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-: Hi, I'm Kelli Frances Corrado,
and I am a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Today, I'm gonna show you
how to do a traditional Flamenco chord progression.
The supplies that you're gonna need are a tuned guitar,
acoustic or electric, and a pick.
And, special note, the guitar needs to be in standard tuning
which is E, A, D, G, B, and E.
This Flamenco chord progression is really special to me
as it comes from the Romani culture,
which is part of my ancestry.
So, let's get started.
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So, this particular chord progression
uses a really unique rhythm, which is a triplet,
and the triplet, if you were to clap it,
would sound like this.
(clapping rhythmically)
Or, slowed down, one, two, three, one, two, three,
one, two, three.
Now how that translates on the guitar
is the first strum is the longer strum.
The two strums afterwards are a little bit shorter,
meaning the first strum is gonna strum all the strings,
and the two after that
are probably only gonna go up halfway.
But there's a little bit of leeway with that.
So, (guitar strumming) two, three, one, two, three,
one, two, three, one, two, three.
Now, for the first chord progression,
it is an E7, an E Minor, and an A Minor.
So, let's start with the E7.
Let's take our first finger and let's go to our first fret
and we're gonna count down four strings,
one, two, three, four,
and then we are gonna take our middle finger
and we're going to put that finger on the second fret
on the A string.
So it sounds something like this. (guitar strumming)
Now, the next chord is an E Minor.
So, we're gonna take this third finger
and we're gonna go to that second fret.
We're gonna leave the middle finger down
on the A string on that second fret, put this one down here,
and then lift the first finger up so it sounds like this.
(guitar strumming)
Now the third chord is pretty easy.
We're gonna take this finger and we're gonna count down
one, two, three, four, five strings which is the B string.
Then we're gonna take these two fingers
and we're just gonna move them down one on the second fret.
Now, we're on the D and the G string.
So it'll sound like this.
(guitar strumming)
So let's go through each one of those chords again.
So, we have the E7. (guitar strumming)
The E Minor. (guitar strumming)
And the A Minor. (guitar strumming)
Now, how we incorporate the triplet rhythm,
it goes something like this.
(guitar strumming) One, two, three,
then we're on the E Minor,
(guitar strumming) one, two, three.
When we get to the A Minor
we're gonna do the rhythm pattern twice.
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Let's do that again.
E7, one, two, three, (guitar strumming)
E Minor, one, two, three, (guitar strumming)
A Minor, one, two, three, (guitar strumming)
one, two, three.
Let's do it in slow motion again.
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Okay, let's try the second section.
The second section is gonna be the G chord,
which is first finger on the second fret
on the second string, or your A string.
Middle finger on the third fret on the low E string,
and then third finger is gonna be on the high E string
on the third fret.
It is a little bit of a stretch, but let's just try it out.
(guitar strumming)
G.
And the next chord is an F chord.
Now, let's start off with the F,
let's take that first finger and go back to the first fret
and we're gonna go to the B string.
Then we're gonna take the middle finger
and we're gonna go to the G string on the second fret.
Then we're gonna take the third finger
and we're gonna go to the D string on this fret.
So now, it looks something like this.
Now the trick with the F chord,
it's a little bit different than the other chords
because we're gonna take this first finger
and we're gonna push it down so it plays,
or presses down on the B and the E
and sounds something like this. (guitar strumming)
Kinda moody. (guitar strumming)
Now, the next chord is an E chord,
so what we're gonna do is we're gonna take this finger
and we're gonna lift it up on the first fret
and right here on the G string.
Then, we're gonna take the middle finger
and put it on the second fret and put it on the A string.
Then the third finger is gonna go on the D string
right below so it sounds like this. (guitar strumming)
So let's try that again.
The G chord. (guitar strumming)
The F chord. (guitar strumming)
And then the E chord. (guitar strumming)
One more time.
G. (guitar strumming)
F. (guitar strumming)
E. (guitar strumming)
Now take your time with this.
These are some pretty tricky chords,
especially putting them together.
So let's try putting them in a sequence.
So let's start with the first section
and we'll go in slow motion again.
E7. (guitar strumming)
E Minor. (guitar strumming)
A Minor. (guitar strumming)
Now, the second section.
G. (guitar strumming)
F. (guitar strumming)
(guitar strumming)
Again.
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G, F. (guitar strumming)
E. (guitar strumming)
Now, these are a lot of chords in a short amount of time,
so just take your time, and go with it.
Move slowly, and then a little bit faster
as far as tempo goes.
So, I will play it a few times.
I'll play it kind of in slow motion like we've been doing,
a medium tempo, and then a little bit faster.
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Thank you so much, I'm Kelli Frances Corrado.
I also teach at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in Seattle
which is a wonderful space, so also check that out.
Thank you so much.
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