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metalhead -> Thoughts on Ben Woods rasgueados part 2 (Jan. 11 2024 20:30:07)
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Hey everybody, about 2 months ago I'd made a similar thread asking for opinions on doing rasgueados backwards like Ben did
This one is gonna be diff as I'll be the one giving opinion. So here's the thing: doing rasgueados backwards is horribly wrong! So the reason I'd made that earlier post was because I was doing them backwards prior to making that post and I wanted to know what other flamenco guitarists felt about it; and I'm glad I made the post
2 guys mainly: Ricardo from here and another guy named David Chirriboga on YT gave extensive answers on why doing them backwards is not ideal. When i read them, I got mildly scared. This nervousness made me switch to practicing them the traditional way one night about 2 months ago from now. And I'm super glad I did. I drilled and practiced them the tradtional way aggressively these 2 months and I can say that they are sounding very decent currently, and I can use them in real world phrases at good tempos
So learning them the traditional way after practicing them backwards made me realize how wrong it actually was! There's so many sequences I could never do if I continued doing them backwards. And the speed, the traditional rasgueados are hard to get started but once you get used to them, they flow insanely good which is what gives the speed. This is not possible with doing them backwards as they simply don't have that spontaneous flow. I know because I did them backwards
If you're a newbie who lands on this page from google looking for opinions on doing them backwards, please do not attempt it! Learn them the traditional way, there's no replacement for them
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