Video tutorial: Rodrigo y Gabriela on right-hand technique
Learn from her phenomenal technical ability and innovative approach
by The MusicRadar Team, Fri 23 Nov, 11:06 am GMT
Rodrigo y Gabriela, the Mexican guitar duo based in Dublin, fought off competition from both the Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Cash to reach the top spot in the Irish album charts when their eponymous second album was released.
They then went on to support Muse at one of the first gigs at the new Wembley Stadium; certainly an impressive feat for two young musicians who arrived in Dublin in 1999 with nowhere to live and only $1000 between them.
They started out busking in the street, but their phenomenal technical ability and innovative approach to composition ensured that their brand of metal-influenced acoustic guitar reached a wider audience.
In this video lesson, Gabriela Quintero explains her rhythm techniques with clear demonstrations of how they can be combined to create an impressive palette of percussive excitement and colour. The techniques used will be unfamiliar to most of you, so you will need to adopt a disciplined approach to get to grips with them. The examples here cover the four basic ideas needed to build your own Latino-tinged guitar grooves.
For more information and video clips, visit Rodrigo y Gabriela's website.
User comments (8)
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She's fantastic! They should've played a song, though.
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this is an awesome technique...will atke a LOT of practice to get as good as that though...
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the song tamacun is in the feb 2008 guitarworld
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saw them in Wembley Stadium supporting Muse. their sounds let them down. the acoustics were terrible for their music. it was awesome thought.
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I think that may be THE hottest video on the entire internet.
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I thought this was a great tutorial, but how on earth does she do it THAT fast!!
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I've just got tickets to see them at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Aus, but have to wait until March, I can't wait! Gabriela has such an incredible rhythmic mind and great technique, it looks effortless.
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I love these guys! Check out their cover Stairway To Heaven on YouTube!
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