In years of watching and learning from videos like this, you are the first one to show me the proper and most effective way and easiest way to do the flamingo tremolo. Thank you very much, I really am enjoying your videos.
For the five notes why not start with you little finger working your way up to the index finger then thumb? Does it make a difference to playing certain things?
Ben, when getting into the higher speeds would you feel it is imepritive to have long(ish) nails for these tremolos? It seems quite difficult with the tops of my fingers. Also, what strings do you use (tension) wise? I feel like specific strings would be more akin to these types of speeds. Huge fan man you inspired me to play this style
About 2mm of nail is all you should need. String tension depends on your guitar and your preference. I recommend buying a pack of high, normal and low tension strings and then trying them out, change every couple weeks and you decide which feels better. Good luck and thanks!
With Flamenco tremolo you play through and rest your thumb on the string below. The thumb should always be planted on the string ready to play the next note.
@@Jose-ru2wf Sure either way is valid, one is 4 notes ( P i m a ) and the other is 5 notes ( P i a m i ) with the thumb resting on the string below as you play. You don't hear the classical 4 note version much in flamenco though.
Dear Ben I subscribed and paid for Ur class and I lost Ur classes and I can't find it to go and listen to ur once a week lesson ? Can U let me know how to get back to it
Do you mean you became a member of my YouTUbe channel for $9.99 ? If so then you have access to ALL my classes. You just have to go to my channel and find the members area, or live videos for members only. Honestly, I'm not sure where you go since I cant see it as a member, only as me. Maybe you can ask another one of my members how it's done. They all can seem to find the videos just fine. Good luck!
People say you can not, but I did just fine on a steel string electric guitar. Here's the recording. Recuerdos de la Alhambra on a telecasterua-cam.com/video/zToRm_6zSr0/v-deo.html
Hi Ben, Is it imperative that I have nails or can I do this with the tips of my fingers? I'm playing fingerpicking styles that way now but just getting into learning flamenco styles and wondering if I can get by without having nails. Thx 🙏
Flamenco techniques require nails 99% of the time like Rasgiadou,Picado, You can learn on your flesh Tremolo but eventually you will want to grow your nails because its way faster,brighter and the sound can get way higher and more comfortable to play that way, Anyways I started on my flesh and once I got to Flamenco deep techniques I started grow my nails and its huge difference
@@zemach4422 thanks man. That's good to hear your experience. I think playing with the flesh is the gateway "drug" to playing with nails. I think I'll get there eventually. I can't grow my nails worth shit so might need to go get acrylic overlays or something. Did you have a problem with your right hand nails breaking? Thx for any tips or advice you can offer 🙏🏽
Not much of experience but I had good teacher , dont skip teachers always helpful,I specifically don't have much problems breaking them but make sure you take care for them , go to nail salon if you like twice a month , I know it feels wired at the beginning but you will get used to it since playing with nails really much more beneficial, if you don't have the luxury try use thumb ring for better sound on the thumb and play with the flesh for a while , dont worry once you good at playing on the flesh its not hard to get the idea of the nails because the general movement is the same but the distance from the string is the thing you need to get used to , ask any questions , if I have the nolege I will gladly answer!(:
Check the page of "Sal Bonavita" he is very nice guy that have decades of experience and he really give alot of nolege about Flamenco guitar he will help you alot
Ring finger is used in the standard classical and flamenco tremolos as Ben demonstrates. One of the points of learning tremolo is to help you develop strength and stamina in the ring finger, but no depending on what exactly you're playing, you may not have to use the ring finger ("a"). For example, the famous 19th century Italian guitarist and instructor Mateo Carcassi used just his thumb and two fingers to get the classical 4-stroke tremolo. Instead of p-a-m-i (which is standard today and what Ben does, above) he used p-i-m-i. Its a little more "busy" using i twice, but because i and m are stronger than a, its easier to get consistent tone and volume this way. His Etude #7 in Am Op 60 is a pretty well known beginner/intermediate piece using the p-i-m-i tremolo. While I'm not aware of any flamenco players who play this way, famous classical guitarist Ana Vidovic performs *Recuederos del Alhambra* with this type of thumb + two finger Carcassi style tremolo.
Asturias/Leyenda is another piece that although originally written for piano by Isaac Albeniz, has really become a standard for classical guitar. There are different arrangements of this, but the most well known ones (including Segovia's and John Williams') use a triplet p-m-i tremolo in the opening section on the open B string. No ring finger is used for the tremolo. In contrast to the usual 4 stroke classical or 5 stroke flamenco tremolos, that are usually used to create a sort of "crying""/"lilting" effect, in this piece the 3 stroke tremolo creates a sense of building speed/urgency. Not an easy piece, but I think this is a good one aspiring Woodsian flamenco/metalheads because its got the right elements including speed, a relatively easy tremolo, a relatively easy rasgeo, a cool three octave arpeggio ending in a right hand harmonic, sliding octaves, use of the flamenco-like Phrygian mode, and of course its in an approved metal key, Em!
