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  • Learn Flamenco Guitar - The Ultimate Guide

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    This is where it all begins. Whether you’re new to the guitar or just new to flamenco, this course was designed to teach you what you need to know to not only play flamenco, but to truly understand how flamenco works so that you can play now, but also continue learning. This course will give you ...

  • SOLEA COMPÁS

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    From just getting started to improvising your own variations and playing Palmas, we have everything you need to get in compás, stay in compás, and make your compás playing as interesting as your falsetas!
    If you're new to Soleá we strongly recommend you take our Beginner Course, but you'll also ...

  • Anatomy of a Compás - Soleá (1971 Manuel de la Chica)

    This video looks at how we build compás in Soleá using a few essential building blocks. From one of the most traditional ‘escobilla’ melodies have been built thousand upon thousands of Compases, and we look at how it’s been done and how you can learn to do this yourself. And along the way we look...

  • Solea Falseta Playlist

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    Soleá Falseta Playlist including: tutorials, performances and loops.

  • Solea Guitar Solo 1 - Performance

    Solea is the oldest of the flamenco forms and having a good understanding of Soleá will help you in all aspects of flamenco. Plus, it's traditional for guitarists to start here. This solo covers all of the essential concepts and techniques that we will look at in other videos.

  • Solea Guitar Solo 1 - Tutorial

    Solea is the oldest of the flamenco forms and having a good understanding of Soleá will help you in all aspects of flamenco. Plus, it's traditional for guitarists to start here. This solo covers all of the essential concepts and techniques that we will look at in other videos.

  • Cante Explained - Soleá - Complete Performance

    Kai and Juan perform a Soleá that includes a Salida, two letras (each in a different style) and a Macho that speeds up a bit and goes to the parallel Major key.

  • Cante Explained - Solea - The Salida

    The Salida isn't technically a letra, but it's the first thing you'll have to play if you're accompanying a Soleá. In this video Kai and Juan discuss the Salida, show you some examples, and break it all down.

  • Cante Explained - Solea - The Letra

    In this video we get to the heart of accompanying por Soleá by looking at the letras. We break down the entire letra and also show you what to listen for so you can know what letra is coming and how to accompany it.

  • Cante Explained - Soleá - The Macho

    Most Palos have a Macho - a different kind of letra that happens at the end that either speeds up (often morphing into another Palo) or changes key. The Macho por Soleá that we look at here does both, and it's a pretty common one. So while we've been singing a Soleá, this Macho speeds up into a S...

  • Soleá Explained - Escobilla Edition

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    Our course on accompnaying a danced Escobilla Por Soleá. Featuring dancer Estefania Narvaez and percussionist Chem Del Estad, this course looks at how to use a relatively limited repertoire of material to accompany various tempos and grooves that exist within a danced Soleá. The goal is not to le...