5.Rasgueados - Ben Woods Flamenco Guitar Techniques

Ben Woods Flamenco Rasgueados. Guitar: BWSM (Ortega): www.thomann.de/gb/ortega_ben_...
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These are the techniques Ben Woods uses in his arrangements and compositions within his scores, available at www.sellfy.com/benwoods
This lesson series is not meant to teach you how to become an authentic Flamenco guitarist, nor to teach the art, rules and rhythms of Flamenco. Instead just the Flamenco techniques and some alternatives Ben Woods uses in his music.
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[@Adam-adyo]

Rest in peace dear Ben. You have been a great inspiration to many musicians.

[@ZachMcCordProg]

He died??

[@Adam-adyo]

@@ZachMcCordProg Unfortunately, yes! So sad!

[@ZachMcCordProg]

@@Adam-adyo How did you find out? What happened?

[@willysbakery6878]

oh fuck me. rest in peace brother😢

[@willysbakery6878]

​@@ZachMcCordProg i must not be god. i will make music teachers live forever.

[@veg9097]

RIP BEN. Thanks for all the lessons.

[@Guitarsessionswithugoleblond]

It's like you read in my mind... I was just telling myself few days ago I should start learning all the basics and you post a series.. thanks a lot for sharing master!

[@ViniciusFrancischett]

@@BenjaminWoods what

[@BenjaminWoods]

@@ViniciusFrancischett HA, sorry that was a reply to someone else's reply. That person was being a troll.

[@ayup3907]

WOAH SAME WOW

[@MMHIMU]

The best teacher i have ever seen on youtube. He doesn’t talk too much. He plays more than talk. Thanks!

[@blascarrasco768]

This is by far the best explination of doing the rolling rasgueado that I've seen. Thanks!

[@LongTrout]

holy shit. How awful. Rest in peace bro. I cried when I heard. I did not know you until you were gone. You have touched me.

[@jamesmccann3630]

I really appreciate that you post these helpful lessons. I have a classical background but am trying to learn flamenco techniques, and it's been wonderful to turn to these videos. I'm so wary of practicing badly, and learning lousy technique. This is helping a lot.

[@seanhallahan14]

Thank you again, Ben, for sharing your wealth of knowledge and expertise!

[@MrSlinky]

You are a legend and my entire inspiration for learning the guitar

[@foomotoquasique9471]

.Your version of Mr. Scary is amazing, i had to get the book, and thank you so much for these basics, i have been playing rock as well as finger picking for decades, its like starting over to get Flamenco right !

[@fatdrunkbaby24]

Dude this series is absolutely fantastic! Thank you.

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Ben is so great! There's a reason why nearly every accomplished guitarist out there that can play fluent in any style, jazz, blues, classical, u name it, they all will attest to their versatile abilities yet all say the same thing about what they cannot do very well...that's Flamenco guitar!!!

[@rondale9973]

Excellent.

[@ElMehdd]

was waiting for this for so long ! thank u ben

[@grant128]

Thank you for your lessons!

[@hamfat4515]

Amazing Ben Woods, I practice with your videos, Thanks for share your flamenco technique!!!

[@magusstudios333]

You are the Man Ben!

[@bladecullen5793]

Thanks for this Ben. It took me about 4 months to get the rasgueado technique right and now i´m starting to get better at 5 tremolo stroke. Great stuff man.

[@shosho_hrubblefongers9311]

Nice and clean instruction, mister Woods.

[@craigemmick4562]

Hey, Ben! Thanks for this amazing intro series you've put out. You're a really incredibly talented guitarist. I heard your 'Malaguena' and I had to check into your other vids. This series has been helping me so much in my practice. Thank you. Keep up the great work you're doing, and please continue to post any other helpful flamenco style playing techniques and pointers. Ole'!

[@BenjaminWoods]

Thank you my friend, I will.

[@Blueguitar007]

Great to the point videos. Thank you so much.

[@AndreWSSx6]

Thanks for share your art.

[@TheStuderman]

Really excellent. Will definitely buy one of your lessons.

