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9 - Basic Rasgueado Patterns

These exercises are not intended to train you in the art of flamenco, instead, they are aimed to give your right-hand

If the volume of rasgueados begin to annoy you put a cloth under the strings near the bridge or mute with the left-hand.
a good workout, strengthen the fingers, and increased the reflex-oriented 'return to start' direction of finger movements.

Rest your right-hand thumb on the 6th string for the exercises that don't use it.
Go slow and execute the rhythms exactly. Resist the urge to play fast as that will not develop control.

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No. 1

& 4

Fc Fa Fm F i Fc Fa Fm F i F i F c F a F m F i Ii Fi F c F a F m F i I i


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. 2

4
& 4

Fc Fa Fm Fi Fc Fa Fm Fi Fc Fa Fm Fi Fc Fa Fm Fi


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. 3 No. 4

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3 3 3

& 4

Fi Ip Fi Ip Fa Ip Fa Ip F i Ip F a F i F i Ip F a F i Ip F a


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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