Farruca de Lucia Rasgueado

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Cervantes

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Farruca de Lucia Rasgueado

I am wondering about how to play these quadruple rasgueado.
Not sure how Paco played it but most people on Youtube seem to be using thumb up and down like maybe a triplet rasgueado. But then how do you fit triplets into a quadruple Rythm? Thanks for any help.

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Stu

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RE: Farruca de Lucia Rasgueado (in reply to Cervantes)

4 stroke abanico?

p a i p p a i p, p a i p p a i p

maybe.... I dont know the piece that well. just know that 4 fits into 8

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Ricardo

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RE: Farruca de Lucia Rasgueado (in reply to Cervantes)

At that tempo I can easily make abanico triplets of those, meaning 6 per 8th note. Slowed down there are 18 notes total (two missing from this score), so I feel it as triplets starting on the & after beat 1. "rest...&-2-& 3", each getting six strokes, stop on 3. All that assuming it is the first time around 30 seconds in. Later on in the piece around 2:35, it is a bit faster and he might be dividing the beat this way. But again he would be using the abanico. It is best to slow the recording down and count the strokes. It could be irregular if you just focus on the top note melody as 8th notes while rolling constantly.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 19 2025 14:26:26

Bulerias2005

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RE: Farruca de Lucia Rasgueado (in reply to Cervantes)

I don't think it's quadruple meter. It's just an "irregular" triplet abanico, irregular with respect to where the melody changes fall. But basically what Ricardo said above -- that's how I've always heard/played it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 20 2025 18:15:11