Intro Solea

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Hello and welcome to my first lesson in guitarmasterclass. This is a "toque" or style of Soleá, which is one of the most important styles in flamenco music.

The word "soleá" comes from "soledad", that means loneliness. So this is a style with deep and melancholy feeling. The metrical structure of soleá is 3/4, needing four bars to complete a cycle of twelve beats. Accents are found normally in beats 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12, but there are many accent variations. In this lesson we will work on tecniques like rasgueados, golpes, alzapúa and arpeggios.

I will explain this terms little by little in this lesson and the nexts. I hope you enjoy it!

   x                                                               
                                     >                        >      
     S  S  S  S  S  S S S S S S S    S  S  S  S  S  S S S S S S  S   
E||--0--------------------0-------|--0--------------------0---0-----|
B||--0------------------0---0-----|---------------------0---0-------|
G||--1----------------1-------1---|-------------------1-------------|
D||--2h-3p-2p-0h-2h-3-----------3-|--2h-3p-2p-0h-2h-3---------3p-2p-|
A||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                              x      
                                  |-3-|              
  S  S  S S S S S S S S S S    E  S S S E  E  E  E   
--------------0---0---------|---------0----------0--|
------------0---0---3-----1-|--0----0---------0-----|
----------1---------2-2-----|-----1--------1--------|
--0h-2h-3-----------3---3---|-----------2-----------|
--------------------2-------|-----------------------|
----------------------------|--0--------------------|


  x                                                               
                                  >                        >      
  S  S  S  S  S  S S S S S S S    S  S  S  S  S  S S S S S S  S   
--0--------------------0-------|--0--------------------0---0-----|
--0------------------0---0-----|---------------------0---0-------|
--1----------------1-------1---|-------------------1-------------|
--2h-3p-2p-0h-2h-3-----------3-|--2h-3p-2p-0h-2h-3---------3p-2p-|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                                    x       
                          |--3--|       |-3-|               
  S  S  S S S S S S S S S T  T  T    E  S S S E  E  E  E    
--------------0---0---------------|---------0----------0--||
------------0---0---3-----1h-4p-1-|--0----0---------0-----||
----------1---------2-2-----------|-----1--------1--------||
--0h-2h-3-----------3---3---------|-----------2-----------||
--------------------2-------------|-----------------------||
----------------------------------|--0--------------------||

This is a variation of a traditional formula in the beginning of soleá. We view thumb tecnique, that combines chords and melodic notes. Notice that I´ve indicate the "golpe" or tap with a x symbol. "Golpe" is a tap on the sound board with the ring finger. Here the arpeggio technique is important, too. Try to be clean in the performing. There are a moment that I´m not strictly a tempo, because it´s important to remark the accents.

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	19th April 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	Excellent Sergio - we have a lot to learn from you! Welcome to GMC!

kyldeee	19th April 2008
Member	Great first lesson --- Welcome to GMC

Unleash-The-Shred	19th April 2008
Member	Great lesson and welcome.

Ivan Milenkovic	19th April 2008
Instructor	Great first lesson, you play excellent, welcome to GMC man!

Trond Vold	19th April 2008
Instructor	Excellent first lesson Welcome again!

botoxfox	19th April 2008
Member	Nice lesson man, although I think perhaps the volume is a bit low.

Danilo Capezzuto	19th April 2008
Instructor	...WOW...you are awesome!

Hisham Al-Sanea	19th April 2008
Instructor	nice intro solea sergio .and welcome first lesson

kaznie_NL	19th April 2008
Member	aaah..what's with your right thumb?? Nice flamengo welcome!!

Joe Kataldo	19th April 2008
Instructor	Great First lesson, welcome to gmc

Siggum	19th April 2008
Member	Really nice lesson, good job

Bogdan Radovic	19th April 2008
Bass Instructor	Awesome first lesson!

Vinod Saranga	19th April 2008
Acoustic Instructor	Amazing nice lesson Sergio

Dejan Farkas	19th April 2008
Instructor	Beautiful, welcome Sergio

Alex87	19th April 2008
Member	Thats sooo beautifully played Sergio! And welcome!! Cheers

Nemanja Filipovic	19th April 2008
Singing Instructor	Great first lesson.welcome to GMC.

Sergio Dorado	19th April 2008
Flamenco Instructor	Thank you. I´ll try in next lessons to turn the volume up!

Nighthawk	19th April 2008
Member	Glad to see another flamenco instructor here ....welcome !

Juan M. Valero	19th April 2008
Instructor	AWESOME !!!! I can't imagine a better lesson to start teaching here Enhorabuena Sergio !! nos vemos por el foro. Adeu !

Carlos Carrillo	19th April 2008
Instructor	Great first lesson, you play excellent, welcome to GMC!!!;)escribeme pronto!!!!

Marcus Siepen	19th April 2008
Instructor (Blind Guardian)	Awesome Sergio, welcome to GMC

Nick Kellie	20th April 2008
Instructor	absolutely brilliant!

Jerry Arcidiacono	20th April 2008
Instructor	Great playing Sergio! Welcome to GMC

at lights end	20th April 2008
Member	very nice

Pablo Vazquez	20th April 2008
Instructor	Welcome!! Great first lesson man!!

Gabriel Leopardi	20th April 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	Excelent lesson Sergio!! Bienvenido!

Nick325	21st April 2008
Member	nice first lesson sergio

Alejandro Piñero	27th April 2008
Instructor	Excelent first lesson!! Welcome!!!