8 Flamenco & Spanish Guitar Tricks Every Guitar Player Should Know [Tutorial]

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DISCLAIMER: There are some comments saying that this is not proper flamenco techniques. If you look at the title, you'll notice that I specifically called this lesson a tricks lesson. It's meant for players who are not flamenco players to enhance their playing and sound more like flamenco. I am an acoustic fingerstyle player, it is obvious that I am not a flamenco player, and all I'm doing is showing some techniques to help out some viewers get more out of their guitar, that's all. If you want to teach proper flamenco technique, you're more than welcome to make your own video, and I'll give the link right here.
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Been playing guitar 53 years and you're the best teacher I've found on youtube. Everyone has all these tricks and such for speed picking and whatnot but without electric what do the have. I love fingerpicking. Been practicing classical and will continue. Gotta love Steve Howe, great composer and performer.

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This is the one of the Most Useful and Inclusive videos I've ever seen! In one sitting you are showing the keys to playing the Flamenco Style. This gives me weeks worth of technique to master. Fantastic guitar lesson!!!

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

Just want to say that I am a ukulele player always looking for new techniques to add to my repertoire, and I have tried all of the 8 techniques in this lesson and they are all brilliant fun and sound great on a uke, so a massive thank you to you for this video!

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Good job mate. Really useful to have all these techniques compiled into one lesson, and your skills only make me want to practice them more!

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I really enjoy your lessons on technical skills and the like. It is refreshing to get more than just song tutorials. Every time I'm in a rut, learning the underlying tricks of different styles pulls me back out of the swamp of boredom.

[@FrancisBlackley]

Such a good video, i like the way you explain it clearly....don´t care about people that dislike you or talk about if it´s flamenco style or not. For me it´s really nice to try out these technics that way. And it definately helped me out to sound more "flamenco" So thanxx a lot for that!

[@jlnmyr]

Thanks a lot for these tricks! I've been looking for a way to import flamenco techniques into my steel string guitar playing. So special thanks for showing these tricks on the steel string guitar.

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Thank you so much for this awesome video! I'm new to flamenco guitar and this video has been very informative.

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For more than 10 years I have tried doing some of the Flamenco techniques without success as my brain was programmed on the wrong method and I could not change my mistakes. However, your guidance did really support and help me, finally I can do many flamenco tricks and thanks to you

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Hey man, thanks a lot for this little lesson. I can see how these tricks can make anything really have a Spanish flair. I just bought a spanish guitar while in Tijuana. It is hand made by a guy there, it's a Luis Sevillano. Don't know if u know who that is but is beautiful and this lesson will help me get going in playing spanish guitar. I have always wanted to learn but never had the right guitar. But know I do, so thanks man. I subscribed to your channel too.

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great lesson..love Spanish guitar, at 50 its too late for me to master Spanish style but to be able to incorporate these tricks ans spice things up is fantastic, going to pick up a classical guitar and fart around on it with your lessons, thanks

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I start all my students with a capo on the 2nd fret. This always lowers the action. I still do this on really delicate fingerstyle stuff, it's so much easier.

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not new things for me to learn but some of them are really from the scratch..and learning alot from your lessons in a new way ...

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And thank you for the time you have spent sharing your talents. I have just gone through this lesson, and had to express my gratitude. Mucho thanks (I should speak Spanish as I have a half Spanish niece!)

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Perfect because these tricks make me sound like a flamenco guitarist quite easily. Thanks.

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Classical style uses three fingers and the thumb for tremulo. Hard to learn but awesome sound. Never tried with just two. Love your vids, man. What you are doing is great.

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You did selected the best technique. Addin' one of my favorites is the piccado. It gave me a lot of speed and acurracy in all my fingers. It's so fucking awesome how a single technique can improve your guitar play.

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man you r awesome that did help me a lot i saw this n really i'm getting a grasp on flamenco keep up the good work :)

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