Flamenco Guitar with Mario DaSilva
Learn the techniques and dance accompaniments associated with the Flamenco guitar.
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Learn to play the acoustic Flamenco guitar.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Introduction to Flamenco Guitar
Mario DaSilva introduces himself and the Spanish art form of flamenco guitar.
Length: 4:06 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Basic Strumming
Mario DaSilva starts to break down flamenco guitar techniques, starting with a basic one finger strum.
Length: 4:49 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Two Finger Rasgueado
Mario DaSilva starts to break down the different versions of the flamenco rasgueado. He starts with the triplet subdivision using two fingers.
Length: 4:32 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Four Subdivision Rasgueado
Mario DaSilva breaks down the stroke pattern for the sixteenth note rasgueado.
Length: 3:06 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Five Stroke Rasgueado
Mario DaSilva breaks down the five stroke rasgueado technique. He continues to use the Soleares in his examples.
Length: 2:10 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Six Stroke Rasgueado
Mario DaSilva turns up the heat with a six stroke rasgueado technique.
Length: 2:44 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Marote Rasgueado
Mario DaSilva begins to break down what are known as the marote rasgueados. This technique involves subdivision using both the thumb and fingers.
Length: 3:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Marote Rasgueado #2
Mario DaSilva demonstrates an alternate way to perform the marote rasgueados.
Length: 2:03 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Marote Rasgueado #3
Mario DaSilva wraps up the rasgueado techniques with the 16th note subdivision of the marote rasgueado.
Length: 3:48 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
Arpeggios
Mario DaSilva begins to teach the arpeggio techniques utilized in the flamenco style.
Length: 3:06 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Combination Arpeggios
Mario DaSilva adds the ascending arpeggio to the repertoire and combines it with the descending arpeggio.
Length: 5:10 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
16th Note Arpeggios
Mario DaSilva demonstrates arpeggios subdivided into sixteenth notes. He introduces a new compas called the Farruca as well as the golpe technique.
Length: 11:09 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Ligados
Ligados are slurred notes used to create melodic content within a compas. In this lesson, Mario will be demonstrates ligados using the Soleares. He then demonstrates how to combine strumming, ligados, and arpeggio techniques using the Farruca.
Length: 11:05 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
The Alzapúa
The Alzapúa is a fast, thumb only picking technique designed to project and create a more flamenco-styled sound. In this lesson, Mario provides some drills that will help you master this technique.
Length: 6:20 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
The Alzapúa #2
In the second lesson for the Alzapúa technique, Mario discusses why you would want to use this technique over a standard fingerstyle pattern.
Length: 2:08 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Scale Usage
Mario DaSilva discusses and demonstrates how scales are incorporated into the flamenco style.
Length: 8:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Building Endurance
In lesson 17, Mario discusses endurance and ways to built upon it for speed and accuracy.
Length: 9:00 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Arpeggio Drills
Mario DaSilva provides several drills to help build your arpeggio skill. He uses the Malaguena dance as an example for these drills.
Length: 3:29 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Tremolo Technique
Mario DaSilva demonstrates how the tremolo technique is utilized within the confines of the flamenco style.
Length: 4:22 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
The Malaguena
Now that Mario has covered the basic techniques needed to play in the flamenco style, he begins to break down the individual dances from the style. He starts first with the Malaguena.
Length: 22:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
The Rumba
Mario DaSilva breaks down and demonstrates the famous Rumba dance.
Length: 11:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
The Sevillanas
In lesson 22, Mario DaSilva breaks down the Sevillanas.
Length: 11:20 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
The Farruca
Mario DaSilva takes an in depth look at the dance he initially introduced during his technique lessons.
Length: 13:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
The Soleares
You'll remember this dance from the beginning of Mario's technique studies. In this lesson, Mario covers the Soleares in its entirety.
Length: 14:02 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
The Bulerias
Mario DaSilva breaks down the Bulerias. He includes the basic compas, variations, as well as several salidas to use.
Length: 21:16 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
The Alegrias
In lesson 26 of his Flamenco guitar series, Mario DaSilva breaks down the Alegrias dance.
Length: 14:39 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Fandangos de Huelva
In lesson 27, Mario DaSilva breaks down the Fandangos de Huelva.
Length: 13:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
The Guajiras
In the 28th lesson of his Flamenco series, Mario DaSilva discusses and breaks down the Guajiras.
Length: 14:57 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Seguiriyas
Completing his studies on the dances of Flamenco, Mario Dasilva offers up a lesson on the Seguiriyas.
Length: 11:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
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