Flamenco With Rafael – The Ultimate Flamenco Guitar Course
What you'll learn
- To play with confidence – learn correct playing posture, left & right hand technique. Avoid future injury and improve playing fluency across all genres
- How to improvise bulerías – learn the fundamental rhythm and structure behind the most popular flamenco style, the 12-beat bulerías – known as the 'cliffhanger'
- How to start a party with the rumba – an upbeat, light-hearted style – and perhaps most recognisable form of 'Flamenco' with a party feel
- Be able to recognise flamenco styles and history, eg the sounds of the Soleá, los cantes mineros (mining chants), the lighthearted Alegrías de Cádiz and others
- What effective practice looks like, and how to self-correct common errors made by the thousands of students Rafael has taught over decades of musicianship
Requirements
- Some familiarity with basic chords and how to hold a guitar is a recommended minimum
Description
Summary
Discover the beauty of Flamenco Guitar with this online course available on Udemy. Learn to play with confidence, mastering the correct posture and technique, while avoiding injury and improving your fluency across all genres.
Start a party with the Rumba and impress your friends with your knowledge of the most popular Flamenco style, the 12-beat Bulerías.
Recognize and understand the history of Flamenco with sounds of the Soleá, los cantes mineros and the lighthearted Alegrías de Cádiz.
Learn from decades of expertise and get the guidance you need to practice effectively and self-correct common mistakes. With this course, you'll be able to play Flamenco guitar like a pro!
More information
In this two-hour course, Rafael Lloyd Iglesias will teach you the basics of Flamenco guitar. This beginner course covers:
different correct sitting postures, which are necessary to reduce risk of injury over your playing career;
essential left and right-hand techniques – which can be used in all guitar playing styles;
two flamenco 'palos' (styles) – the Bulería and the Rumba, with small building-blocks which you can put together to form a little piece at the end
broader context and history behind flamenco music, such as the regions different styles originated from and how this affects their mood and feel
Rafael is a lifelong musician, composer and teacher with worldwide playing experience and a unique teaching style that he has developed over the course of his career. He has taught thousands of students and played with many flamencos and other musicians across different genres such as jazz, folk and pop.
This course has been produced to appeal to all guitarists, regardless of background and playing ability: Rafael has taught beginners and professional musicians – all of whom can learn something new and improve their playing by immersing themselves in the culture and moods of Spanish flamenco music.
Whether you are a beginner looking to improve your technique (or provide some structure for your guitar journey), or a professional guitarist looking to open your ears to a new style, all musicians will have something to gain from Rafael's teaching method and the contents of the course.
See for yourself: various parts of the course are available to preview for free.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner guitarists with some experience (can play a few chords, comfortable holding the guitar)
- Amateur musicians with some performing experience (e.g. open mic nights)
- Professional musicians (concert guitarists, touring guitarists) who wish to refine existing technique, expand horizons and open their ears.
- Other flamenco performers (such as dancers, percussionists and singers) who wish to understand more about performing in a group and rhythms
Instructors
- 5.0 Instructor Rating
- 19 Reviews
- 2,043 Students
- 1 Course
Born to Anglo Spanish parents, Rafael grew up in Spain, educated at an English school in Madrid. He is bilingual, bicultural and understands the demands and work environments of both countries very well. It puts him in a unique position to be able to share the authenticity of flamenco and able to see it from his unique perspective. Rafael has taught at many educational establishments including the Faculty of Music, Oxford University, Trinity College London, Birmingham Conservatoire, Bath International Guitar Festival amongst others.
He has been credited with ‘thanks’ on the Radiohead album In Rainbows. A performer as well as a teacher, Rafael has played in the presence of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, at the South Bank Festival, Internacional de San Isidro Madrid, The Oxford Playhouse, double bill with Tamer Hosny in Doha Qatar, The Holywell Music Room, The Global Peace Conference, and at Casa Batlló, Barcelona.
Rafael's music is influenced by many factors. Sources of inspiration such as Paco de Lucia, Kraftwerk or Bach, continue to excite him on a daily basis. His influences are so diverse and true to a person that has not only grown up in two countries but has travelled most of the world too. From Batak folk music of northern Sumatra to Led Zeppelin or Manuel de Falla.
- 5.0 Instructor Rating
- 19 Reviews
- 2,043 Students
- 1 Course
Born to Anglo Spanish parents, Rafael grew up in Spain, educated at an English school in Madrid. He is bilingual, bicultural and understands the demands and work environments of both countries very well. It puts him in a unique position to be able to share the authenticity of flamenco and able to see it from his unique perspective. Rafael is different to other guitarists, he is much more than just a guitarist. He is able to view things from the outside and put his own stamp and individuality in to his own music.