A very cool chord-progression falseta for Alegrias in C that includes some great embellishments and a lot of syncopation.

A super useful Chord Progression Falseta for Alegrias in the key of C Major. It’s pretty essential to have one or two of these for each Palo, and I write about why I like them so much, and ways you can make them your own, in this blog post - https://flamencoexplained.com/education/is-a-chord-prog...

A super useful Chord Progression Falseta for Tangos Por Medio. It’s pretty essential to have one or two of these for each Palo, and I write about why I like them so much, and ways you can make them your own, in this blog post - https://flamencoexplained.com/education/is-a-chord-progression-a-fals...

A super useful Chord Progression Falseta for Bulerias Por Medio. It’s pretty essential to have one or two of these for each Palo, and I write about why I like them so much, and ways you can make them your own, in this blog post - https://flamencoexplained.com/education/is-a-chord-progression-a-fa...

A super useful Chord Progression Falseta for Alegrias in the key of E Major. It’s pretty essential to have one or two of these for each Palo, and I write about why I like them so much, and ways you can make them your own, in this blog post - https://flamencoexplained.com/education/is-a-chord-prog...

A super useful Chord Progression Falseta for Solea Por Bulerias. It’s pretty essential to have one or two of these for each Palo, and I write about why I like them so much, and ways you can make them your own, in this blog post - https://flamencoexplained.com/education/is-a-chord-progression-a-fa...

An Intermediate-level falseta for the Bulerias de Cadiz (the Bulerias at the end of an Alegrias). If you’re going to be accompanying danced Alegrias, this is a good one to have in your back pocket in case you get a chance to play a falseta during the Bulerias.

An intermediate-level Guajiras falseta by the great Sabicas, this one has one little twist - an “extra” 6-beat scale at the beginning, that we look at a few ways to deal with.

Here's and advanced Seguirillas falseta hat works nicely for dance. It's starts out pretty straight, but then gets very syncopated in the middle and ends with a groovy compás variation.

An advanced Tangos Falseta by Enrique Melchor that features a bit each of Arpeggio, Picado and Alzapua.

A fun falseta that can also be used a tag for something else, this one starts just before beat 12 and features quite a bit of thumb technique as well as some precise left-hand movement.

A line cliche is when one note within a chord moves by half-steps. The second half of this falseta features a line cliche on the D minor chord where the bass note moves down from the note D on the fifth string. This is a traditional figure that you’ll probably recognize more once you learn to pla...

Here’s a fun fasleta that’s relatively straightforward and will add variety to your Escobilla por Alegrias. The right hand is all P-M-A and the melody is mostly scale wise motion, using an E Major scale in the 6th position. It’s almost all triplets, so once you have the right hand down it’s all a...

Here’s an uptempo Seguirillas falseta you might want to practice with a capo, given the left-hand stretches involved. In addition to the stretches it’s a good alzapua workout, so make sure you’re relaxed as you learn and practice this one. And try to hear the sextuplets in the alzapua before you ...

I say this one is good Por Fiesta because it’s all thumb so you can play it loud and, once learned, should be playable at quick speeds. Watch out for those pickup notes at the beginning, though, as it starts just after beat 10.

This Tangos falseta features a very common alzapua burst and quite a bit of left-hand / right-hand coordination to make it sound its best. Also, watch out for the rhythm change from 16th to 8th notes.

This Seguirilla falseta works best at faster speeds, making it useful for Escobillas or any other time you need a fast-tempo falseta. You’ll want to watch out for the compás, and also for the left hand, which needs to leave space for adjacent open strings to ring. As always, simple doesn’t mean e...

Here’s a short but tricky Alegrias falseta that will really work both your left hand and your compás. In addition to some 16th note slurs that include a lot of pinky action, the phrases don’t quite resolve where we would expect them to. Once you’ve learned the notes, make sure you’re really comfo...

This is the final performance from our Alegrías Explained episodes. See how it all comes together with the Cante, Baile and Guitar from top to bottom! To understand and hear all the explanations between the three: Cante, Baile and Guitar, in large detail of each section, there are 7 lesson episod...

Friday Falseta - Cañizares Solea Falseta - Performance

Friday Falseta - Tomatito Tanguillo Falseta - Performance

If you're only going to learn one falseta por Seguirillas, learn this one. It's very traditional and it's one you just have to know, even if you don't accompany dance.

Watch this to see what we'll be covering in the Buleria 1 Guitar Solo lesson or to refresh your memory once you've gone through the lesson.

This short Tangos solo features a lot of compás and three falsetas that cover arpeggio, alzapua and picado techniques. You can learn it as played or you can think of it as a template for dropping in new falsetas and compás variations as you learn them.