Picado Lesson 1 - Right Hand Fundamentals - Picado Technique Explained - Flamenco Guitar Tutorial 

Wow - that's great to hear, and you are most welcome! Best wishes

Wow - amazing! That's encouraging - so thanks for letting me know. Best of luck with your practice.

You're welcome, and thanks for your comment. I wish you all the best with your ongoing practice.

Thanks for your kind words. Best wishes.

Thank you - that's amazing to hear! You're very welcome, and thanks for taking the time to comment - it is much appreciated. Best wishes.

You are welcome. If you haven't already done so, please check out my other picado lessons in my "Technique" playlist here: ru-vid.com/group/PLeuKj55ixyUFVBBET4Cx5KESc4lP7RFkS&si=zP5MzAJhlZFDUajx Best wishes, and thanks for your interest.

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You're welcome - thanks for looking and commenting. That video was back in 1996 - I've uploaded a few parts to my channel. You've been playing flamenco for quite a while then?

Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry you had to give up playing in the past - but great to hear you've started again. Sounds like you m and i is going well - maybe you should stick to just that combination as it is faster. Just a thought. May I ask what is the spider crawl you refer to? I will be looking at a speed/acceleration exercise in my next picado lesson (#6). Best wishes.

What is “spider crawl”?

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Thanks for your kind words - I'm really happy it's helpful.

You're most welcome, and I'm very pleased to hear that.

Thank you! Thanks for your comment, and it's in the works to do a video on the nails - but difficult as there is no one way that fits all. Saludos y un abrazo. Take care, and best wishes.

Really pleased to hear. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Thank you - and thanks for watching!

I think I understand what you mean. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "fractions" though. It sounds like you have the idea though. Thanks for your comment.

De nada. Gracias por tu gran pregunta. El movimiento del dedo meñique no está forzado de ninguna manera, no hay tensión allí. La idea es que el dedo meñique y el dedo anular queden más arriba de las cuerdas que los dedos i & m para dar a i & m más libertad de movimiento. La posición resulta de simplemente elegir no meter los dedos anular y meñique en la mano, y posiblemente levantarlos conscientemente ligeramente. Algunos guitarristas parecen forzar demasiado el dedo meñique y los dedos anulares y esto puede provocar que el dedo meñique se ponga tenso y quede en una posición de gancho. Pienso en el ligero levantamiento de los dedos anular y meñique como algo similar a levantar un ala para darle más libertad de vuelo al i&m. No debe haber ninguna tensión en los dedos meñique y anular. Gracias por tu interés y te deseo lo mejor en tus estudios.

Sorry for the late reply. You are welcome and yes I do online classes via Skype. Details are on my website www.estiloflamenco.com

Fantastic - I'm pleased to hear this. It's interesting what you say about apoyando and picado. Picado is played apoyando rest stroke but in a way it is a different technique than how apoyando is often perceived when playing scales with i & m. Thanks for your comment.

@@EstiloFlamenco I mean, with the classical setting of the hands, you can't play a clear picado and the index finger lengthens, I noticed that many classical guitarists change their hand when playing picado passages, as in flamenco

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Thanks for your question. The finger moves from the knuckle that joins it to the hand (I'm not sure why you mention the thumb joint). Once the finger tip reaches the string, you continue moving from the same knuckle and allow the tip to give way (flex). With the finger shape I propose, at this point the middle joint more or less stops moving towards the strings due to the flexing of the finger and the pressure of the string. There should be no actual effort to stop it moving - it will just be as a consequence of the overall movement of the finger as I describe. In playing through the string, there will be some minimal movement of the middle joint, but not in a way that you should be controlling - rather it is again just a consequence.

​@@EstiloFlamencoThank you so much for the explanation,,,,!!! ,the big joint creates pressure on the string and the tip of the finger bends,,,,, I just did something wrong, I tried not to bend the tip of my finger ,,, because there are a lot of opinions about picado on the Internet,, but according to your videos,, a very good picado result

@@user-uj9sj1hf5c You got it exactly, and thanks so much for sharing your experience. Not bending the tip of the finger would require more than one movement, for which there is no time. Best wishes.

Hello, playing picado, many people raise their right elbow a little. Or you can transfer the entire weight of your right hand to the guitar body,,, well, if you play with the installation of the hand,,, as in flamenco, or just a light touch on the guitar body below the elbow bend of the forearm

@@user-uj9sj1hf5c Hi there. Thanks for your comment. I deal with raising the arm and related issues in my Picado Lesson 3 video, which looks at playing from high to low strings: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vxmk6Zb3VAY.html

Hi Ernest - I don't remember seeing it. I did reply to an E-mail of yours quite sometime back though (more than a year ago I think). I would be grateful if you could re-send your latest message. Best wishes. Francisco