitars in that range (if the guitars are actually made in Spain, which I'm not sure about). I'm not familiar with the models, but you could look at Raimundo, Alhambra, Esteve, Prudencio Saez for a start. Check out www.elflamencovive.com/ to get an idea of what's out there. Cheers, Kai
That's a great question, and not so simple to answer! Falsetas are the melodic ideas that guitarists write. They're like the building blocks of flamenco, and each Palo (flamenco style) has its own set of parameters. When accompanying, the falseta would be like the 'guitar solo.' In a solo guitar piece you play many falsetas, which are connected by playing Compás, which is like the connective tissue that holds flamenco music together. So this tutorial is on one such falseta for a Buleria (that the name of the style) played in this key. Cheers, Kai
@@FlamencoExplained in terms of falseta. Most of the "falseta" buleria falseta tangos etc. They have no particuar titles, only the names of who played it. Does it means if u play flamenco u create ur own falseta?
hi, i play classical guitar, currently at conservatory . i would like to know how to start learning flamenco from your channel,which lessons to start with? may be if you can give me ur email id?
I am wearing out the replay button on this video. This is an exceptionally beautiful flamenco flavored piece that is also quite playable. Lots of usable (and reusable) licks to boot! thx✌
Good tutorial - clear explanation
Thanks Gordon!
Beautifully explained ☺️
I know this is a lesson, but even still, the music you play is just so beautiful, it makes me feel so good inside!
Thank you!
Very useful nicely convinced.thanku very much
Great teacher. I love that you count loud.
Great!! Counting is important. :)
Most excellent explanation!
so well explained! thank you!!!
best flamenco lesson on youtube
Thanks Amine - so glad you like it!
Thank you 💛
A million times grateful for the material you put up, and thank you for sharing your knowledge
Vous êtes vraiment fort !!
thanks that was great
The video and audio are off at my favorite parts around :30. Glad you go through it slow later on. Nice solo!
These postings are so helpful, clear, and concise . Thank you so much! Regards, Jimp
Glad they're helpful!
Great teacher 👌
Thank you!
Gracás por compartir!
De nada!
thank you!
Great! Thank you very much!
Glad you like it!
Kai, you are cool. I took lot of "Live" lessons. And, then I caught this video of yours on TH-cam, and one more of yours. And, now it all makes sense, not even to mention that the way that you present the material is so cool. Thank you.
Thanks John!
Great clear lesson. Cheers.
Thank you!
Excellent stuff sir! You couldn't have been any clearer.
Glad this was helpful for you!!
good job
olé 👏 great teacher
So helpful... cheers
Glad it was helpful for you!
Awesome
Great lesson! Thank you very much for sharing. Your guitar sounds wonderful! Could I ask what the brand & model is? I'm looking to upgrade...
Is there any video for the rest of the song?
if one were to get your lesson package, ,is the tablature for this and the other lessons available to follow along? Really like your teaching!
Ann Zack Thanks! And yeah, we have tabs/notation for most stuff. And all the tabs themselves are free if you go to the tabs link on our site (most of the videos are subscription-based, but tabs are always free).
Grande!!!
Tome su buen like señor 👍👏😍
Gracias!
great tutorial, thank you Kai! @7:21 wonder why pressing 3rd fret on the 6th string while it is thumb muted? Even in the beginning of the video @0:17, I don't think you are hitting the low E string?
I use that voicing a lot, as it sounds good when I do hit all six strings. Definitely not the only time my left hand grabs a chord even though I won't be hitting all of the strings with the right hand.
Cheers,
Kai
@@FlamencoExplained Thank you for clarifying that, Kai!
Ole tú!!
Gracias!
The part at 04:22 you play with your thumb, would it be possible to do that with the pointer and middle finger too, or is it preferable with the thumb
I think you'll find that part much easier to play with the thumb, especially given what I play right after it, but there's no real reason you couldn't use other fingers if that works better for you. (Also, I like the thumb sound there, but again, it's not written in stone or anything).
@@FlamencoExplained Yeah, I have been practising the song for a week now, and the thumb makes much more sense. I guess it's also good to get used to it. Thank you for the vids, they are a huge help, and you're very pleasant!
qué maestro tan bueno
Gracias José!
@@FlamencoExplained saludos desde Colombia
Y otro saludo pa ti!
Hi kai. Are you using your thumb here for all the strumming as opposed to your index finger? Is this your preferred method for Buleria?
Hey Adam - I alternate between using all index and using thumb (not quite sure why/when, if I'm honest), but when I use the thumb in that way it's generally just for the upstrokes.
