a-m-i-p-Rasgueo

Flamenco guitar method - lesson 4: La Soleá (Soleares)

Mantón III (Soleá) is the last practice piece in the first volume. It includes all techniques dealt with in this book. In addition, there are two new things in the third, eighth and last line: a rasgueo with a-m-i-p and an appogiatura with “m-golpe.” In this rasgueo a, m and i need not be pressed against the thumb or the palm for once. The only aim is to make the accent on beat 3 sound a little broader. a, m and i brush against the strings, followed by p, which ...