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Feedback
enriquec15th March 2010Thanks for the lesson Sergiol. A real challenge for me but never tired of traying and practicing it one more time !!!
Alejandro Pinero20th August 2008great lesson sergio!
thanks
Gerardo Siere20th August 2008Great playing my friend!!!
Sergio Dorado19th August 2008Sincerely agreed for the comments!
Toni Suominen19th August 2008Great playing mate!
Marcus Siepen19th August 2008beautiful lesson
sigma719th August 2008uuuuuuugggggggghhhhhhh man i got way more to practice haha exactly wut i need to learn...great lesson
Jenkinson19th August 2008That is excellent! I dont know if my classical skills are there quite yet.
Harris Sopovic19th August 2008Very cool lesson, really like this style. Good job =)
- Martin la guitarra19th August 2008
awesome, the lesson sounds like an awesome song, a rock song perhaps
Awesome job, gotta learn this. 
Henry Dietzel19th August 2008this is just awesome, nice 1 Sergio
chmilew19th August 2008Amazing lesson, you're a great guitarist Sergio
Gabriel Leopardi19th August 2008I'll learn this lesson! Thank you Sergio!
Vinod Saranga19th August 2008Pls More falmenco technique lessons Sergio
Excellent Job
Danilo Capezzuto19th August 2008Useful lesson from an awesome player. I wish I could play like you Sergio!
Nazgul19th August 2008Great feeling in this song!
Bogdan Radovic19th August 2008I love these lessons!
Juan M. Valero19th August 2008you are a master mate !!!!
Love your lessons although I cannot play them correctly
Muris Varajic19th August 2008Brilliant exercise!!
Joe Kataldo19th August 2008Looks Like it has it's own "Brain" soo independent
Ivan Milenkovic19th August 2008Superb use of thumb man, great job
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello friends! I´m glad to see you again. Having a good technique is extremely important, and the unique way to achieve it is not only to play whole pieces or beautiful compositions, but also spend time in studies. I think that technique and musicality must walk together.
In a first step, if you want to play flamenco music, you must pay attention specially to thumb technique and rasgueado, so I strongly recomend to study these techniques slowly and focusing the different possibilities and combinations of them.
Today I offer you a thumb-index study. The key is: the thumb rests on in the lower string (apoyando in spanish) and index not (tirando. This way allows you to emphasize the thumb melody, whereas the index creates rythmic and harmonic support.
The most famous composition in guitar with this technique is the introduction of Asturias, from Albéniz (although the original composition is for piano). Well, I hope you like the composition. Regards!
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