Juan Habichuela nieto... and his speed of light pulgar

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FredGuitarraOle

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Juan Habichuela nieto... and his spe...

The entire video is pretty good but, just for now, skip to minute 7:40...

The first time I saw this video I was only listening and I thought he was doing a picado, but today I saw it again and, for my surprise, I noticed he was using his thumb. I was just blown away by this lightning speed pulgar of his.

It seems to me he is doing some kind of a very fast alzapua in one string. Maybe with a mix of ligados also.

Any ideas or comments on this?
Besides WOW...

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Pgh_flamenco

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to FredGuitarraOle)

He is using his thumb and thumbnail like electric guitar players use a pick.

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Pimientito

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)

John (pgh) is correct. Juan showed me one night up close what he is doing. Its not Alzapua, its simply up, down, up, down with the thumbnail exactly like a guitar pick. Gerardo does the same thing but tends to use the technique to make tremelo lines whereas Juan can do crazy scales at the same time. (no ligado)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 4 2013 9:08:08

FredGuitarraOle

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)

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He is using his thumb and thumbnail like electric guitar players use a pick.

Makes sense. I had never seen such thing done with a thumb.

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whereas Juan can do crazy scales at the same time. (no ligado)

When you say Juan can do crazy scales using his thumbnail like a guitar pick, do you mean up and down across all the strings? Or just on the first string, like he is doing in this video, I guess? I can't really tell if he his playing the first string only or both the first and second strings...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 4 2013 15:30:26

bursche

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to FredGuitarraOle)

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I can't really tell if he his playing the first string only or both the first and second strings...

I've seen him do both. He showed me an Alzapua line on two strings that is pretty cool.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 4 2013 17:43:59

Pimientito

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to bursche)

Here is a short video of him noodling around. It looks like his fathers place "la Buleria"
Is that a young "pirata" next to him? Hes doing the thumb technique around at 0.11. Anyway he can do one string, 2 strings , 3 strings...his thumb work is really crazy.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 4 2013 18:33:23

FredGuitarraOle

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Pimientito)

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Anyway he can do one string, 2 strings , 3 strings...his thumb work is really crazy.

Damn... He is even more badass than I thought...

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bursche

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Pimientito)

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Is that a young "pirata" next to him?

naaah

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 7 2013 17:16:16

devilhand

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to FredGuitarraOle)

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The entire video is pretty good but, just for now, skip to minute 7:40...

How about this one at 2:05? This is way better.

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Ricardo

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to devilhand)

Aren’t your posts being monitored? I guess this one slipped through.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 10 2023 14:53:12

devilhand

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Ricardo)

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Aren’t your posts being monitored?

No, quite the opposite. There's more to come.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 10 2023 15:38:19

Ricardo

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to devilhand)

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ORIGINAL: devilhand

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Aren’t your posts being monitored?

No, quite the opposite. There's more to come.

??? SECURITY!!!! Security????

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 12 2023 18:07:50

Estevan

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Ricardo)

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

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ORIGINAL: devilhand

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Aren’t your posts being monitored?

No, quite the opposite. There's more to come.

??? SECURITY!!!! Security????

Who you gonna call? I recommend:
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/golf-canadian-open-adam-hadwin-tackled-canadian-open-1.6873267

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estebanana

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to FredGuitarraOle)

All I can say is thank god ( if god exists) that this is about thumbs and not picado !

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 13 2023 12:30:57

Ricardo

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RE: Juan Habichuela nieto... and his... (in reply to Estevan)

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ORIGINAL: Estevan

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

quote:

ORIGINAL: devilhand

quote:

Aren’t your posts being monitored?

No, quite the opposite. There's more to come.

??? SECURITY!!!! Security????

Who you gonna call? I recommend:
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/golf-canadian-open-adam-hadwin-tackled-canadian-open-1.6873267