Yes that's true. It took me months as well but that's a good thing. Don't go for quick and easy gimmicks. The things that are really beautiful and useful take time to develop. When you can do it, you'll be one of the few who can 😊
Thanks for pointing this out. I've been working on this technique on uke and it's slow going. I'm sure the low string tension doesn't make it easier but it sounds so good when you get it right.
@@finnmcool2 You're welcome! And actually the lower the string tension the better it is. It was invented on baroque guitar which has half the string tension as a modern guitar and it sounds much better. I actually think it doesn't sound great on modern classical guitars, in comparison.
You see the thing is if it was for discipline no musician would ever get decent at any instrument It’s all about fun No discipline needed Seems like all the people get this wrong
@@junesuprise I can respectfully agree with that, cause you gotta love it and be obsessed with it so much that you never get bored or never wanna give up
Thanks man, i was boutta go to sleep then saw this reel stood up got my guitar and tried this for 10 minutes then gave up and now im mad and cant sleep anymore...😂😂😂
This is called Rasgueados. In flamenco, there are various ways of performing it. This one is called abanico. You can also rest your thumb on the 6th string, and flick out your other fingers (a-m-i-i/down-down-down-up) strumming the other strings in a quadruplet pattern. Can also do quintuplet, starting with pinky. It takes a few weeks to get comfortable with it, and many months to get it easy, and a few years to get it sounding really good.
A Brazilian guy demonstrated it to me in a bar. I have a video of a girl trying to teach it. I have never cracked it. Just put it aside as one of the things I'll learn one day. 19 years have gone by. Maybe I'll have another try now As he says, it is the coolest strumming technique.
I know, where I have seen that before! There is that youtuber, Slackanater. The first, perhaps still the only human to truly beat the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) classic 'Ninja Gaiden' without ever taking one hit. At one point that 'no-hit' run requires him to mash two of the controller buttons extremely fast for seven times. He turns the controller by 90 degrees, and does quite accurately this Repicco on that Japanese gaming device. Took him months of intense training. Led him to a unique success in the retro gaming world.
I started playing as an adult. It took over a year to gain decent pinky control. It takes many muscles you don't use that way for other stuff, but practice really helps with the necessary patience!
@@mandanglelow1442 With rhythm, note sequences that sound like nonsense the first time through make sense the second time through; but without rhythm, any note sequence is merely spelling out the word instead is speaking it. Indeed.
Pick a key, do iv-III-II-I. Prefer chord voicings that only involve 3-4 strings, but instead of muting the other ones, let them ring away. You now know how to play vaguely flamenco-sounding stuff
@@brandonackerIs also very much like a technique used in playing handpan, although I think many players use the ring or pinky.. but after seeing this, I really wonder if it is the thumb and middle finger that is used just like here. Just beautiful! Also, you making the train talk!
Ben used the flamenco strumming technique called Rasgueado Abanico. It can be translated as strummed fan. That technique is a rolling triplet strum. What Brandon showed in the video is called Repicco. This is a rolling quadruplet strum and it originated on the Baroque guitar. These two strumming techniques not the same but are very similar even though they have different origins. Cool stuff!
@@itsthem5699 yes true but that is how I learned on my own without any instruction. Just listened to Spanish music and tried recreate the sounds. I've tried to do it with the proper Flamenco technique but I'm just to set in my style
This guy is a amazing teacher. I learned Tremelo technique from this guy. ( To play Requerdos de la Alhambra) He Also plays the most beautiful and clean version of Requerdos de la Alhambra. He is a great source of inspiration.
I always do fingerpicking with an acoustic. But I love that someone else is doing it with clipped nails. Makes it cooler for those of us who want to rock out, but have to report to office jobs! Thanks.