I think some people have very long nails ... longer than what could be considered ideal! I would suggest that nails should be only slightly past the finger tips. The exception is the thumbnail is usually longer. Also you might want to consider the shape of the nails (and th hape of the thumbnail!). Anyway, personally I cut out ping-pong ball plastic and glue them on with Krazy Glue .... this might be considered crazy but I also have to stack fire wood and do many other tasks that can easily break nails!
Disculpe señor pero el tremolo flamenco no es el que usted hace, el que usted hace es un tremolo clásico , el tremolo flamenco es pulgar, indice, anular, medio, indice, 5 notas
In years of watching and learning from videos like this, you are the first one to show me the proper and most effective way and easiest way to do the flamingo tremolo.
Thank you very much, I really am enjoying your videos.
Ah yes, 🦩
Good luck to everyone who just started their flamingo tremolo journey🦩
Wow. This whole thing has been demystified. Thankyou for sharing 🙏🏾
Great lesson Ben! Thank you!
Fine Tutorial, Brother.
Thanks Ben great info
You're fantastic. Thanks dear Ben
It's really helpful, thanks Ben! Greetings from Indonesia
Very good teacher, thank you
Thank u very much for giving such an easy tutorial of tremolo......its great...
Nice content!
Sounds wonderful, thank you
Great video very informative and no shit waffle just info straight off the bat
Great lesson 👌🏿🙏🏾 respects from Iran
Thanks Ben ! Greetings from Turkey..
Fantastic! Love it. Thank you.
Amazing job Ben, saludos desde Argentina
Thanks for your lessons
thank you
thank you for this free lesson, can anyone tell me why the ring finger is first? im used to the point, middle, ring finger pick order.
Thanks
good job
Aprendi um pouco dessas técnicas ouvindo Segovia... Fazem uns 3 anos que ainda não faço do jeito que quero...
For the five notes why not start with you little finger working your way up to the index finger then thumb? Does it make a difference to playing certain things?
Thanks Ben.
Ben, when getting into the higher speeds would you feel it is imepritive to have long(ish) nails for these tremolos? It seems quite difficult with the tops of my fingers. Also, what strings do you use (tension) wise? I feel like specific strings would be more akin to these types of speeds. Huge fan man you inspired me to play this style
About 2mm of nail is all you should need. String tension depends on your guitar and your preference. I recommend buying a pack of high, normal and low tension strings and then trying them out, change every couple weeks and you decide which feels better. Good luck and thanks!
Nice bro
Thanks Ben from iraq
this... this is a mannn!!!
With Flamenco tremolo you play through and rest your thumb on the string below. The thumb should always be planted on the string ready to play the next note.
Thanks Bill for pointing that out. This is the way I do it.
Sabicas played the tremolo "al aire", not resting the thumb on the next string. Either way is valid.
@@Jose-ru2wf Sure either way is valid, one is 4 notes ( P i m a ) and the other is 5 notes ( P i a m i ) with the thumb resting on the string below as you play. You don't hear the classical 4 note version much in flamenco though.
really helpful!
thank..u..sir....you are great teacher.
Are there any songs you would recommend for me so that I can practice these techniques with?
Sorry to say brother but he is no more with us.
Start with romance de amor or study in e minor. Both are friendly for beginners in tremolo technique
Is the fingering in tremolo a free stroke whereas picado looked like a rest stroke?
Yep, free stroke. For guitar, unless otherwise stated, assume that everything is free strokes.
Dear Ben I subscribed and paid for Ur class and I lost Ur classes and I can't find it to go and listen to ur once a week lesson ? Can U let me know how to get back to it
Do you mean you became a member of my YouTUbe channel for $9.99 ? If so then you have access to ALL my classes. You just have to go to my channel and find the members area, or live videos for members only. Honestly, I'm not sure where you go since I cant see it as a member, only as me. Maybe you can ask another one of my members how it's done. They all can seem to find the videos just fine. Good luck!
Nice mr bean!
can u practice this on a steel string guitar and get same results or does it have to be Nylon string?
People say you can not, but I did just fine on a steel string electric guitar. Here's the recording. Recuerdos de la Alhambra on a telecasterua-cam.com/video/zToRm_6zSr0/v-deo.html
Can't you also use the pinky finger when playing the high notes for tremolo?