[@gurpreetsinghchera705]

Hi sir, one of ur greatest fans... The technique at 2.14 its just amazingly awesome....

[@danielrudloff6007]

Thank you for sharing.

[@dnick1981]

Yeah man! Great lesson! Subscribed. Going to pick up my guitar right now!!!

[@zacharydeyo2011]

Could you go into further detail with rolling the rasgueado in the future? You roll it perfectly without a space between each set. I do mine backwards like you do because I think the proper way builds too much tension in my hand. Thank you for making these videos you explain them perfectly. Hope to see more in the future!

[@musicmahavir]

Woooooowwww Superb EXPLANATION 👍👍👍👍

[@risvar9301]

Very nice explanation, thank you!

[@MedalionDS9]

This is the technique I've been trying to learn for years... I don't practice nearly enough...but I wanna have this in my arsenal

[@Skelterbane69]

Awesome, I've been doing this stuff on bass and I finally found what the technique is called

[@grant128]

Thank you so much!

[@mandoramos6062]

Badass!! Gonna take some time for me. I use a pick a lot. Rock is my forte. But love this style. Thank you!

[@musicmahavir]

Thank You Somuch For Posting

[@ericnolan7618]

Well done!

[@maurisoto]

thanks a lot Ben

[@danieldeiparine5716]

Thank you so much!!

[@yusufhartono7570]

Thank you master..

[@jerryanderson2614]

Cool love this 🙏🎉🔥

[@Aalii6]

this is great

[@yournamehere7182]

RIP beautiful Ben 😭

[@prabhuslegalhub]

may god bless you abundantly ben woods

[@dayka9539]

I have 13 years of guitar background (classical first then rock/metal/blues/gispsy jazz stuff) and this is the first time I really struggle to do something. You really are a great guitarist sir. Rolling abanico triggers me so hard, it's impossible for me not to stop between the pinkie stroke and finger stroke 2:12)

[@helpmereach69subs74]

my pinky couldn't reach it😢

[@rishishukla3964]

same bro, also im worse so i re-stroke the strings while retreating to the upmost string which creates a bad sounding resonance

[@bolocanalberto]

Amazingly Beautiful 😻

[@eva89K]

Thanks a lot for your lesson! Fingers as wood but I will do for my best.

[@Tracks777]

Quite good video, awesome!

[@alexandersson909]

👍 thank you very much

[@b_vince3108]

I know exactly what you mean when your index finger straightens out at speed!! I wondered if others experienced the same thing haha It ends up looking pretty metal

[@markandrewjavier]

that pointer finger axis thing. yes.

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

Thank so much you explained it great.

[@BenjaminWoods]

Glad it was helpful!

[@appski-skicoach4994]

Thank you so much for these very good tutorials!! keep sharing ;)

[@ianpayton666]

Your amazing

[@MrFathFath]

Makasih master share nya

[@animulovers3881]

Awesome

[@melissaofficial4665]

Thank you !!! :)

[@AppallingScholar]

16th notes at 100bpm

[@---9134]

First time I heard you speaking.. Made my day.. 😂

[@WhiteMetal_]

🙄😂😂😂😂 Nyc name

[@lebedevguitar]

🌈✨Amazing

[@StigmaShadow]

Thx

[@martonkuklis408]

Also there is a hint from Ben at 3:41 (turn on captions)

[@ChrisPPotatoIDC]

Don't drink alone

[@omidgulpoor1894]

superrrrr😍

[@shantiyajahanbani7549]

Very good

[@BenjaminWoods]

Thank you

[@lx4302]

rest in peace BEN

[@makemusichere]

🙏

[@charanchandhucharanchandhu4577]

I cannot forget you in my life

[@nonyabizness2550]

If you do juan serrano way learning index the pinky ring middle index you will have it down in two days. Thats what he said and its true! Once you have it, you can roll from the pinky first. But index to pink helps you learn the transition so you can roll it

[@dinoharun1465]

جزيل الشكر لك أيها الفنان الراقي حاول أن تترجم لنا إلى اللغة العربية ❤

[@Adam-adyo]

توفى بمرض السرطان ! رحمة الله عليه

[@dinoharun1465]

