How To Play Spanish Guitar New Flamenco Gipsy Kings style - Lesson #1
Hi there! I'm Thomas Michaud. Welcome to my Spanish and New Flamenco Guitar Series that
was about fall. In this series, I'm going to start off by showing you simple little
tune that created just for this and it has several different elements that I wanna teach
you. I'm going to play for you so you can hear what we're aiming at and then in the
lessons to come, we will break it down. I will show you the chord progression, the rhythm
and the melody and we will put altogether. Here we go...
(strumming/demonstration)
So that's what we're aiming at. It's really a fairly simple progression. Let's start off
with that after chord progression, its four chords. The first chord is the B minor, you're
gonna need the bar chord for that so that's the bar across the second fret and then you're
making some form as A minor that's the second finger there on the second string third fret.
My third finger stretches over, that's the fourth string fourth fret and the pinky in
between on the fourth fret also but on the third string, it could make that chord. Let's
see if you get all the notes sounding. Don't worry if it's not perfect yet. What do you
think? Sound good.
I'll show you the second chord. The second chord is in A but I'm adding something to
the A in case you noticed I like to make the A here with my first finger across the second
fret on both the fourth string and the third string and then my second finger is playing
the second string on the second fret and then I got my pinky free to play on the third string
fourth fret. Listen to this chord, beautiful so you can all tune it. You can play A and
then (strumming). Can you tell me what note that is? The B note, it's actually the ninth
of the chord -- A B -- A B. Ironically, it's the same note as the second and I would call
this A add 2 so you can start for just the A and progress to playing it with that pinky
so listen to those two chords, B minor -- could play the B minor, see if the notes sounds
good and now going for the A (4:04).
Third chord is a G. I'm fingering with the G with my third finger on the third fret sixth
string and on that fifth string my first finger, I know that -- it's a little different from
fingering but trust me, there's a good reason for it. So it's a little sounding G and I'll
give you a tip. The reason I finger that way 'cause I used my second finger from time to
time. We'll get more than that in the next video. You hear that? For now, just worry
about the G and then the final chord is an F sharp, it's a major chord and I'm actually
releasing that high E string and the B string so you make a very exotic chord like a good
Flamenco chord. So it's not really a bar, you see I'm playing my first finger on the
second fret sixth string. I'm making that same E form up to frets with my third finger
on the fourth fret fifth string. The pinky next to it on the fourth fret fourth string
and then that second finger on the third fret third string so in the base notes the F sharp
by the second fret. This chord alone is worth the price of practicing this video. Please
spend some time playing around this chord so B minor, A, G and F sharp, that's chord
progression