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- Flamenco First Pieces: FarrucaLEVEL 2Farruca is a melodic style in minor tonality, usually played in A minor key. Learn the fist steps in techniques such arpeggio and rasgueo in a musical context.
- Flamenco Rhythms: BuleriaLEVEL 7Bulería is a fast flamenco rhythm in 12 beats.
- Flamenco Metal SoloLEVEL 4Phrygian dominant solo based on a metal approach spiced up with a flamenco
- Flamenco Metal RiffingLEVEL 4Phrygian Dominant modern metal riffing concepts.
- Flamenco First Pieces: SoleaLEVEL 2If you've decided finally to learn flamenco guitar this piece must be your first step. Learn some variations of the toque of Solea and introduce you in concepts such as thumb, golpe, cierre, etc.
- Flamenco First PiecesLEVEL 3Seguiriya is an important and serious style. It has cycles of 5 beats in alternating Time Signature 3/4 an 6/8).
- Flamenco First Pieces: MalaguenaLEVEL 3Malagueña is a fandango from Málaga. It's a free style in E phrygian tonality.
- Flamenco First PiecesLEVEL 3Tangos is a rythmical style, and is a good way to learn a flamenco groove. Play this "falseta" with a hand clapping backing track, like in a real flamenco party.
- Introductory LessonLEVEL 1Basic musical concepts and tips before diving into the Songwriting course.
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Barnea4th May 2008i think something is messed up in the video somewhere in 00:30
edited for language by rokchik
al christie11th April 2008Hi thanks for your comments, I want to do some more, but unfortunately at the moment I have so many students, I have no time to do video editing.
I will try as soon as I can to do some more.
JukeboxHero23rd January 2008This is really great. You should try your hand at a mariachi lesson.
- giuseppe11th December 2007
right now im practicing the classical section its a bit easier but flamenco is a definite goal soon im gonna nail this :-)
- joetallawanda9th November 2007
That was awesome and very fun to learn. I'd swear you were El Mariachi himself.
Do you have a guitar case with M16's in it and stuff? - Barnea7th November 2007
damn this sounds so good.. but i need tabs
- al christie6th November 2007
I'll have to have a listen
Farbror Kudde28th October 2007Very nice
btw I wonder if the beginning is influenced by La Cathedral by Agustin Barrios Mangoré, cause it sounds very alike ^^
besip27th October 2007nice breathing
- nathasion25th October 2007
thanks
- al christie24th October 2007hi Al,
as yu see, everything comes in time,
for being honest, I don't get the rasquados part, since you didn't do a slow video for the part of the piece with rasquados. Indeed your video about the technics itself is good, but when I want to apply it and play the piece, the video 1 is to fast for getting it.
Thank you ang even though, good job!!
I will do another video soon on Rasgueados. - nathasion22nd October 2007
hi Al,
as yu see, everything comes in time,
for being honest, I don't get the rasquados part, since you didn't do a slow video for the part of the piece with rasquados. Indeed your video about the technics itself is good, but when I want to apply it and play the piece, the video 1 is to fast for getting it.
Thank you ang even though, good job!! - al christie19th October 2007
My videos must be good, nobody's asking me lots of questions.
- al christie9th October 2007
Rumba is coming very soon.
- al christie3rd October 2007
Fandangos de huelva is coming soon as well as a Solea strictly rythm.
- al christie25th September 2007
The Granaina is up and running.
- al christie24th September 2007Wow this i swear, looks like teh hardest lesson on GMC IMO!! great job man!!
Theres more to come,I just finished a Granaina, hopefully up soon. - al christie24th September 2007
A closet is no place for a guitar.
Understudy21st September 2007Very nice indeed !! and welcome to GMC. I have an old nylon string guitar in the closet, I need to get new strings but when I do I am learning this stuff for sure.
Juan M. Valero18th September 2007Great lesson, it's very difficult that partiular playing, so congratulations for your great work
Cherio18th September 2007very beutiful Al! btw... nice name
(Al's my name too)- al christie17th September 2007
I think Luciana is definitely more beautiful.
