A performance of some Escobilla por Soleá at a constant tempo of 140bpm. The idea is not for you to learn this particular accompaniment, but rather for you to see how the basic material and all of the right-hand patterns can be manipulated to work when accompanying at a faster tempo like this.

What to listen for as things speed up in the Subida so that you're always in control of the tempo and the pulse - both of which are necessary to accompany the Subida.

A little bit about what's in the Soleá Explained Escobilla Edition course and why it's good for you even if you're not accompanying dance yet (or don't plan to).

We look at some of the essential right-hand patterns for accompanying Soleá, especially when playin double-time or faster sections of the Escobilla.

A performance of some fast Escobilla por Soleá at a constant tempo of 180bpm. The idea is not for you to learn this particular accompaniment, but rather for you to see how the basic material and all of the right-hand patterns can be manipulated to work when accompanying at a tempo like this.

We look at some of the ways to accompany when things get faster or go double-time (which feels faster, or even like a Buleria, even when the actual tempo is slow).

Kai's performance of a Subida from a Soleá Escobilla. The idea isn't to learn what Kai plays here, but to see how you can use the basic Soleá material and the right-hand patterns we've looked at to keep up as things speed up.

A loop of some Escobilla at the constant tempo of 90bpm for you to accompany. Get used to playing your basic material straight and syncopated, and to switching among the various patterns you know while keeping time with the dancer.

A loop of some Escobilla at the constant tempo of 140bpm for you to accompany. Get used to playing your basic material straight and syncopated, and to switching among the various patterns you know while keeping time with the dancer.

A slightly more advanced/syncopated version of the accompaniment of a full Escobilla por Soleá. The idea is not for you to learn this particular accompaniment, but rather for you to see how the basic material and all of the right-hand patterns can be manipulated and syncopated to work with variou...

We look at some of ways you can use the basic material and right-hand patterns to accompany an Escobilla por Soleá at the slightly quicker tempo of 110bpm.

A loop of some Escobilla at the constant tempo of 110bpm for you to accompany. Get used to playing your basic material straight and syncopated, and to switching among the various patterns you know while keeping time with the dancer.

We look at some of ways you can use the basic material to accompany an Escobilla por Soleá when things speed up to a quick tempo of 180bpm.

We look at some of ways you can use the basic material to accompany an Escobilla por Soleá at a moderate tempo of 90bpm.

We look at some of ways you can use the basic material to accompany an Escobilla por Soleá as things start speeding up to a tempo of 140bpm.

Performance of a full Escobilla por Soleá. The idea is not for you to learn this particular accompaniment, but rather for you to see how the basic material and all of the right-hand patterns can be manipulated and work with various footwork patterns and tempos.

Introduction to the Colombianas Palo and tutorial on playing variations of the basic compás.

Introduction and basic compás patterns for the Palo Peteneras, a 12-beat compás that is traditionally played Por Arriba. TAB/Notation for this can be found here: https://flamencoexplained.com/tabs-and-notation/

Really important words to know about when accompanying dance including escobilla, subida, cierre and llamada.

New Course Coming September 1st - Watch Intro Now. Welcome to Seguirillas Explained - Escobilla Edition, a course that features tutorials and Play-Alongs to teach you what you need to know to accompany the Escobilla section of a danced Seguirillas.

The Subida is when the dancer starts going faster, and in this video we look at how to hear that so that you're always in compás and we look at some right-hand patterns for going fast.

A performance followed by a Play-Along loop of a Subida in an Escobilla por Seguirillas. This is the slower of our two Play-Along Subidas.