Good .Mr ben😍😍
Hi Ben, Is it imperative that I have nails or can I do this with the tips of my fingers? I'm playing fingerpicking styles that way now but just getting into learning flamenco styles and wondering if I can get by without having nails. Thx 🙏
Flamenco techniques require nails 99% of the time like Rasgiadou,Picado,
You can learn on your flesh Tremolo but eventually you will want to grow your nails because its way faster,brighter and the sound can get way higher and more comfortable to play that way,
Anyways I started on my flesh and once I got to Flamenco deep techniques I started grow my nails and its huge difference
@@zemach4422 thanks man. That's good to hear your experience. I think playing with the flesh is the gateway "drug" to playing with nails. I think I'll get there eventually. I can't grow my nails worth shit so might need to go get acrylic overlays or something. Did you have a problem with your right hand nails breaking? Thx for any tips or advice you can offer 🙏🏽
Not much of experience but I had good teacher , dont skip teachers always helpful,I specifically don't have much problems breaking them but make sure you take care for them , go to nail salon if you like twice a month , I know it feels wired at the beginning but you will get used to it since playing with nails really much more beneficial, if you don't have the luxury try use thumb ring for better sound on the thumb and play with the flesh for a while , dont worry once you good at playing on the flesh its not hard to get the idea of the nails because the general movement is the same but the distance from the string is the thing you need to get used to , ask any questions , if I have the nolege I will gladly answer!(:
Check the page of "Sal Bonavita" he is very nice guy that have decades of experience and he really give alot of nolege about Flamenco guitar he will help you alot
Is the ring finger used?
Yes, it is used. That's my main problem; I have very little control of that ring finger.
Ring finger is used in the standard classical and flamenco tremolos as Ben demonstrates. One of the points of learning tremolo is to help you develop strength and stamina in the ring finger, but no depending on what exactly you're playing, you may not have to use the ring finger ("a").
For example, the famous 19th century Italian guitarist and instructor Mateo Carcassi used just his thumb and two fingers to get the classical 4-stroke tremolo. Instead of p-a-m-i (which is standard today and what Ben does, above) he used p-i-m-i. Its a little more "busy" using i twice, but because i and m are stronger than a, its easier to get consistent tone and volume this way. His Etude #7 in Am Op 60 is a pretty well known beginner/intermediate piece using the p-i-m-i tremolo.
While I'm not aware of any flamenco players who play this way, famous classical guitarist Ana Vidovic performs *Recuederos del Alhambra* with this type of thumb + two finger Carcassi style tremolo.
Asturias/Leyenda is another piece that although originally written for piano by Isaac Albeniz, has really become a standard for classical guitar.
There are different arrangements of this, but the most well known ones (including Segovia's and John Williams') use a triplet p-m-i tremolo in the opening section on the open B string. No ring finger is used for the tremolo. In contrast to the usual 4 stroke classical or 5 stroke flamenco tremolos, that are usually used to create a sort of "crying""/"lilting" effect, in this piece the 3 stroke tremolo creates a sense of building speed/urgency.
Not an easy piece, but I think this is a good one aspiring Woodsian flamenco/metalheads because its got the right elements including speed, a relatively easy tremolo, a relatively easy rasgeo, a cool three octave arpeggio ending in a right hand harmonic, sliding octaves, use of the flamenco-like Phrygian mode, and of course its in an approved metal key, Em!
Is it really important to have long nails for this technique?
not actually, but no nails makes it difficult
Yeah kinda
I think some people have very long nails ... longer than what could be considered ideal! I would suggest that nails should be only slightly past the finger tips. The exception is the thumbnail is usually longer. Also you might want to consider the shape of the nails (and th hape of the thumbnail!). Anyway, personally I cut out ping-pong ball plastic and glue them on with Krazy Glue .... this might be considered crazy but I also have to stack fire wood and do many other tasks that can easily break nails!
Çok iyisiniz ama bu tarz çalışmayı çok yakın pilanda gösterirseniz mükemmel olur
5 strokes is tetramolo
ben you don't do a thumb plant - why not
My ring finger lets me down 😂 I can’t move my fingers that quick.
Wtf dude you u got make it hard, yyyyyyyy😢😢😢😢
Apa mas Aing lee copy channel ini ya?
? I do not understand
@@BenjaminWoods i am sorry sir, I spoke Indonesian🙏🙏😁
tremOlo
Thank you. I'm not perfect :)
Hey. . . If you can do it, you don't need to spell it.
Disculpe señor pero el tremolo flamenco no es el que usted hace, el que usted hace es un tremolo clásico , el tremolo flamenco es pulgar, indice, anular, medio, indice, 5 notas
this would be easier if i didnt play upside down lol
Wow dude u cut your dreads
youre finger are soo limp