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Hello! I am going to learn play flamenco on guitar but I have never played the guitar before. Could you tell me how should I start learning? I'm looking for easy exercise and tabs for beginners. I know flamenco is very hard but I want learn play it.
Hi Daniel, I am learning myself, so cannot really teach at present, but you can learn by looking at these videos on YouTube. I subscribe to this one http://www.youtube.com/user/csybu
If I were you, I would look up "Phrygian Mode" and learn it off by heart. Get used to its sound. It is exactly the same notes as in the C major scale but starts on "E". Learn to play it all over the fret board right up the neck. This will be the key part of the Spanish sound. There is a variation when you are coming down the scale and that is that you play G# instead of G. All chords are made from scales or modes, so write out the fretboard and mark all the notes all over the fretboard where the Phygian scale would be. (Miss out the G# when you do this). Then look at what you have done as a picture and see how you could fret say three notes while two or three stay open and strum it. See how it sounds.
Here's an example; fret 5th & 4th strings on 2nd fret and 3rd string on 1st fret and play all 6 strings. This is E. Now move that shape up one fret so you have the 5th & 4th strings fretted on the 3rd fret and the 3rd string fretted on the 2nd fret and play all 6 strings. Now move that shape up a "tone" - that is 5th & 4th strings fretted on the 5th fret and the 3rd string fretted on the 4th fret and play all 6 strings. There are variations on this too, but that's a start to getting the Spanish sound. Flamenco though is all about technique, rhythm and feeling. Aim for the heights but be patient with yourself. When your hands, fingers, wrist or shoulders are sore, stop and give it a rest. It is better to play for 10 minutes with a goal in mind, than it is to play for hours and damage your ligaments but have not learned anything. Hope this helps a little before you get real lessons. Kind Regards - Steve
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Hi Daniel, Here is a good site for you http://www.ctv.es/USERS/norman/ it has music and tabs for guitar and covers a whole range of rhythms and styles. Enjoy
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Rhythm, grace & passion. El ritmo, gracia & la pasión Be the change you want to see in this world - Gandhi
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