But thanks for the comment. - al christie17th September 2007
Very soon, I have just finished a Solea intro, hopefully it will be up shortly, ask Kristofer.
PacmanProductions17th September 2007Al, Malaguena is my song man! gosh i'd love for u to make a lesson on it... theres so many different verisons that its funny...
- edgor6717th September 2007
Kris,
I don't know who/what is more beautiful. Luciana or this music. I have tears in my eyes (and not from too much garlic either).
g - al christie16th September 2007
you can play this piece easily without the capo, the tab is the same.Its just a very typical flamenco thing,where you have a brighter sound for the rasgueados.All the singers sing if different keys, so if you have the capo, you can keep the same open chords.
- al christie16th September 2007
I will do a Malaguena very soon!
- al christie16th September 2007
I have added a couple of backing rhythm tracks, you neeed to practise reeeeally slow before attempting to play with a rhythm track, but it gives you something to work with later, because timing is all important in Flamenco.
Jakub Luptovec16th September 2007ah.... my heart is bleeding.. I wanted to learn flamenco so badly.. but yesterday, I cut my fingernails... rawr... btw. make more of your lessons plsss
I love this still of music and I want to learn more of this:-P and then mix it with shred:-D ^^
Andrew Cockburn16th September 2007Cool first lesson Al, well done!
- dk216th September 2007
hey good lesson but can i tune the guitar in f# instead of having a capo?
shredmandan16th September 2007Great first lesson!I love how your strumming the strings and tapping the body near the end.Very nice
- Gustavo16th September 2007
i don't have nails
but i love flamenco
great lesson 
GroovinMastiff16th September 2007Excellent! Way to add to the diversity GMC
- PacmanProductions16th September 2007
YES!!!!! EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!!
ace_frehely16th September 2007incredible...welcom to gmc!!!
Robin15th September 2007Ooh great!!
Lester15th September 2007this is just great!!
i never thought i would be able to learn this style of music.
Thank for this lesson!!
Iluha15th September 2007Only now noticed it but this is done with a capo on the 2nd fret. so for all those still havn't noticed it, get that capo
Gabriel Leopardi15th September 2007Welcome Al!! Excelent first lesson! I like this style!
gabriel.-- nrpstreetballa15th September 2007
do u think u will ever make a lessen for la malengue
Jenkinson15th September 2007Rasgueado is a flamenco technique that I am not accustomed to. This will take quite some time to work up to tempo, at which it sounds astonishing.
Muris Varajic15th September 2007This is wonderful Al!!
Great rasqueados,must try it at once!!
Awesome first lesson tho!
Ryan15th September 2007Wow this i swear, looks like teh hardest lesson on GMC IMO!! great job man!!
- al christie15th September 2007
Hi Everyone,
thanks for your wonderful welcome, I am
Preparing some lessons at the moment, A Solea and an Alegrias, 2 basic forms to start you on your way before we get more complex. 
Rockwouldbe15th September 2007we Fianly have it. Wooow
The Uncreator15th September 2007Great first lesson, all of us have been waiting for this lesson!
Vinod Saranga15th September 2007Nice Flamenco tecniques there Al and nice explanation,Keep good pieces coming
visi0n15th September 2007great, and welcome at GMC
- Iluha15th September 2007
Great, Iv'e allways wanted to learn these kind of techniques!
timono15th September 2007love it, welcome to gmc
jonasrolf15th September 2007great
boy_sets_fire715th September 2007wow i love this kind of music
Kristofer Dahl15th September 2007This is great Al - welcome to gmc!
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- My notes
In this first Flamenco lesson at GMC, Al Christie shows you how to play a Farruca. It is a Gypsy dance in 2/4 time consisting of heel work, fast double turns and falls - but we will go for the guitar part though!
This lesson illustrates typical chords and techniques such as fingerpicking, rasqueados, rasqueados followed by thumb etc. Spoken instruction are given in the videos. Enjoy and stay tuned for more Flamenco!From this course:
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