Hello students, in this series we are going to learn some Flamenco rhythms.
This is very useful.
We can use this as a remix on Bollywood songs too.
So, there is a very popular pattern whose name is Flamenco Rumba.
You might have even heard of it.
This Flamenco Rumba pattern, it has a total of eight counts, and how we will cover these eight counts, let's see this.
So, we have to join all four of our fingers, and right now we have kept the guitar muted.
So, the first stroke we are giving is down.
So, in our first stroke that we gave down, we have to keep in mind that we are doing it almost 90 degrees down.
Meaning, don't do it by pointing the fingers like this, otherwise the chances of the nails getting damaged are high.
So, we don't have to do it like that, we have to do it like this, down, and when we have to do down, then this thumb should also go down.
Down with thumb, and the second stroke which is to be taken up, in that we will do it up like this.
Meaning, we will do "up" with the thumb.
So, the first step is down, up, down, up, down, up, right.
Have to do a warm-up: down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up.
So, the starting four counts: down, up, down, up.
These are our four strokes: down, up, down, up.
After this, the next step, number five, we have to take a slap, which we have to take by opening up a bit, use the palm like this, right, and this sound of the wood should come: five.
Don't take it like this, like this: five.
After five, the number six that we have to take, we will pull it towards the face with these fingers.
So, the six steps became: down, up, down, up, slap, up.
Next, again have to take down, and we have to take one more up, so it became a total of eight strokes.
So, what was its full sequencing: down, up, down, up, slap, up, down, up.
So, these total eight strokes will play in this form.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Down, up, down, up, slap, up, down, up.
Down, up, down, up, slap, up, down, up.
Let's see it in slow once.
Down, up, down, up, slap, up, down, up.
Okay.
Let's continue this in a little speed with a chord.
We have used a chord family: A minor, G major, F major, E major.
Many others can also be used.
It is not necessary to do this exact one, but this sounds good, that is why it is selected.
Now let's see how it will play on this.
So, down, up, down, up, slap, up, down, up.
We will play in this same speed.
We increase the speed.
And go further.
There is a certain speed, we can go above this and we can also go below.
So, we can vary the speed quite a bit in this, and we can use it in different ways.
Within Flamenco rhythms itself, we will use one more pattern.
Using Flamenco Rumba itself, its next pattern.
In this, what we have to do is, like we were playing the first stroke down, so this down stroke, instead of this, now we will do like this.
We also call this stroke a "golpe".
Golpe means when we are using the wood along with the strings.
These fingers are tapping on the wooden surface, simultaneously this thumb is coming downwards, like our fist is closing, we are closing it like this.
The fingers should not hit the string, and the thumb will not hit the wood.
One.
Simply, in Flamenco Rumba we just have to make this small change, that we replaced the number one stroke.
The Flamenco Rumba which was running the first pattern, in that we were taking down, but now we are plucking.
So what did it become: pluck, up, down, up, slap, up, down, up.
Five, six, seven, eight; one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
So, this pattern will sound something like this.
We will make it.
After that, what can we do?
Play both patterns alternately.
Meaning, first we play Rumba pattern number one, then play pattern number two, so...