Cheers,
Kai
Hi kai. Just wondering what determines using the thumb (pulgar) vs using picado for the runs between the chords. Is it just a personal thing or is to do with positioning of your hand to be ready for the strumming?
Hey Adam - it's mainly about how you want it to sound, though sometimes it's also about how fast you need to go, as you can generally go faster with picado.
Cheers,
Kai
@@FlamencoExplained Thanks kai
@@FlamencoExplained Crashing this party because I had the exact same question. Furthermore (at the risk of sounding stupid); is it typical to compartmentalize the strings, fretboard and fingers for different tasks such as playing chords, arpeggios or melody, like in alzapua the right thumb typically playing bass and strumming while the left hand holds a chord with some fingers and slightly varies it *and* pushes other strings for melody on the bass strings? With so much alternating between strumming (often concentrated on a subset of strings), chords, arpeggios and picado, I'm tempted to think there must be such systems to achieve the rich expressiveness of the flamenco sound. I'm keen to find out any and all such standard techniques that might make this divine music attainable for mortals.
I hope this makes sense, but if it doesn't then my bad, because I've only recently discovered flamenco and I'm also new to playing guitar and am mostly oblivious to how anything is done on this instrument.
Love your videos though. Thanks, and cheers from a fellow nerd!
@@FlamencoExplained I also wanted to ask your opinion about the different scale/chord systems on the fretboard, namely CAGED and the "three notes per string", because these are most talked about when I search for learning material. Should I even care? I am currently practicing scales but am having some difficulties deciding at which positions to move up/down the neck if I want to span a higher range than the max. two octaves with fixed hand position.
I bet memorizing the most essential patterns (minor, major, phrygian) as well as the fretboard in its entirety is better than counting from reference positions. In programming we call these look-up/hash tables or dictionaries, meaning we look up a key that directly points to a value in memory in order to retrieve, which is faster than retrieving from the same memory intermediate values or references and calculating/dereferencing to get the value (excuse the nerdiness).
I see lots of awful mnemonics and pattern-based referencing systems being promoted to beginners, but I want to waste as little time as possible in doing the latter when it comes to locating a note on the fretboard. I guess the best way to get to know it intimately is just play scales while singing the note names/degrees?
The problem I'm having is partly technical, as I'm not sure when (if ever) I should prefer fine movements ("clever" fingering) over coarse (shift hand position) when traversing the scales. I'm thinking this freedom of movement is essential so that I have more opportunities to switch scales in the middle, e.g. if I'm playing E major and am about to arrive at B, I can plan my hand position and fingering to smoothly modulate to B tonic, with more directions to take from there.
I just love theory nerds rather than just playing at us.
Would love to know what that guitar is?
Hey Adam - that's a 1986 Manuel Reyes.
Cheers,
Kai
@@FlamencoExplained I was looking at a Cordoba F10 until I saw it was made in china. What would you be buying today in that price range?
@@adammadtin8451 For the money the F10 is really quite good, but there are a bunch of good Spanish companies that'll make guitars in that range (if the guitars are actually made in Spain, which I'm not sure about). I'm not familiar with the models, but you could look at Raimundo, Alhambra, Esteve, Prudencio Saez for a start. Check out www.elflamencovive.com/ to get an idea of what's out there.
Cheers,
Kai
@@FlamencoExplained Cheers Thanks Kai.
Sir what is falseta?
That's a great question, and not so simple to answer! Falsetas are the melodic ideas that guitarists write. They're like the building blocks of flamenco, and each Palo (flamenco style) has its own set of parameters. When accompanying, the falseta would be like the 'guitar solo.' In a solo guitar piece you play many falsetas, which are connected by playing Compás, which is like the connective tissue that holds flamenco music together. So this tutorial is on one such falseta for a Buleria (that the name of the style) played in this key.
Cheers,
Kai
@@FlamencoExplained in terms of falseta. Most of the "falseta" buleria falseta tangos etc. They have no particuar titles, only the names of who played it. Does it means if u play flamenco u create ur own falseta?
@@vonanthonymacaraig1211 That’s right. At first you learn falsetas written by other players, and in time you start to write your own falsetas
@@FlamencoExplained great its clear now. Thank very much sir
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hi, i play classical guitar, currently at conservatory . i would like to know how to start learning flamenco from your channel,which lessons to start with? may be if you can give me ur email id?
Hi Navin - send us an email at Preguntas@flamencoexplained.com and we'll get you started!
Cheers,
Kai