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From: Washington DC
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
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ORIGINAL: devilhand
Looks like pulgar up and down combined with golpe at 7:22-7:29?
That is called alzapúa….he is targeting a small group of strings, the basses, however his up strokes do catch the third string. Three notes (triplets). Again, time to get a teacher.
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
It is a very personalized technique of his that he does in every palo. I learned a siguiriyas version and put it in compas for folks that want to learn it (cuz most of the time his concept of compas is very push pull with this technique and the math doesn’t always work). This was many years back and I have it a lot better now, this was after I first figured it out as it’s very tricky.
Is this personalized technique also used for the falseta from Morao you uploaded in the Falseta Swap Shop thread?
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
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RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
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ORIGINAL: devilhand
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
It is a very personalized technique of his that he does in every palo. I learned a siguiriyas version and put it in compas for folks that want to learn it (cuz most of the time his concept of compas is very push pull with this technique and the math doesn’t always work). This was many years back and I have it a lot better now, this was after I first figured it out as it’s very tricky.
Is this personalized technique also used for the falseta from Morao you uploaded in the Falseta Swap Shop thread?
The above I put into proper compas, but the original falseta was this:
Then I used the technique for my own falseta (second or long fancy one) por solea:
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
Which finger is used for accented down strumming? The index or middle or ring finger? This is done without golpe.
At 3:42 Paco does 3 down strummings in a row. Unfortunately one can't see which finger he's using. At 4:38 look like he's using either AM or AMI. At 4:43 is it the index finger only?
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
What technique comes after tremolo at 25:40 and how can we play it? I couldnt hear what he said. If I heard him right it's a classical guitar technique R. Montoya introduced into flamenco guitar playing.
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RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to mecmachin)
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ORIGINAL: mecmachin
la horquilla?
Right. Like a three pronged hair pin, p on the bass, a and m together on two strings at the same time, and i separate if you need triplets. Niño Ricardo Solea arpegio demonstrates the triplet horquilla.
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From: Budapest, now in Southampton
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
Virtually everyone plays this, you'll find it before the thumb goes through all the strings for a chord (or just the basses, depending on what comes after).
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)
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Virtually everyone plays this, you'll find it before the thumb goes through all the strings for a chord (or just the basses, depending on what comes after).
The question is how did everyone come to know this? Copied from Paco? To me it was impossible without youtube and this camera angle. I read on the foro you transcribe a lot. Do you include these small details in your transcription?
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Also used before the start of tremolo.
Do you demonstrate it in one of your Paco tutorials?
RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
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The question is how did everyone come to know this?
Take orsonw's advice. I learned it during my first few lessons. We did solea. The little grace-note rasgueado is very common before marking a salient beat.
For example:
During the salida, from around 0:55 to 1:40, he does it on every "3" in there as well as on a few other beats. Now that you've realized it's a thing, I suspect you'll start to see/hear it everywhere.
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During the salida, from around 0:55 to 1:40, he does it on every "3" in there as well as on a few other beats. Now that you've realized it's a thing, I suspect you'll start to see/hear it everywhere.
Awesome. I appreciate your Input.
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Come on man. Fess up! What's going on?
Come on man. Update your profile pic. You can't look so young after all these years.
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RE: Which technique is this? (in reply to devilhand)
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Come on man. Update your profile pic. You can't look so young after all these years.
You know I've been thinking the same thing for ages. That was taken in sanlucar in 2011 maybe.
But you've only been a member for 3 ish years. So how do you know how long that pic has been on there? For all you know that is a recent picture. Unless of course you've really been around here for many years.... ?? 🤔