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- Flamenco Metal SoloLEVEL 4Phrygian dominant solo based on a metal approach spiced up with a flamenco
- Flamenco Rhythms: BuleriaLEVEL 7Bulería is a fast flamenco rhythm in 12 beats.
- 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: 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 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.
- 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.
- Dancehall Metal RiffingLEVEL 4Mixing dancehall grooves with metal orchestrations to emphasize and describe the musical style of my band Voodoo.
- Beginner's Metal RiffingLEVEL 3Should help the metal apprentice out there to play riffs using simple tools such as power chords and scale segments.
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Cosmin Lupu17th August 2012Thank you Alex!
Alex Feather17th August 2012Another very nice lesson man! Great as always!
- Cosmin Lupu17th August 2012
Thank you Marcus!
Marcus Siepen17th August 2012Very cool riffing here, sounds great
- Cosmin Lupu15th July 2012what makes this flamenco?
Hey man it's about the phrasing and the phrygian dominant sounds - they imbue the metal orchestration with a strong latin vibe 
nignorway14th July 2012what makes this flamenco?
- Cosmin Lupu12th July 2012
Thanks Gabe!
- Cosmin Lupu11th July 2012
Thank you Yash
Yash11th July 2012Nice one Cosmin
And you do know how to pose on the camera 
Do a lesson on that too 
Gabriel Leopardi11th July 2012This sounds very fresh to me. Good work Cosmin!
- Cosmin Lupu10th July 2012
So you guys like drop C latino music, eh?
- benetom10th July 2012
great C-man ! nice phrasing
ROck on ! 
Opetholic10th July 2012Wow this is really great Cosmin
I love the scale choice. You are a riffing machine 
zoom10th July 2012Really nice Cosmin. Awesome riffing!
- Cosmin Lupu10th July 2012
Solo album? Hmmmm, it will take some time
but it's been on my mind a loooooong time now. - Cosmin Lupu10th July 2012
Thank you gentlemen!
Bogdan Radovic10th July 2012Very exotic sounding combination of styles!
snackajacks10th July 2012awesome riff, is that a new strap ?
Ben Higgins10th July 2012Beautiful riffs... we need a Cosmin solo album !!
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Hey GMC!
Since you guys have asked me, I have decided to come back and take the idea of combining modern metal with flamenco a bit further. This passage is a part of a song I wrote about 3-4 years ago and it's closely linked with my Flamenco Metal Solo lesson.
It will help you with understanding how to use the Phrygian Dominant mode in combination with a dropped tuning - Drop C, in order to create this specific mixture of styles. As I have also stated in the spoken video - check out Ill Nino, as they are the best exponent of combining the two styles so far!
Combining time signatures is also a very interesting approach, as it will bring dynamic into the music - 3/4 is slow and balanced, while 4/4 is a bit more aggressive and straightforward, pulling the listener towards it and bringing him back right away before he realizes what actually happened - rhythm is our friend and it can help us in a lot of ways.
Let's check out the benefits of this lesson:
- Right hand/ rhythmic development
- Alternate picking
- Phrygian Dominant riffing
- Mixing time signatures
Tuning: Drop C - C G C F A D
Meter: 3/4 and 4/4
Tempo: 180 BPM
Scales: C Phrygian Dominant
Tone settings:
Gear: PRS Paul Allender guitar connected to the AMT SS20 preamp having the Lead Channel activated with the following settings:
Bass: 10 o'clock
Mid: 8 o'clock
Highs: 1 o'clock
Gain: 1 o'clock
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
