Ricardo -> RE: Help with Rasgeo Abanico (Dec. 18 2023 14:27:46)
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ORIGINAL: Paul of Kogosia Hello everyone, I'm new to flamenco guitar and I'm struggling with the thumb when practicing the Rasgeo Abanico technique. I'm hitting the skin and flesh of my thumb instead of the nail when going down and I feel like the way my thumb is placed and the direction it's facing is wrong. Any tips? Thanks in advance 🫶 Learn the proper Abanico P-a-i, where only the back of the nails are used. It is much smoother rhythmically and sound wise, plus you can target groups of strings. The one I assume you are trying to get is the “Marote” where thumb is used in two directions, down-up. If you remove the finger stroke portion, you notice the down-up type of swing beat feeling. That is what you need to work on separately, where the UP stroke is on the beat, and the down is an off beat swing 8th note. Control the tempo where you speed up only as fast as you can control that rhythm.
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