Basic Flamenco Guitar Techniques - Ben Woods

Ben Woods explains how to do 7 basic flamenco guitar techniques.
The guitar is a Cordoba GK Studio: amzn.to/2s2ytSP
This is not 'basic guitar' these are the basic Flamenco guitar techniques needed to start playing the style:
1. 5 Stroke Tremolo (0:22)
2. Picado (0:43)
3. Arpeggio (1:03)
4. Golpe (1:15)
5. Alzapúa (1:50)
6. Legato (2:22)
7. Rasgueado (2:44)
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Video Production & Editing: Jocelyn Chang
Location: Cordoba Guitars HQ in Santa Monica, CA
Audio was recorded with an Apogee One through an AKG microphone.
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Ben Woods: GK Studio

[@Cleveland_Chris]

Dude was such a talent. RIP Ben

[@AliciaGuitar]

Rest in peace brother 😭 its gonna take more time to watch without tears

[@OkanTandogan]

Rest in peace brother, still can't even believe I am writing this.. Such a talented and gifted person you were

[@alexandersantala2895]

Ben Woods... gift from God to Flamenco music. He is just so solid with his rhytm. No excuses.

[@yogi3084]

sad to say he passed away

[@SixStringJoy]

I always use this video to show students of mine how cool that style of playing is ..now I just saw in the comments that Ben passed away. Shocked. RIP Ben, what a talented player you were 🙏

[@Andreagoldc]

rip maestro...thanks for everything

[@GentzaBallesteros]

Man this is just awesome, i'm learning a lot from it. Thanks

[@goodingmusic]

This is just fantastic. Incredible playing and teaching, Thank you!!

[@ugoleblond]

Always a pleasure to hear and see you play! Awesome!

[@RicardoLopesdeLima]

First time I use the 0.25 speed.

[@thecitysurfer]

Truly Iconic video.

[@naironthackoorcharan2010]

This guy is awesome.

[@rondale9973]

Excellent .

[@Jordan-ot7qf]

Ben has heart

[@ImMrMeekSeeksLookAtMe]

RIP maestro. 😢

[@yousifmusician4361]

RIP 🪦 😢😢😢

[@cameronmcpherson6364]

You didn’t go over how to snap there at the end.

[@JustinSakogawa]

Thank you sensei!

[@RESCUE94]

Awesome. Thanks

[@Bears_n_Lions]

Do you need longer nails to play like this? Cause mine are stumps right now.. Thanks Ben, always a pleasure to watch!

[@BenjaminWoods]

Just enough to kiss the strings

[@animulovers3881]

Amazing sir

[@ankitkohli4465]

really u r gr8 bro keep rocks

[@grawl8452]

wasn't this already on Cordoba's channel?

[@wilydingus]

Best video ever

[@jazzman1954]

4:25 resume of 10,000 hours of practice.

[@downtoearth5108]

Hello Ben. I'm buying me the Cordoba Mini M that I watched you Demo on. Then I want to follow and learn from you. I've always liked Flamenco and Latin music. I remember a song called Granada sung by Trini Lopez back in the 60s. The guitar strum is so tight, it plucks the strings of my heart. I look forward to following and learning from you. Kiaora (greetings) Ben.

[@Stonefalconetti]

He passed away...like one and a hakf years ago.

[@aminebenflamenco7085]

olee maestro ! :)

[@hoangphamle4558]

Tks you!!! You are my idol.

[@omarhosny2183]

He died

[@siddhartharai3059]

Magical

[@Stonefalconetti]

Pray for this guy #icuredbenwoods 🥺🥺🥺🥺🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #stage4cancer

[@Stonefalconetti]

R.i.p

[@nakinaki7991]

i came here just for the comment, i can only do that part at 4:17 😆

[@BenjaminWoods]

Thank You

[@user-ee1cs5gm3h]

When I watch your videos, I always wonder if your right hand hurts. Especially, is the thumb nail not painful? Most of electric guitar players use picks made of polymer material, except of Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler and etc, as you Know. I think your playing style is interesting because you play many hard rock songs by using flamenco guitar techniques.

[@BenjaminWoods]

My right hand and thumb never hurts. I use nail glue on some of my fingernails to reenforce them,

[@user-ee1cs5gm3h]

Thank you for answer. I understand your right hand and nails.

