This arpeggio falseta, which works great as an intro or anywhere in your Tangos, is relatively simple but has a few little technical challenges and some syncopation that make a bit less simple than it may seem.

In this video we look at how to really play Tangos. We take the material we’ve learned and look at ways to flow from compás to falseta and back, and ways to learn the material so that you’re always in compás and can use any new material you may learn as well.

In this video we build upon the material covered in the Tangos Basic Compás video by adding rhythmic variations, chord progressions, and some more technically challenging bits. Some of this material might be beyond your current technical level, and that’s ok. While I strongly urge you to master a...

This falseta is based on an Estribillo, or chorus, of a sung Tangos. It’s groovy and very playable, though the tag at the end can be just a bit challenging. You don’t have to play that tag, but it’s a fun one to learn and good for practicing your arpeggio to picado transition.

The vast majority of letras por Tientos follow the structure of the letra we look at here, so it’s a great place to get started. In fact, because the letras por Tientos tend to follow this somewhat predictable structure, it’s an excellent place to get your feet wet with accompaniment in the first...

This Tientos falseta by Kai is great for accompanying dance. It features a couple of big left hand stretches and quite a few picado runs, including a short burst of 32nd notes (which at this tempo is not quite as daunting as it sounds.)

Rather than give you a full solo in this course, we give you the tools to take all of the material you’ve learned and create your own solo. We look at ways to start, how to flow from one falseta to the next. Then we look at ways to end your solos por Tientos or bump up to Tangos, which is the Mac...

This advanced level Tientos falseta by Kai features quite a bit of picado and thumb technique, with an extended sextuplet scale run at the end.

This Tientos falseta by Kai is great for accompanying dance. It features a couple of big left hand stretches and quite a few picado runs, including a short burst of 32nd notes (which at this tempo is not quite as daunting as it sounds.)

This video is really the heart of this course. We look at lots of ways to play compás por Tientos, along with llamadas and a bunch different ways to make your compás more interesting.

You don’t have to add a Cierre (closing phrase) after every falseta, but you’ll want to know how to do it. We look at some common ways to close your phrases and to work them in as seamlessly as possible.

This Tientos falseta by Tomatito use thumb technique and alzapua, and features a couple of big stretches in the left hand.

This advanced level Tientos falseta by Kai features quite a bit of picado and thumb technique, with an extended sextuplet scale run at the end.

This Tientos falseta by Enrique Melchor uses all thumb technique and can be played to equal effect whether in strict time or in the more loose ‘plastic’ Tientos feel.

This Tientos falseta by Enrique Melchor uses all thumb technique and can be played to equal effect whether in strict time or in the more loose ‘plastic’ Tientos feel.

Three ideas for compás embellishment in an advanced form.

This Tientos falseta by Tomatito use thumb technique and alzapua, and features a couple of big stretches in the left hand.

Some context about Tientos - how it works, the different ways it can feel, and where it falls in the Tientos-Tangos-Rumba continuum.

We look at some common Tientos ideas in their simpler form, and then the ways those ideas can be developed into some pretty advanced material. We also see how we can borrow ideas from Tangos and use them in our Tientos.

In this video we look at ways to improve your rasgueado so it’s more even-soudning and more relaxed. We look at ways to practice this and we show you couple of rasgueado patterns you can use to practice rasgueado Por Tangos and Por Soleá. We assume a basic command of rasgueados here, so if you’re...

The basic compás of Guajiras is a variation on the feel of the normal 12-beat flamenco compás. Add that to Guajiras being in a Major key and you have a very distinctive sound. In this video we introduce the basic compás pattern and look at some of the more common embellishments that are used to a...

Music notation and TAB for this video found here: https://flamencoexplained.com/tabs-and-notation/

You may or may to know that you can play Alegrias in keys other than E. But do you know how to get started? In this video we look at what you need to know to get started playing in these keys. We t...

If you’ve listened to some flamenco you’ve probably heard Tapado - when the guitarist becomes a percussionist for a moment and plays fun rhythms on the muted strings of the guitar. In this lesson we look at how to do that and how to choose right-hand patterns to make it interesting. We also look ...

We learn another traditional falseta involving rest-strokes in the thumb, and we get into the finer points of using our thumb for flamenco. Proper thumb technique is essential to sounding flamenco, so this is a really important le