--- title: Chord and Scales Finder | strumming description: "strumming | Flame Tree Music chord finder: piano chord chart, free guitar chords, guitar chord finder, music scales, how to play piano, learn to read music." --- - [Home](https://info.flametreepublishing.com/blog) | - [ Contact & About Us](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/contact-us) T H E   F L A M E   T R E E   B L O G # The Flame Tree Music Blog ## [Play Guitar Made Easy: Right Hand Techniques (video)](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/chord-finder/bid/71128/Play-Guitar-Made-Easy-Right-Hand-Techniques-video) Posted by [Jake Jackson](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/chord-finder/author/jake-jackson) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ** Learning the basics is fundamental to playing the guitar**. Right hand stance, left hand movement, keeping in tune, finger positions; it is critical to focus on these before starting to play chords and melodies. All of the major styles, **jazz**, **rock**, **folk**, **country**, **blues**, have these fundamentals in common. ![play guitar, right hand, jake jackson](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/file-317716985-jpg/images/play_guitar_01_image_b1.jpg?width=180&height=101&name=play_guitar_01_image_b1.jpg)Over the next few months we’ll introduce a series of posts on **guitar techniques**, adding a further dimension to our extensive range of practical music books and our new chord and scales website, **Flame Tree Music**. This short video uses a **flame red flamenco guitar** to demonstrate **basic right hand techniques**. ### Before We Start - Find a chair that you feel comfortable with, preferably with a hard frame and back. - Rest the guitar on your knee, **relax your shoulders** and try to keep your back straight.  - You must feel **comfortable** before placing your hands on the guitar. - **Relax** your **right hand** and let it fall naturally across the strings. - For this style of playing, longer nails on the right hand will give your strokes some **bite**. ### Thumb For Bass - The thumb strikes the **bottom three strings**, (from the heaviest string), E, A and D.  - Try to practise **simple note progressions**.  - Play **slowly** at first. It’s always tempting to start quickly but if you can discipline yourself and keep a steady rhythm, speed will come. ### Strumming (in this case *Rasgueo*) - This is a powerful technique that can generate **loud volume** and, used effectively, allows you to use the tension in the strings to create a clattering sound.  - Every form of **strumming** can switch from percusssive intensity to flowing waves of sound. Try playing gently and loudly to feel your way into this technique. - This particular *rasgueo* style uses the **second finger** to lead the attack on the strings, with the others following in a cascading fan. Traditional flamenco uses the **forefinger** which allows the second finger for the *golpe*, a **percussive tap**. ### Muting - The palm or the whole hand is used for **damping** the strings. - Useful for finishing or closing off the sound at the **end of a phrase** or the whole song. - Effective in creating quiet percussive passages **between strikes** and **chords**. ![Play Guitar, right hand 01, jake jackson](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/file-316027941-jpg/images/play_guitar_01_image_a.jpg?width=180&height=101&name=play_guitar_01_image_a.jpg)It's worth spending **five minutes a day** on right hand techniques for a few weeks while you begin to explore the notes and strings. The **next videos** will focus on **left hand** techniques and introduce **chords**. ###  Links - Our Flame Tree Music chord finder website with **sound for each note**. [Here](http://flametreemusic.com/). - Take a look at [Flame Tree Rock](http://flametreerock.com/) for **inspiration**, **mixtapes** and free **downloads**. - Links to **further video techniques** will be posted here as they are made available. 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