This tutorial is for players who understand how the compás of Soleá works, but are having a hard time actually feeling it and getting it in their bones. First we look at how to hear the compás when working with compás apps or loops, then we look at games and exercises to get you really feel how t...

Part 2 of our tutorial for players who understand how the compás of Soleá works, but are having a hard time actually feeling it and getting it in their bones. We follow up on Part 1 by looking at how to feel the traditional Escobilla and falsetas.

Here we look at the 12-beat compás in the context of Soleá. This is one of the most important lessons on this site, so even if you think you now this you might want to start here for review.

Watch this to see what we'll be covering in the Solea Compás examples tutorial.

In this lesson we look at Rasgueado technique in the context of Soleá and Tangos. We break down how to use your right hand to get power and precision while staying relaxed. This is an essential lesson for beginners or anyone who wants to improve this technique that is so central to flamenco guitar.

Start here for your palmas - this lesson looks at the basic palmas patterns for Soleá. Much of this will be the foundation for all of the 12-beat compases.

In this video we look at some abstract, but very important, concepts of time and rhythm. First we look at how measures and compass are organized, then we look at how beats are subdivided.

We look at how to feel the compás of Soleá before even picking up a guitar learning some palmas (handclap) patterns. Palmas are the original percussion instrument in flamenco and an essential part of the music and the culture.

We learn some of the chords that we’ll need to start playing flamenco!

Now that we’ve learned some chords and we’ve learned the basic compás of Soleá we start putting it all together on the guitar!

We start playing flamenco! First we talk about Soleá, the Palo (style) that we’ll be using to learn flamenco throughout this course, and then we dive in to playing compás.

We look at a very important element of the Soleá compás called the Escobilla and we dive into one of the most distinctive and fun techniques in flamenco - the rasgueado. By the end of this lesson we’ll really sound like flamenco guitarists!

You’ll need a good way to end your Soleá, so we take a look at a few options you have for doing that.

This lesson gets to the heart of how flamenco works, which should make much more sense now that you have all the material necessary to put together your first solo. As we discuss how to arrange your own solo, we’ll learn the essence of how the flamenco mind thinks. This will help you make sense o...

Ever wonder why so many different chords in flamenco have the same name, or why we use so many versions of the same chord when accompanying Cante? In this video Kai breaks down the difference between a chord and a voicing and then shows you a ton of great voicings (chords) to use when playing Por...

A really quick introduction to the basic flamenco forms, including Soleá, Soleá por Buleria, Buleria, Tientos, Tangos, Rumba, Alegrias, Seguirilla, Guajiras, Farruca, Colombiana, Taranto, Taranta and Fandango de Huelva. Not all of the Palos, but a good intro to some of the more common ones.

Survival Guide - All the sections of soleá for accompanying dance including: the letras, escobilla, falseta, compás, subida and "the flip" to Bulerias. TAB for this falseta for dance can be found in the TABS playlist.

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...

In this video we look at how to practice compás once you have the basic concepts down. We start by looking at Soleá, though the the concepts apply to pretty much all Palos. At the 15:10 mark we get into practicing Bulerias compás, and at 22:52 we get into one of the very specific things that mess...

Solea Basic Compas page 3 from the book Flamenco Explained: The Guitarist's Survival Guide.

Solea Basic Compas beats 1-6 page 4 from the book Flamenco Explained: The Guitarist's Survival Guide.

Solea Basic Compas beats 7-12 page 5 from the book Flamenco Explained: The Guitarist's Survival Guide.

Solea simple phrases page 8 from the book Flamenco Explained: The Guitarist's Survival Guide.