he is too sweet for raegueado…

I’m sorry, but this is a terrible rasqueado. This looks like a classical guitarist trying to do rasqueado without practicing for the hours and hours and hours it takes to build up enough strength to do it properly.

this dude needs to upgrade his lvl if he wants to get past pillow pants!!!!!!!!

This is legit.

Jeez! come on! how can you post this! honestly the rasguedo is awful. if your going to try and teach this then get it right. What the hell is your thumb doing! and there is no separation in the fingers. Its not good.

lol hold down 4

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that is really how you should NOT do a resgueado, unless you just want to do it like this guy and there is nothing wrong with that, but you are never going to be able to RASGUEAR BIEN.

This is an insult to all classical/ flamenco professionals out there. Andres Segovia just rolled over in his grave.

You don’t snap from the thumb! This guy has terrible technique. For correct technique check out the pumping nylon book by Scott Tennant. If you are learning the classical guitar you should have this book anyway instead of listening to some idiot from a website!

Seriously, I have to agree with the numerous posts below. If you really want to learn proper rasqueado technique do no listen to this guy, he will ruin you. His rasqueado technique is %100 flawed. Im not trying to be a jerk, im sure this guy can play guitar quite well, but he obviously knows nothing about proper flamenco technique.

@chucknorris0325 hahahaha

NEVER learn flamenco from an American!

Whatever you do, DO NOT ‘fire’ your fingers out from behind your thumb. Doing this will generate so much unwanted muscle tension. For the proper technique, players you should watch are Gabriela (of Rodrigo y Gabriela), Paco de Lucia, Paco Pena, John Williams and Segovia (although he generally tends to use a more subdued technique. Also I recommend watching John Williams playing Asturias (originally by Isaac Albeniz and composed for the piano). Good hunting!

You play horribly bad. You better quit doing what you think you’re doing. You can’t teach classical guitar if you suck at it, the same goes for flamenco. You are a mediocre guitar player who think you’re a master of every style while the truth is you don’t even have fingernails whice are required for those styles. I can’t believe you have the dignity to show your face on YouTube.

@chucknorris0325 LMAO

@Nauticalman I recommend Chicuelo , Miguel Angel Cortes , Paco De Lucia’a videos on Youtube , even Juan Martin , i know that you are trying to teach people , so sorry for my aggressive comment but this is not a good tutorial.

Ha ha ha! That is the exact same progression I used to master this technique years ago. But still, like most here, I do it from the first to the last, not the way that is shown. I have found it is much better for the return on the upstroke so that you can add a little more oomph and detail. I can do it either way. And as he said: do NOT be afraid to hit it hard!

@yIdeas Same here, but I notice all the pros start with the 4th finger. I think it might have something to do with reversing the strum back up from strumming it down, not sure.

But I agree, third and 4th fingers just don’t like to take the lead for some reason.

@fthtkn who do you recommend?

I’ve been trying to make this technique sound smooth, and so far the close up on this is the best image of how the hand is prepared for the strum.

Any suggestion?

this man doesn’t know anything about flamenco techniques, don’t get reference…

@chucknorris0325 hahahahahahaha

@scarfr156 yea i found it a whole lot easier to start with index finger.. lol.

What if I start with my index finger instead of my pinky?? Can i do that or is that just wrong?