Flamenco Guitar Lesson - How to Play Farruca - in 2 Keys and Sabicas Falseta

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Farruca is the best flamenco form for guitarists to start with - it's rhythmically simple and familiar, and generally uses chords you already know. In this guitar lesson, I break down the elements of farruca using the two most common keys of A minor and E minor, and give you common embellishments you can add as you learn this form. Once you can play farruca in these 2 keys, try learning an excerpt from a famous farruca by Sabicas: "Con Salero y Garbo."
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0:01 Farruca intro example in A minor
0:17 What's coming up in this video
0:42 What is a flamenco form and why play Farruca?
1:10 Starting out with the basic chords in A minor
2:39 Adding embellishments to the chords
3:53 Traditional concluding phrase with hammer-ons and pull-offs
4:16 Play through of the whole form with embellishments and concluding phrase
4:40 The more advanced conclusion I played at the beginning of this video
5:32 Similarity between farruca and Argentine tango ("La Cumparsita)
5:47 Adding the 4-stroke rasgueo
6:34 Farruca in E minor: the basic chords
7:55 Adding embellishments
8:42 Let's try to play an "actual" farruca from the great flamenco guitar master Sabicas
9:08 Sabicas farruca excerpt from "Con Salero y Garbo" performance with tablature
10:09 Breaking down the Sabicas farruca: 1st section chords
12:42 The first falseta
15:16 2nd section with golpe
16:26 The "arrastre" technique
16:32 The concluding arpeggios and picado phrase
18:34 Conclusion
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*In this video I use the word "compás," which refers to the basic rhythm of the form.
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[@phili799]

Thanks so much scot, i have just been venturing into this area of Furruca with Raseudo and you have helped me clear up a few things, rythum i feel is an essential component to adapting to this style and its many forms. And you've been great in helping me understand that, here in Ireland everything is mostly traditional Cèile music which has its attractions and is nice but there isn't much in the way of spanish guitar music unless you pay for private tuition. I make note of the lessons you teach and you also broaden my understanding of the music table, so, thank you so much for your time and energy.

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I’m glad you’re progressing!

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Trying to get into flamenco right now . Thanks for making such good content available for everybody ! Simple and beautiful . Cheers from France !

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Glad you can use it! More flamenco tutorials are on the way…

[@eldigitom9680]

Pretty much for the last 3 months I've been working on the Farruca in Em without any previous experience with picado, and very little rasgueado. The arrastre was just a really nice bonus treat. Now I can move up to some other things. This is a very rich and full video...thx!

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

This is great to hear!

[@brianhadley527]

Presented in a well paced, clear and understandable fashion. I will qualify the “understandable” and say it would be helpful to have some previous exposure to Flamenco. All in all a really nice lesson.

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Thank you sir!

[@iggykarpov]

00:41 FLAMENCO FORMS 00:58 Farruca as entryway to Flamenco 01:08 FARRUCA IN A MINOR i-iv-V7 chord progression in A minor 01:52 keep thumb on low E 02:10 play through 02:38 Adding embelishments 04:33 two versions of melodic line before ending chords 04:38 more advanced 04:55 more advanced - notation 05:30 Comparing Farruca to Cumparsita 05:46 Adding 4-stroke rasgueo 06:34 FARRUCA IN E MINOR 06:58 B7/F# 07:42 Embellishments 08:42 Farruca by Sabicas (snippet) 09:03 Play-through 10:08 Lesson start 10:12 B7/F# 10:33 Em 11:18 Em->Em7 11:35 Am 12:00 B7 arpeggio 12:37 Em falseta with picado (rest stroke) 12:48 rest stroke on four eighth notes for volume 13:52 B7/F# - rest stroke + chromatic phrase 14:19 B7 arpeggio-> E7 arpeggio -> Am 14:32 Em scale phrase - use open Em scale 14:39 15:07 Em rasgueo 15:16 Compás

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Grande Maestro ❤ I love it how you structure your lesson so one can start from beginner level and advance once you memorize and practice the section...truly thankful what I can learn from you😊 the pace and quick fingering details how you present them are on spot for me. Can always rewind a few seconds. Pause, practice, then it clicks

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Magnificent guitar with a great sound balanced between bass and treble. Hi 👋 Scott it's Sam. very very interesting tutorials🧐.

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Scot i love watching and trying to learn flamenco guitar from you, thanks so much, karate Tim 🥋🇬🇧🙏.

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Thanks a million maestro Scott, the best lesson on farruca from the greatest flamenco guitarrist, sabicas

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Nice rendition of "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful". Never thought it could be reimagined as a bachata song

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[@victorformosa228]

Great lesson Scot. Faruuca is one of my favourites to play, the bonus with this lesson is that we get to play as the great Sabicas did, thanks.

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Thanks! Check out my other video where I teach the intro to another Sabicas farruca! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJSsY3urbruIsKM

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This is really good stuff!

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Thank you so much, much appreciated

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Thanks for watching!

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Sir thank you so much you making Farruca tutorial super easy i watch many videos on youtube but yours is more clear and understandable thank you so much again god bless peace

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This kind of music has fascinated me since childhood. My neurons start going at the speed of light. Making improvisation so easy, so natural Now, I've found a good teacher... Will work hard on technique... Which, I have sadly, been neglectful. Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

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Thank you so much, great teacher.

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Thanks, check out my latest video where I show you how to play a tremolo falseta from this same Farruca! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHzLppR9nrh0jas

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Thank you for this great lesson!

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You’re welcome! Tangos is the other form that I think students should begin with before more difficult ones, tutorial on that coming soon!

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Thanks for watching!

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I think for this video I used an Audio Técnica pencil mic… Going into an M audio interface using a Logic Pro… Pretty simple set up

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More farruca?

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Thanks, i’m trying to put out of new video every week… Tangos is coming up! have you seen my solea and Alegrías videos? kzbin.info/aero/PLYo3-MH8UjkLFBCu6Gso6H6aWgaPJWAX7

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Thank you for watching! Do you mean what kind of guitar is it?

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@@TheVersatileGuitarist no i meant from which brand or luthier this guitar is..

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

This is a flamenco blanca guitar made by luthier Jose Gonzalez Lopez in Granada, Spain

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I like that guitar. Were the strings new when this (cool) video was recorded? I actually use a Raimundo Thu Le signature which doesn’t sound at all like the classical guitar its supposed to be, but it is distinctive and closer to the Flamenco sound than a Flamenco (study) guitar I have from the same luthier. So I am looking for a reasonably good one. Yeah that one sounds perfect.

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I’m jealous! The guitar I’m playing in this video is a blanca from Jose Gonzalez Lopez in Granada

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Nice. Thank You. :)

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Nice

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The subtitle running right front of your guitar that s why we can't see your hands.

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Turn them off!

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Do you have to talk so fast all the time ? I like your instruction accept because you talk so fast all the time. I get frustrated.

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Slow the video down then

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Argentine tango? Poor Uruguayans get so little credit. The farruca is Portuguese 😂😂😂

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No it isn’t.