@@Adam-adyo 🥺 رحمة الله عليه 🙏🏻

[@MrFathFath]

Im from indonesia. My intsing for your technik guitar

[@mustaphafares1546]

Took 15 years and a yankee to explain to me how rto get it right. Thank you so very much

[@netnavigator149]

If you practice just what you saw in this video you´ll never be fast like Ben did. Notice that when one finger is stretched out the next one has to be bent and this requires exercises to educate the fingers to be able to flex naturally and at the right time sure this is work for many years. This Ben didn't say because the secrets are paid for and he doesn't give them away for free

[@wilydingus]

Could you tell me a little bit about how you down strum with the thumb on the marote rasguedo? Love this tutorial btw thanks! I can't tell if there should be much flesh contact or not or like what angle the thumb should be, sometimes I get stuck on it if I use flesh cuz it has more resistance than the other nail only ones so it doesn't seem quite right.

[@BenjaminWoods]

SHould be using the side of your thumb nail, and only kissing the strings. Good luck!

[@wilydingus]

@@BenjaminWoods Ok great thanks for the help!!

[@yousifmusician4361]

RIP 🪦 😢

[@googol6147]

I love u sir

[@stevekercher1448]

What material are you using for the pick guard? Send link to order.

[@StanAlter]

got it.

[@ayoubahmed2821]

at first i want to thank you for the lessons and i want to ask you When I started to play I started the same way as the video and tried very hard but my fingers were convulsed and there was no development by playing. So I started with my index finger ect. and it was good but not as good as the sound. so what i have to do?

[@BenjaminWoods]

Hello. Work with a metronome and strike each finger on each beat. It will take time to develop your finger strength and accuracy. You must be patient, yet determined. Good luck!

[@dirkjanklijn9949]

Question, I keep compromising my thumb on the down stroke when I do it over my golpeador, when I do it over my fretboard I'm fine, what van I do besides obviously practice, it frustrates the hell out of me. Love the video's bye the way, big thumbs up.

[@TheGoombaslayer]

Dirk Jan Klijn I can do tremolo, these fan strokes and some other ones and I can play non of them over the sound hole. for some reason i can only play them at the fretboard. Its fresturating but ice learned to do some very cool tapping sounds with the rolling triplets by tapping my thumb and brushing my fingers against fretboard and body

[@dirkjanklijn9949]

Thanks Paul for your answer, it seems I'm not the only one ho has a problem with this, ideed when over the fretboard you can make some nice tapping sounds, I'll keep working on them, aybe one day I can play them anywhere I like

[@GrahamAndersonis]

Question:When I practice the rolling Rasgueado (~ 2:10), where I fire from index to pinkie, I’m getting more of the Iron Maiden horse’y rhythm than that fantastic rolling rhythm you get. Are you strumming back with the index finger post pinkie strike? Or, maybe I haven’t got enough speed yet. Your videos are incredibly instructive. Thank you!

[@BenjaminWoods]

the very last stroke of the rolling pattern is an upstroke with the index (on the next ONE beat). glad I could help

[@GrahamAndersonis]

Ben Woods Thank you:) Question: if you are doing chuggy triplets for metal/thrash in 4/4, are you forgoing the pinkie downstroke? Is it an index down stroke, middle down stroke, ring down stroke (per beat)....with a finishing index upstroke on the One? If not, what sequence do you use? Your hybrid style is inspiring. So much fun.

[@BenjaminWoods]

Triplets: either index middle ring (all downstrokes) repeat, or Index down, middle down, index up, repeat. THis is how I do it, though it may not be the 'traditional' way

[@DThrasher667]

Devil Horns for Ronnie James Dio. That's what that is at the end. ;)

[@SmugSuspenders]

Derek Thrasher As you speed up, the Devil comes out.

[@per-axelskogsberg3861]

Which strings do you fan? The bottom four or all?

[@gitishdev8809]

does it take long to gain the fluency?

[@LongTrout]

That was good....Real good.

