Youtube Flamenco Guitar Lessons - Mi Inspiracion (Alegria)
In this video you can watch and listen to the whole piece Mi Inspiracion (Alegria) by Paco de Lucia (from Fantasia Flamenca). Follow the annotation links to access detailed flamenco guitar tutorials that slowly show the falseta you wish to learn.
To access the interactive features on this video, you need to open it in a desktop browser.
If you don't have access to the annotations due to mobile use, you can follow the links below to watch each flamenco guitar exercise separately:
01 - Free Stroke Exercise - 10 -Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) INTRO by Paco de Lucia
02 - Pulgar Exercise - 22 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
03 - Flamenco Tremolo Exercise - 18 Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
04 - Free Stroke Exercise - 11 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
05 - Free Stroke Exercise - 12 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
06 - Rasgueado Exercise - 11 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) FINALE by Paco de Lucia
Mi Inspiracion is Paco de Lucia's earliest alegria that set him apart from the other flamenco musicians. The falseta sequence structure is still there but the piece has a compositional wholeness. It is quite easy to play, therefore a good place to start to learn how to play alegria. The original recording is done in a free style without a rigid compas structure. However, I played it over the flamenco metronome to better observe how alegria works as a palo in terms of its accents.
Alegria (or alegrias) is similar to buleria in that it is based on 12 beats. There are three major differences, though: a) the compas starts at 1; b) the tonality is "por arriba" that is E, and alegria is a joyful type of music as the title suggests; c) alegria is played more slowly than buleria
The video tutorials focus on various flamenco guitar techniques such as pulgar, arpeggio, picado, free stroke, alzapua, and rasgueado. The mixed technique video lessons incorporate several different techniques within a single falseta.
There are plenty of flamenco guitar tabs available over the internet ranging from acceptably accurate to completely wrong. I utilize different sources plus the original music itself to piece together something that is as correct as I my ears can discern :-) Besides, when you have a good video tutorial, you also receive a lesson in how to use your fingers to play the falseta.
For free flamenco guitar lessons, simply subscribe to the atrafanaSchool mailing list.
If you wish to learn how to play flamenco guitar, then check out the links below:
Flamenco Guitar Fundamentals
The Right Hand
Flamenco Guitar Method
atrafanaStudies
Picado Mastery Bundle
To access the interactive features on this video, you need to open it in a desktop browser.
If you don't have access to the annotations due to mobile use, you can follow the links below to watch each flamenco guitar exercise separately:
01 - Free Stroke Exercise - 10 -Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) INTRO by Paco de Lucia
02 - Pulgar Exercise - 22 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
03 - Flamenco Tremolo Exercise - 18 Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
04 - Free Stroke Exercise - 11 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
05 - Free Stroke Exercise - 12 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) by Paco de Lucia
06 - Rasgueado Exercise - 11 - Mi Inspiracion (Alegrias) FINALE by Paco de Lucia
Mi Inspiracion is Paco de Lucia's earliest alegria that set him apart from the other flamenco musicians. The falseta sequence structure is still there but the piece has a compositional wholeness. It is quite easy to play, therefore a good place to start to learn how to play alegria. The original recording is done in a free style without a rigid compas structure. However, I played it over the flamenco metronome to better observe how alegria works as a palo in terms of its accents.
Alegria (or alegrias) is similar to buleria in that it is based on 12 beats. There are three major differences, though: a) the compas starts at 1; b) the tonality is "por arriba" that is E, and alegria is a joyful type of music as the title suggests; c) alegria is played more slowly than buleria
The video tutorials focus on various flamenco guitar techniques such as pulgar, arpeggio, picado, free stroke, alzapua, and rasgueado. The mixed technique video lessons incorporate several different techniques within a single falseta.
There are plenty of flamenco guitar tabs available over the internet ranging from acceptably accurate to completely wrong. I utilize different sources plus the original music itself to piece together something that is as correct as I my ears can discern :-) Besides, when you have a good video tutorial, you also receive a lesson in how to use your fingers to play the falseta.
For free flamenco guitar lessons, simply subscribe to the atrafanaSchool mailing list.
If you wish to learn how to play flamenco guitar, then check out the links below:
Flamenco Guitar Fundamentals
The Right Hand
Flamenco Guitar Method
atrafanaStudies
Picado Mastery Bundle