Malagenas comes from Malaga in the south of Spain. I started with a basic one that people with no knowledge of Flamenco could at least play the melodic parts, before trying the Rasgueados (brushing the strings with the right hand).
The secret of sweeping is to synchronize your right hand with your left hand. What you need to do is to place a finger of your left hand on the desired note at the same time than you are playing that note with your pick. As you do so, the next note needs to be placed on the adjacent string in the same direction as your pick is going.
Smooth phrasing, left-hand vibrato, dead notes, legato, alternate picking, bending, staccato etc. Scale wise it's the same as in other levels, B Dorian, B Blues Scale and C Dorian at the end when it modulates into Cm key.
Carlos Carrillo here and this is my first lesson. I recorded a clean solo where we will work on aspects like rhythm, scale uses, and different techniques as legato, alternate picking, Vibrato, Slides harmonics and arpeggios in A.
In terms of harmonic structure, Bossa Nova has a great deal in common with jazz, in its sophisticated use of seventh and extended chords. Bossa Nova is most commonly performed on the nylon-string classical guitar, played with the fingers rather than with a pick.
The great Vlatko Stefanovski - a Macedonian guitar player whose technique had great influence on me back in the days. I did an arrangement for the acoustic guitar, bare with me, if you want to capture that Macedonian feel.
This lesson is suitable for beginners who want to start using what they learned in a solo context. The following track is in A minor. We will be using A minor pentatonic scales with additional blue notes (diminished 5th).
The Dorian mode is one of the seven Greek modes and is basically a minor scale with the 6th degree major. This note gives the main quality to the sound of this mode.
This part is in the style of Robben Ford, and will prepare you for a virtual band situation. Playing with an hammond player, you have to create a complementary guitar parts that will melt with the other instruments, with out interfering with the piano/key part.