Chords for Demo of Flamenco Guitar Techniques Part 1 by Adam del Monte (Adv. Beginner-Intermediate)

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_ _ _ _ [Eb] Hi, and welcome to everybody.
[Em] This is a very special [D] technique drill package.
[Em] What I mean by that is that I'm going to show a whole [Gm] series of some [Cm] technique exercises
which I [Gb] think are very [Em] important in terms of developing _ your skills in a very [B] strategic way.
Lock your thumb into [Gm] this position [C] here.
[B] Don't have it like that, [C] like when you're about to play with [G] a thumb, but rather [B] this
is a special [Em] position for rasqueado.
One more time nice [B] and slow, [G] one by one. _ _ _ _ _
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_ Notice how with the index finger when I do the backwards stroke, by sympathetic motion
all the fingers gather back into position. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Eventually you're going to [B] develop the [E] dexterity and the speed and the _ evenness of articulation
in every [Em] single finger and the control. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ This chipping sound, _
_ [G] _ combined like I [Am] said, pressing here, the golpe here, [Em] and the release
happens partially from here, but there is definitely a good amount of motion and power
generated by the wrist or the forearm, which [A] again we did _ [D] from the tapping a minute [Gm] ago.
The whole [Db] purpose of this [E] exercise _ [B] is [C] actually to get to this exact [B] moment.
[Gm] Besides the fact of developing [B] all these techniques, [Eb] which are really [D] important separately, [B] to
use them together [C] in this exact [Ebm] sequence is what this exercise is about, [Cm] to [B] create this
exact [Em] kind of musicality, [Eb] which is a very, very specific [C] flamenco musicality.
[Bm] It's a mixture of _ [B] accentuation, different [Gb] motions, [G] combination of pull-offs and hammer-ons,
[Ebm] and these little ghost [Bb] notes that I just talked [C] about.
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[G] _ _ _ [A] This [Eb] is how you guys should practice it, exactly like this, at this [E] tempo.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] So that's the point of this exercise, is to have [B] orientation on playing [Em] and transitioning
_ [G] different levels of the strings at any time.
This is a very, very [B] important element to have in flamenco playing, when you're going
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ major 7, _ open E string, _ _ twice on that, and [Bm] then B flat.
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_ _ _ _ This is kind of the basic [C] outline of the harmony in the left [B]-hand movement.
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_ [D] So now we're going to talk [E] about the subject of [Gb] scales.
_ [B] By scales I mean rest stroke scales, [E] or picado.
When you keep [Em] your finger firm and you don't bend at the _ joints here, it makes a [Ebm] stiffer
sound, [Bm] it's a brighter sound.
_ [Em] _ _ Or if you flex, _ _ _ it's a [A] slightly more warm and sensual sound.
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Now the whole [Eb] idea is to [B] build confidence [Gb] [B] by just going [E] short [D] distances at first.
That's the whole point [Am] of these exercises.
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[E] I transition from the arpeggio, _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ rest stroke, picado, [Bb] and notice how [Em] minimal the adjustment
is, and [E] that's really the core of this [A] whole _ _ [Am]
last segment.
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