Basic Flamenco Techniques 

Great lesson **cries in corner**

wow ! I have a flamenco guitar, cant play it but it is a work of art...made in Spain, out of Sycamore of all things. Apparently it was traditional for the Gypsies (i hope that is not a racisit term, if so apologies) to use any wood they could find for the guitars and sycamore is a common species. It is blond blonde, quality every bit as good as my Martins. Love it. I did have a video years ago and learned a few licks, I remember palming it in a percussive fashion. Cant wait to learn some techniques. So sad that Ben is gone, I was lucky to have survived cancer, so sad, RIP Ben, you are missed. take care everyone.

Yeah but can you play Basket Case by Green Day with power chords?? Didn't think so!..

Can’t believe he’s gone, legend rest in piece❤️

This video gave me depression... Thats time for a campfire party from all my guitars !!

RIP. Thank you so much, Ben Woods.

Okay, i'm going to buy a bass

This is all I needed thanks man

I’m not jealous but I hate you and love you at the same time.

Oh great,, all i need now is 20 years of practice.

Wow ... you are a great guitar player !! Thanks for this nice video ;-)

Pretty slick man !!!!

I've been playing guitar on and off for 3 years, and after watching this, my new new year's resolution is to sell my guitar

Be positive, you all can play guitar with good practice and thorough dedication. Until you realize that you can't and say goodbye to your guitar, and dreams of being a guitarist

When is the version for humans coming out?

* picks up guitar * * watches this video * * puts down guitar *

cant wait to see the advanced edition............

Ok, I will go back to strumming the chord C now.

When I first watched this video 3 years ago. I was like "no way this is impossible". But today and after alot of practice, I know for a fact that it is impossible.

The comment section on this video is a legendary joke book of the fellow strugglers

...back to power chords.

This man very talented he gived me Inspiration to sell my guitar❤️

Lets start with the basics...lets play mozarts 7th symphony with only your thumb

This guy is trolling us right?

How many goats do i need to sacrifice is my first question

Never laughed so hard in a comment section

I love how he keeps on saying “basically just” and “a little”

By the time I learn all this , my hair gonna grow as long as his.

you lost me at 0:00

4:17 the only thing that i can do

Advanced lesson: Alright, what you're gonna want to do is take out your third hand and brush only the bottom side of the strings at a tempo of exactly 355 bpm. This shouldn't be audible and only ads texture to the wood while playing.

😊I'll just stick to cleaning my guitar

This guy could probably knock someone out by flicking them lol

This guy clearly doesn't know what basic means.

Please do not get discouraged, anyone can do this if you practice slowly, are focused and determined. Good luck everybody. -Ben Woods

WHAT THE BASIC FUCK HELL WAS THAT!!!!

me: looks at guitar guitar: looks back at me(breathing intensifies)

Thank you for this video, now I'm gonna go sell my guitar

my nose is bleeding by imagining the advanced

As a classical guitarist I can say what looks impossibly hard can become easier and acchived with correct practice and dedication never give up and start with simpler things .... you cant play at such high level in 3 or 4 years it takes a lot of time

I’m tempted to skip the basics

*Sees basic flamenco techniques in recomended list* Me: Hmm, that looks interesting. Mabye i could learn a thing or 2. This guy: There's picado. Which is just your 2 fingers alternating. Sooo... *Plays some crazy inhuman bullshit* Me: Time to sell my guitar.

4:12 That click at the end just rubbing salt in the wound 😂

I can snap my fingers at the end... I think I'm about halfway there.

I dated a girlfriend who cheated on me, and this video is more depressing than her.

I cant play this fast and accurate even on my air guitar....😆😆😆

These techniques seem to be pretty easy to do, what i'm having trouble is with the F chord.

I was feeling hopeless after watching this, until I read the comments 😂

I’m saving this vid for two reasons: 1. To remind me of the complexity of the human brain regarding brain/hand coordination/communication. 2. To have a good lough with the comments posted here by certain “mortal” viewers...

yes but can he do smoke on the water?

"There's really no right or wrong way to do it" *plays wrong way to do it*

help! i started following your instructions by playing alongside this video now my guitar is on fire que hago?

Wanted to learn flamenco styled playing. After watching this, I think it's safe to say I'll be going back and sticking to my twinkle twinkle little star songs.

"Hi there my name is Ben Woods and I want to show you something that you can never do" correct intro!

If you call this Lesson 1, I might be at lesson -9999.

This is a great video that gives a basic demo of all the flamenco and dare I say acoustic techniques you'll ever need. He goes pretty fast but don't be scared of learning them. Once you know the names of the techniques you can google them and find slower versions to help you learn. The important part is to practice as SLOW AS POSSIBLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. And just when you think you have improved and it's easy instead of increasing the bmps like most ppl will tell you to do, do the opposite, slow it down. Slow it all down. Keep aiming for slower, more controlled, more efficient. Speed will come naturally later. Essentially we are manipulating muscle memory to create a sort of "reflex", once you get it it's not something you consciously think about as you play but something you just feel and go forward with, this is what he talks about near the end of the video when he says "put it all together". Took me 2 years of slow disciplined, 20mins a day practicing to achieve all this. Good luck folks, don't give up! Great vid Cordoba Guitars!

