Chords for 3 Easy Spanish Guitar Riffs

[E] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Hi there, this is Alexios and I want to show you [E] three very simple [G] Spanish [Ab] guitar techniques
that you can start using right now.
So for all of these examples we're going [Gm] to be using [E] three chords only, E, [F] F, [G] and G.
_ [E] And so on the F and the G you can either [F] play the full bar or you can leave the top two strings open. _ _
[G] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _ Alright, so let's take a look at the first technique.
It's called arrastre, which in Spanish means to [G] drag.
[Bb] And all we're doing is [E] dragging _ our ring finger across all six strings. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So this technique involves two parts.
The first one is going downward, which we're going to do with our thumb and the rest of our fingers.
So the first three strings will be thumb, thumb, thumb, thumb, and then index, middle,
ring.
And when you arrive at the ring finger, that's when you'll do the drag. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So it's like you're playing a circle, down, all the way down, all the way up. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And so when you first try this, you don't want to just go, just drag your finger.
Try and do it slowly first.
_ _ _ _ Because you want all the notes to be [G] even in volume and in [E] length. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That's what's going to make it sound cool when it goes fast. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Because if it's uneven [G] it won't have the same flourishing [E] effect.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ Okay, so the next technique is the rumba strum.
So this is very simple as well.
All you're doing is going down with your fingers and up with your thumb.
_ Down with fingers, [Ab] up with your thumb.
_ [Gb] And so this [Em] is very different [Abm] than strumming with a pick, like if you're [E] playing a Waylon
Jennings song or something like that.
All you're going to do is _ rotate your wrist.
[Gb] If you look from the side, it looks like I'm turning the ignition on [Ab] a car. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So the wrist is totally relaxed too while you're doing this.
You don't want to have any tension.
[B] So if you get tension, you're [Ab] going too fast. _ _
So just start nice and relaxed.
_ _ Work your way up [G] until [A] a tempo where you can kind of start to feel the [Ab] groove. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And then you add the [E] chords. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Very easy.
So last but not least, we have this technique. _ _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ And I'm sure you've all heard that.
That's from the Malagueña.
So I don't want to show you that piece.
I just want to show you the technique that is used to play that.
So all you're doing is alternating with your thumb and your index finger.
Your index finger will be repeating the same note, which is the open first string. _ _
And your thumb will be playing all the notes in between.
[Em] It will be like the melody.
So holding our E chord, it will just go [E] like this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And then change [F] chords.
_ _ _ _ [B] _
Change [G] again.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
And you can make up your own sequence of notes.
[G] As long as you get the technique down first.
[E] _ _ That's the main thing.
So that's the thumb and index technique.
There may be another [G] name for that in Spanish.
But I [E] don't think I learned it.
So all together, the techniques are the arrastre, _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
the rumba strum, _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
and the thumb and index technique.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, I hope you enjoyed [Abm] that.
That's three simple Spanish flamenco riffs that you can incorporate into your playing right now.
So if you enjoyed that, [Gm] like and subscribe because there