Flamenco guitar course

First guitar exercise: The downstroke (Tangos)

In Sencillos I (Tangos) i only plays downstrokes in the first bar. (quarter notes/ crotchets). After each downstroke the index finger returns to its original position (inside of the thumb, picture 1.10) to build up new tension. On the eighth note- (quaver-) upstrokes in bar 2, you do not have to play all strings. Allowing the treble strings to sound ...