Billy Voight / January 23, 2011 4:08 am
Ah my first interview with an artist. You’d think I’d be nervous. Either I’m over confident or Greg Smith was that accommodating. Things became much easier when I learned we lived close by. Now don’t go trying to find Greg’s house just yet. His current boss is, that’s right, Mr. Ted Nugent. If you know anything about anything, you don’t [...]
Steve Marchena / January 1, 2011 5:52 am
Tremolo is one of the most popular techniques in classical and flamenco guitar styles. We will begin to study this technique on our two thinnest strings by setting our right hand thumb up over the B string, and our right hand ring, middle and pointer fingers over the high E string. Place your left hand ring finger on the B [...]
Steve Marchena / January 1, 2011 4:48 am
Rasgueado is a flamenco guitar strumming technique using the back of the right hand fingernails in a similar way that a flatpicking guitarist would use the pick, creating a very Spanish sound. Adding a capo to your guitar creates an authentic sound. Here are the chords we will use in this lesson: Begin with your right hand in the same [...]