No capo required. This is a great first video if you’re just beginning to explore accompanying Cante. Tientos is traditionally accompanied with the Por Medio chords, and in this video we look at the basics of how to do that. We show you the basic chords to accompany a Tientos and how the structur...

A loop of El Turry singing Tientos with percussion but without guitar so you can be accompanist. This video was designed for you to be the accompanist. Turry sings a traditional Tientos letra with percussion but with no guitar accompaniment. The first time through we show you the chords you’d use...

A loop of El Turry singing Tientos with no percussion and no guitar. It’s very traditional for Tientos to be sung with no pulse - i.e. no palmas or percussion and an ‘elastic’ sense of time. It’s still in 4/4 time, but the pulse is no longer as regular. In order to accompany a letra like this you...

Capo required. In this video we look at the advanced concept of accompanying Tientos with chords other than the Por Medio ones traditionally used. We show you the chords you’ll need to accompany Tientos both Por Arriba and Por Taranta (E Phrygian and F# Phrygian respectively). If this is a new co...