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

Oh hey this is the crazy guy from the cordoba video but just with really short hair

[@rudranaksh9540]

Is it important to rest your thumb on thick e string

[@gb2115]

anybody learn the rumba earlier, and now find it extremely difficult to learn that last version of rasgueado because of muscle memory? I cannot go up down down, i can only go up, down, up, down, up...

[@hawiiboy111]

I just realized you probably were told to do the 4 stroke pattern first because in the dancing portion of it the beat counting changes. So it's 1-4-7-10 so it's the 4 stroke leads from beat 1-4 and the triplet twice ends 4-7

[@hawiiboy111]

Ends 4-10*

[@therealayy4542]

Flamanco is like and intermediates version of learning barre chords for beginners

[@IVAN-rw1rr]

No ce nada de inglés pero igual como que aprendí a hacer esos rasgueos

[@ullapulla1315]

Guys does anobody here know, at the 2:10 rolling rasgueado technique, does he do it like index-middle-ring-pinkie or index-middle-ring-pinkie-index up? Please help!

[@alexxchavezee]

Bro, what's your SSN so I can write you into my will and trust?

[@Adam-adyo]

He passed away 😭. May he RIP 😢

[@Ben-mx1ip]

Can you do these techniques on a classical guitar? Sounds really loud and horrible when I try it.

[@MarioJeconiah]

i need to workout on my finger power cause i cant do it like huge sound i cant

[@lebulkEnjoy]

Do you actually need long nails for it or is it possible just with the fingertip?

[@BenjaminWoods]

You do not need long nails, although it helps if you kiss the string with the nail tip. The fingerstyle players do amazing things on their steelstring guitars without any nails at all. I use nails for these techniques. This series is a demonstration of how I do things. Not the ONLY way thats possible. There are many ways and I encourage you to use what works best for you.

[@lebulkEnjoy]

Thank you sir, hard to find help to learn flamenco techniques in Germany. However you are a good teacher.

[@abrahamcervantes7649]

You don't need nails but it will hurt quite a bit if u play without them but don't play on a steel string won't have the same sound and it will tear your fingers to shred

[@surrurgabbara1378]

I tried also to find some flamenco lessons in Germany but there's nothing where I live, Ben wood is the best! You don't need nails if you just started go without them. Einfacher 😉

[@nizzant1722]

:) i started tap dancing

[@nxncy]

Lmao

[@louisramos1428]

Is it a mistake if we go index first insteas of pinkie ? Pure flamenco players will maybe say that but i feel way easier to do it ur way .. @benwoods

[@BenjaminWoods]

Well I'll tell you, I have always went Index first. However it's true I have had some strange looks from Flamenco players and luthiers especially when in Spain. But I worked hard and can get the same sound. If you want my advise, just work on pinkie first, then you dont have to worry about that. I've never cared what people think though so I just do it Index first, which is one of the ways the maestro Juan Serrano did it (he could do them all though). Good luck!

[@louisramos1428]

Ok so guess i can continue index first it feel way easier and the sound is good so why should i lost my.time.to.pratice.the traditional.one....

[@CarlFernandes]

My little finger is out of control, so difficult to nail it

[@suti34]

Abim mermi misin? Harika teknik

[@eldityarichard8932]

is it possible to do with steel strings ?

[@BenjaminWoods]

Yes. Here I did a whole album on steel string electric guitars. Plenty of rasgueados in here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKPdf4RnZp5-g7c

[@fdyjt]

my pinky is no problem but the one who is allways following my folluwing also automaticsly is the one with the wedingring on that finger i dotn know in englisch .it make sme fail every time becasue of that finger pfff

[@wilydingus]

At 2:04 the "rolling version" of the abanico, is that just pulling the pointer back before you finish, and effectively just doing 4 out flicks but continously? or is there a pull back in there. Amazing series by the way, always loved flamenco guitar, play with a pick and rock fingerpicking rn but growing out my nails and starting to get the hang of the new style!

[@BenjaminWoods]

At 2:11 and at 2:15 I do flick my index back to give a final stroke.

[@wilydingus]

Ben Woods Oooh ok! So its flicking out with index, middle, ring then back with just index. Thanks so much for the reply!Im excited to work on this cool stuff from the master himself