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machopicasso

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Rumba Questions

1. Is a Gypsy King-style Rumba strumming pattern optimal for accompanying a flamenco dance class (where they're studying Rumba)? Or is another pattern more suitable?

2. Does anyone know the strumming pattern for the rumba clip from "Vengo"? (Music starts 0:22).

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gerundino63

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From: The Netherlands

RE: Rumba Questions (in reply to machopicasso)

P down, AM down, P up, mute, i up, i down, i up.

1........,2............,and...,3.......and..,4........,and....

The counting is just there to learn the strumming.

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Ricardo

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RE: Rumba Questions (in reply to machopicasso)

quote:

1. Is a Gypsy King-style Rumba strumming pattern optimal for accompanying a flamenco dance class (where they're studying Rumba)? Or is another pattern more suitable?

2. Does anyone know the strumming pattern for the rumba clip from "Vengo"? (Music starts 0:22).

1. There are more than one pattern they use...but yes, those patterns are optimal.
2. There are two players doing two different patterns.

The guy on the left plays:
Slap, up fingers, down fingers, up thumb, repeat. Only 4 notes, like cut time.

The guy on the right singing lead is doing more like Gipsy kings 8 stroke but without the muted 7th stroke. Thumb down, then wrist up, down, thumb up accent, slap, fingers up, down accent, up, repeat.

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