5.Rasgueados - Ben Woods Flamenco Guitar Techniques

[@Adam-Zayo]

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

[@ZachMcCordProg]

He died??

[@Adam-Zayo]

@@ZachMcCordProg Unfortunately, yes! So sad!

[@ZachMcCordProg]

@@Adam-Zayo 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.

[@MMHIMU]

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

[@marcinmcula99]

NOOOOO 😭

[@tanmaysaha212]

Your contributions will be remembered. Rest in peace..💐

[@ugoleblond]

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

[@blascarrasco768]

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

[@MrSlinky]

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

[@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!!!

[@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

[@seanhallahan14]

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

[@martonkuklis408]

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

[@ChrisPPotatoIDC]

Don't drink alone

[@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 !

[@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.

[@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

[@shosho_hrubblefongers9311]

Nice and clean instruction, mister Woods.

[@magusstudios333]

You are the Man Ben!

[@Skelterbane69]

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

[@yournamehere7182]

RIP beautiful Ben 😭

[@ElMehdd]

was waiting for this for so long ! thank u ben

[@musicmahavir]

Woooooowwww Superb EXPLANATION 👍👍👍👍

[@---9134]

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

[@WhiteMetal_]

🙄😂😂😂😂 Nyc name

[@yousifmusician4361]

RIP 🪦 😢

[@TheStuderman]

Really excellent. Will definitely buy one of your lessons.

[@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.

[@musicmahavir]

Thank You Somuch For Posting

[@mandoramos6062]

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

[@markandrewjavier]

that pointer finger axis thing. yes.

[@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!

[@JohnnyBoy-ym5ct]

He does index-middle-ring-pinkie. He added the index(up) only at the very end, just to finish off the roll. Check his video "Walk Don't Run". He does the same thing.

[@dnick1981]

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

[@rondale9973]

Excellent.

[@Blueguitar007]

Great to the point videos. Thank you so much.

[@anwarelkhdar1872]

Very helpful ❤

[@alexandersson909]

👍 thank you very much

[@prabhuslegalhub]

may god bless you abundantly ben woods

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

Thank so much you explained it great.

[@BenjaminWoods]

Glad it was helpful!

[@risvar9301]

Very nice explanation, thank you!

[@grant128]

Thank you for your lessons!

[@hamfat4515]

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

[@bolocanalberto]

Amazingly Beautiful 😻

[@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!

[@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

[@gurpreetsinghchera705]

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

[@AndreWSSx6]

Thanks for share your art.

[@jayscott7004]

What about the triplet, up with the thumb, down with the ring and index (consecutively)? Thats the only one I ever knew. Is it worth practicing that one too? Thank you for the video.

[@Tracks777]

Quite good video, awesome!

[@jerryanderson2614]

Cool love this 🙏🎉🔥

[@AppallingScholar]

16th notes at 100bpm

[@ericnolan7618]

Well done!

[@danielrudloff6007]

Thank you for sharing.

[@LongTrout]

That was good....Real good.

[@grant128]

Thank you so much!

[@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.

[@MrFathFath]

Makasih master share nya

[@ianpayton666]

Your amazing

[@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

[@maurisoto]

thanks a lot Ben

[@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!!

[@shantiyajahanbani7549]

Very good

[@BenjaminWoods]

Thank you

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

rest in peace BEN

[@Aalii6]

this is great

[@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

[@eva89K]

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

[@charanchandhucharanchandhu4577]

I cannot forget you in my life

[@per-axelskogsberg3861]

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

[@yusufhartono7570]

Thank you master..

[@animulovers3881]

Awesome

[@melissaofficial4665]

Thank you !!! :)

[@rudranaksh9540]

Is it important to rest your thumb on thick e string

[@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!

[@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

[@alexxchavezee]

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

[@Adam-Zayo]

He passed away 😭. May he RIP 😢

[@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

[@appski-skicoach4994]

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

[@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

[@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 😉

[@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....

[@РоманКостів-ц9и]

thank you vm)

[@mustaphafares1546]

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

[@StigmaShadow]

Thx

[@lebedevguitar]

🌈✨Amazing

[@stevekercher1448]

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

[@jbubal]

aren't the names of the rasgueados switched over? every other videos about rasgueados teach the rasgueado abanico is the one with the wrist movement.

[@BenjaminWoods]

I've noticed that, you may be right. I got my information from my good friend Guillermo Rios, who lived and worked with the Gitanos in Granada. So I'm just going with that.

[@Ben-mx1ip]

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

[@alwiprat]

3:01 i heard percussion in first stroke, where the hell that sound comes from

[@lensmusic98105]

It's the thumb hitting the soundboard.

[@JohnnyBoy-ym5ct]

The thumb goes up twice, both times, it hits the soundboard first before hitting the strings. It can be quite painful though when you accidentally hit the skin and not the nail.

[@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

[@gitishdev8809]

does it take long to gain the fluency?

[@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.

[@maximum2417]

Rest in peace Brother

[@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*

[@jgrossma]

On Juan Serrano, he could probably do any rasgeado you asked him to, but I think the one is is most known for is i-c-a-m-i. Seems like the one you like is i-m-a-c-(i). You both start with "i", but yours is still "backwards" (NTTAWT)! For what its worth, there are MANY different variations on this: Some lead with the little finger (c), some with i. Some completely avoid c including a number of well known modern players. Some like cycles that include an up-and-down with i, some do all downstrokes to get a drum-roll like sound (Sabicas was known for that). Some like 4 stroke cycles, some like 5. Some snap the fingers against the thumb "spitball" style to get more force/projection, etc while others keep the fingers relaxed more like a free stroke. Etc. I think this really just comes down to personal preference. As long as you achieve a clean, regular, fast and loud sound, with the rasgeo in a way that makes musical sense. you're OK. IE, if you can do it without hurting yourself, and it sounds good, it *IS* good!

[@dinoharun1465]

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[@Adam-Zayo]

توفى بمرض السرطان ! رحمة الله عليه

[@dinoharun1465]

@@Adam-Zayo 🥺 رحمة الله عليه 🙏🏻

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

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

[@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...

[@MrFathFath]

Im from indonesia. My intsing for your technik guitar

[@therealayy4542]

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

[@nosequiters]

why cant you do up with the thumb down with the fingers up with the thumb seems easier to me and I cant see the sound being much different

[@BenjaminWoods]

Go ahead, but that will only produce a double, not a triplet. Good luck.

[@makemusichere]

🙏

[@IVAN-rw1rr]

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

[@AM-qi7lc]

How much time will an average person will take to play Marote Rasqueado .. ?

[@BenjaminWoods]

With focused practice, it can be done in a day. I've even seen a student get it down in under an hour. Have patience with yourself, everyone is different. These things can take lots of time. It's about the journey, not the results.

[@AM-qi7lc]

@@BenjaminWoods Thank you sir 🙏🙏.. I will stay focused .. But Sir, can you tell me what's the speed of metronome at which it sounds like proper triplet morote Rasqueado ?.. if there is anything please share 🙏 .