[@fareskatos5276]

I love you from jordan 🇯🇴

[@bolocanalberto]

My God! 😍

[@erdincify]

Hi Ben, I'm shopping for a cutaway flamenco guitar. I"m leaning towards the Cordoba 45FCE cutaway. would this be a good choice? thx for your advice Erdinç

[@yogidwd2356]

He has his ortega signature guitar maybe look into that too

[@TomasHanzel]

More of this "all together"

[@yves-zv5ey]

ok got it...just basics ..up to next video maybe painting is more my thing...

[@siddhartharai3059]

Is nail necessary to play tremolo.or can be played by finger..could u pls tell me..

[@pradeeprockstar7513]

I have been fan you

[@basicstrings8519]

Hairstyle ❤❤❤❤

[@st1qq]

wow

[@st1qq]

not fair that you have enough subscribers

[@roublechaudhury5234]

RIP Ben

[@SuperKareo]

Hey Ben, do you ever use the pinky finger?

[@JimDarkmagicThe4th]

In the video he does 4 finger rasgueados

[@andrewbeattieRAB]

THAT is the roots of rock guitar.

[@ksrxzyz1]

After this you must watch my parody of flamenco guitar lessons "HÅKAN WIKELL Guitar lesson Technique Basic Spanish Flamenco"

[@TheBabuna007]

Which scale you used in picado

[@nicknava2299]

Sounded like phrygian dominant

[@JoseGarcia-eadgbe]

🙏🌹🌙

[@sareenepal1032]

can i get the tab

[@ammi96sh57]

😘😘😘😘😘

[@raimundauchoa4753]

What this guitar model bro?

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Is flamenco considered a subgenre of folk rock?

[@lf6352]

Not at all

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@lf6352 then what could it be?

[@lf6352]

@@marvinthemaniac7698 rock wasn't even a thing when flamenco was "invented". I'm quoting it because flamenco was originated in Spain around the 18th-19th centuries as a consequence of a mixture between Muslim, Jewish and Christian cultures and many other ethnicities in southern Spain. It has nothing to do with rock music, which originates from blues, which at the same time originates from the music sang by the African slaves in the United States. Why would you think flamenco has anything to do with rock anyway? I'm genuinely curious. Apart from that, it's not a folkloric music either although it is highly influenced by Spanish traditional music. Flamenco is a genre of music itself.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@lf6352 it's fast paced just like rock music, that's why.

[@lf6352]

@@marvinthemaniac7698 there are many fast paced genres which aren't related to rock either. However, flamenco has many subgenres (called "palos") that are slow paced, such as soleá, malagueña, granaína, taranto, martinete... Maybe you haven't heard much about flamenco. Search for stuff in Spanish, not in English. Here is an example of a soleá. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2rMqGSdgruihZI If you wanna check out some fast paced genres, search for "bulerías" or "bulerías Paco de Lucía". Best wishes

[@pumq1138]

it is a reupload ;/

[@animulovers3881]

For me you are more cool with that long hair,,,nuce sir

[@---9134]

I didn't recognise...

[@Z32spdstr]

Which guitar is this is it the gk studio?

[@BenjaminWoods]

Yes, GK Studio, my favorite of the entire Cordoba line.

[@Z32spdstr]

@@BenjaminWoods yeah I love mine I tried the negra and also the pro nice but but I love my gk studio as well you should do more videos with it. Do some bulerias, solea ect so more rumba stuff but over all I'm a big fan.

[@bruceviana2377]

e essa cabeleira? Great hair! hehehe

[@ashadowawhisper]

You wanna get fast and really shred? Learn flamenco and classical guitar formally for at least 5-8 years. No joking.

[@saputracandra246gmail]

Where is the funny comments go?

[@caritademelon]

Wtf... I can barely play metal arpeggios That's it, I'm bad at guitar

[@JasonCan-wp2fu]

Practice practice practice and don’t give up

[@raghavsharma3211]

Player 1 died !

[@GitarrenTobi]

Basic give up Guitar techniques

[@MrFeanor4ik]

That hairstyle....)))

[@spongebobsquarepants8403]

Every good guitarist has a long hair phase

[@videonabis4779]

А слабо сыграть Дидюлю )))

[@navichauhan93]

Bro play it slowly

[@GUMBY1942]

Great guitarist but promoting the wrong guitars, these things are crap made in china and they dont last, they fall apart and are over priced.

[@mehrankhodai6888]

Excellent.

[@BenjaminWoods]

Many thanks!