If this was a basic scuba diving lesson it would go something like: "All right, you'll learn how to dive no problem, just watch and learn from this submarine."

I only know how to poke my finger thru the guitar hole.

RIP Ben Woods, your artistry will not be forgotten

me and you have different meanings of basic techniques

yea.. I'm just gonna go back to my bed and fap the depression away

Ben woods was a big source of inspiration for me to learn Flamenco. Thank you for your amazing music and all the lessons. He will be missed. Rest in Peace Ben.

You forgot to say Olé!

Did you sell your soul to the devil or something?

Ben Woods here, please let me chime in everybody. To all the people that complain that this is not 'basic' or that I'm showing off... I'm not showing off, I'm simply showing - I'm sharing my knowledge. As the title says; "Basic Flamenco Techniques". Not beginning techniques, not easy-beginner techniques. These are the basic building blocks of Flamenco guitar playing... the common techniques involved in Flamenco guitar playing. Before you can play Flamenco, you need to have a mastery of these. Flamenco is a language and these techniques are like words you need to form ideas. Yes they are difficult, Flamenco itself is extremely hard. Practice slowly. And to those of you that say I'm going through it too fast? Rewind and play again as needed, its a video. Also now youtube has the option to slow down this video (hit the gear icon). I hope this helps with your frustration. -Ben Woods

holyshit this is the funniest comment section ever!!!!!!

well I can do all of these except the guitar parts

Is that thing even called basic?!! That's like Van Halen version on flamenco!

Ben is right these are all the techniques needed. All you have to do to get as good as Ben is, practice 18 hours a day for the next 87945 years. It's almost too easy.

Bored of not hurting your right hand? It's your lucky day!

I like how he is borred the whole video. Like this is a piece of cake and the rest of us are " OH GOD HOW U CAN DO THAT ???"

feels like you had a friend at school who was good at something and you wanted to get taught, and he said "oh it's so easy, just do it like this"

help I tried to play Spanish style and now my guitar is pregnant

Always when I think Im getting good at guitar I see someone like him and want to say screw dis shiet xD

My guitar just slapped me in the face and left the house with her case. I don't think she's coming back.

These heavy metal dudes live and die with guitars

No one has explored the potential of the guitar as flamenco players through history

As an advanced guitarist in other genres, I find this style insanely difficult. Almost alien

Man! this alone is enough to make one wants to buy a nylon guitar and learn this style! Superb job!

"Oh nice, basics to flamenco. This will be great for a begginner like myself " Watches first 10 seconds * "..."

And that are just basic techniques? I feel miserable already.... :-((

The comments are the best lol kkkkkkk

3:48 he is laughing at us

3:48 I just wanna get to a point where I can be around someone who doesn't know I play guitar and all of a sudden coincidentally there is a guitar in the room and then I just do that casually and put the guitar right back down and act like it was nothing.

When Ben Woods says something is "hard" or "takes lots of practice", keep in mind those both translate to "impossible for mere mortals".

i just need some few decades of patience and practice -_- ...... i've been watching guitar tutorials on youtube for more than a year ..... ended up as an expert on PATIENCE & PRACTICE ... but zero on the guitar

Thank you to all commentators. I haven't had such a good laugh in a long time. Just humorous reality checkers here Ben. You're a great player. Thank you for this great tutorial.

Look how stoked he is to be doing Legato 2:21

"BASIC TECHNIQUE"

This video is the reason why I started getting interested in flamenco. RIP Ben. Thank you for the present.

Nobody: The word 'Basic': Hold my beer..

Me at 0:39 "Dang, looks tricky I could probably learn though!" Me at 0:46 "Jesus f***ing christ man I don't even know omg"

After seeing this bullshit, I retreat to my room knowing I still have a long way to go with guitar haha p.s this was actually inspiring.

To every person complaining about the difficulty: If your're not willing to put in the practice, that's your problem. Learning an instrument is difficult. If your're not willing to be diligent with your practice, then maybe it's not for you.

I was trying to play and now i am in icu

1. 5 Stroke Tremolo (0:22) 2. Picado (0:43) 3. Arpeggio (1:03) 4. Golpe (1:15) 5. Alzapúa (1:50) 6. Legato (2:22) 7. Rasgueado (2:44)

How to make any intermediate guitarist feel like a complete beginner again.

Playing E F G and back to E is as flamenco as ill get.

That was very informative actually, thanks

Came for guitar lesson... did get God mode styles and fastest possible speeds