The Art of Rasgueado (Book)

The author has written many different kinds of rasguedo technique from Juan Serrano, Pepe Romero, Juan Martin, Pepe Habichuela,Paco de Lucia, and others... You can read the various passages from the above referenced artists. Here is a table of contents that you will see in the book: Table of Contents The Art of Rasguedo -Symbols used in this book- Preparatory Rasguedos- Traditional Rasguedos- Oranmental rasgueasdo- eami rasguedo- 16th note traditional rasgueados ieami rasgueado amii rasgueado triplet and Sextuplet traditional rasgueados pai rasgueado pei rasgueado pmi rasgueado pmp rasgueado Quintuplet traditional rasgueados eamii rasgueado peami rasgueado Contemporary Rasgueados Triplet rasgueados iai rasgueado iia rasgueado imi rasgueado iei rasgueado mmi rasgueado amamami rasgueado amamamamami rasgueado amamamamamamamami rasgueado 16th note rasgueado pami rasgueado paip rasgueado Specific Purpose Rasgueados Triplet and Sextuplet rasgueados pm rasgueado ieamie amieam i rasgueado iamiami rasgueado misc other rasgueados ami rasgueado amiami rasgueado amiamiami rasgueado imae rasgueado imaei rasgueado peamip rasgueado eami ieam i rasgueado ieamii rasgueado amiamiami rasgueado amiimami rasgueado Final rasgueardo excercise On practicing the Rasgueado Technique Rasgueado Practice Outline Golpe Technique Golpes with the ring finger Golpes with the thumb Rumba patterns Introduction to the Rumba flamenca Basic Rumba patterns Pattern no.1 Pattern no.2 Variation on the Rumba patterns Variation no. 1 Variation no. 2 Variation no. 3 Variation no. 4 Conclusion Acknowledgements About the Author You will see different rasgueado patterns outlined in the book... The tremolo/rasgueado book are great supplements to other flamenco books and songs. You will use this reference material from time to time on examining different flamenco strum patterns.

So far I like this book, as I continue trying to learn flamenco. This book lays out many rasgueado patterns, and I am concentrating on just 3 for now. I want to master these, rather than skip around. These are added to the one pattern I knew already, so that's a huge gain in vocabulary! With more to come ...

A concisely written reference. I like it. Once you are established with one or two(eg., isam and pai), you can look through this book and adopt what you like in your playing. He explains why you might choose a specific rasgueado and sets it in context with examples. I am glad I got this book. Good luck.

Rasqueado = strumming. The book is informative for a student of flamenco. It is clearly written; concise chunks for each technique; large enough print to be seen easily. I only wish the book came with an accompanying CD. Other than that, I would recommend it. Now comes the task to stick with it and practice, practice, practice!

Prepare to start learning by page one. This books skips all the unnecessary preamble and gets right to business. This is a good method book, and will improve your playing.

If you want to improve your rasgueo buy this book. It covers a variety of styles and has wonderful exercises.

I am the author of this book, and I wanted to take the chance to clarify a few points about it. This is a Rasgueado instructional manual. The Rasgueado is probably the most characteristic technique of the Flamenco guitar, and as such I thought it deserved its own publication! However, even though all the included examples are taken from the Flamenco guitar repertoire, this is not a Flamenco guitar method. This is a Rasgueado method. The book does includes a fair assortment of Flamenco falsetas, but only ones that demonstrate the appropriate use of the verious Rasgueados forms. There are NO complete compositions or even lengthy falsetas included, and only the techniques relevant to rasgueados (eg. the Golpe) are explained If you want to de-mystify the Rasgueado techniques of the Flamenco guitar(ists), I think you will find this book very helpful, whether you are a Flamenco, Classical or Fingerstyle Acoustic player. Thanks for reading!

This is the only publication from this author that has ever disappointed me. I have a number of his others and they are stellar. It contains a lot of descriptions of rasgueados, but that's really it. The advice (practice slowly and use a metronome) was pretty thin. What disappointed me most is that there was no attempt made to delve into the ART of the technique. Such as when or how to use different rasgueados to achieve different affects, how to transition between them, etc. If all you want is a list of some of the infinite number of patterns, maybe this is for you. If you want something more you won't find it here.