srshea -> RE: newbee needs advice on raquado, and online lessons (Dec. 20 2008 7:00:11)
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Hey, Nigsy. Those five-stroke rasgeados are definitely tricky, and they do take a lot of practice to get right. For me the problem stems from the fact that it’s difficult to get, say two five-strokes rasgeados and one down-up stroke over three beats of a solea compas (as found in Keys to Flamenco) to fit in in a rhythmically balanced, even way. The easiest solution for now would be to replace the five-stroke rasgeados with four-stroke (amii). So, you’d be doing two four-stroke rasgeados and one down-up stroke in that little bit of solea. For me it’s MUCH easier to fit that in rhythmically. As for getting the five-strokes right, I think you just gotta practice ‘em a million times, over and over. The one piece of advice I’d offer is that you definitely shouldn’t just try to mimic what you hear on the cd at full speed. I tried this and in the end I was basically just faking it. Slow way down, use the metronome, and work on getting each five-stroke rasgeado to fit evenly into a single beat, and only start speeding up once you feel like you have full control over each and every stroke. Good luck. Adam
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