Technique Exercises
A collection of assorted technique exercises and warmups that you can choose from to work on many aspects of flamenco technique. Choose your exercises with care - make sure you know specifically what you want to get out of each exercise you choose rather than just learning as many as possible.
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Technique Exercises - Tangos Arpeggio/Picado Exercise - TUTORIAL
This little Tangos passage is good for your Arpeggio or for your Picado, but it’s even better as an exercise for transitioning between the two.
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Technique Exercises - Tangos Arpeggios Full Plant & Sequential Plant - TUTORIAL
Work on the two ways of planting you left hand for Arpeggios with this traditional bit of Tangos Arpeggio. The material is pretty simple, but learning to groove it well is key for playing a grooving Tangos compás, and deciding how you eat to plant is a big part of building a solid Arpeggio here.
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Technique Exercises - Alegrias Escobilla Arpeggios - 16ths/Sextuplets - TUTORIAL
The traditional Alegrias Escobilla falseta is basically a ton of Arpeggios, so use that as an exercise while you developing solid planting, both full and sequential. And you can use exactly the same melody to work on your 16th PAMI Arpeggios or your sextuplets.
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Technique Exercises - PAMI Arpeggios Full Plant & Sequential Plant - TUTORIAL
We look at a basic exercise for working on your PAMI Arpeggios - probably the most important Arpeggio in flamenco - and at both Full and Sequential Planting.
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Technique Exercises - José Antonio Rodriguez Arpeggio Pattern - TUTORIAL
José Antonio told me that when he was at the conservatory he and his friends would use this pattern as a warmup and to develop speed moving across string-sets. I agree that it’s a great warmup, and also great for working on more complex right-hand patterns.
