On you tube Payo Humberto demonstrates a Fandango using a triplet rasqueado which if I understand correctly he attributes to Nino Ricardo. Up stroke with the thumb, upstroke with the index, down stoke with the index. I have never seen that pattern before. Two upstrokes one down stroke rather than one up and two down.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this technique? How old school (traditional) is it? Did Nino Ricardo use that pattern?
The sound works well in the Fandango and I must say it's a lot easier on my thumb nail than the more familiar triplet which uses a down stroke with the thumb.
Ed

If old Humberto says it came from Nino Ricardo, then I would say that is correct. He was a student of Nino Ricardo and is very knowledgeable on the subject. It is old school enough. The Nino p up i up i dn has a bright sound and for some is easier to get speed and keep even. There are so many ways of doing a triplet and I would imagine the old masters probably used or experimented with them all. I use whatever I can do that gets the dynamics I want.

Point for Manos, if I may say so
My flamenco master is used to telling me that any technique is ok as long as one keeps up with the compas which is actually the most important thing. Personnally, when I cannot play exactly like masters (which is fairly normal since I'm just a beginner in flamenco) I try another one that sounds close and the show goes on

el frances wrote:Point for Manos, if I may say so
My flamenco master is used to telling me that any technique is ok as long as one keeps up with the compas which is actually the most important thing. Personnally, when I cannot play exactly like masters (which is fairly normal since I'm just a beginner in flamenco) I try another one that sounds close and the show goes on

Your master is exactly correct! The guy that sparked my interest in flamenco in 1971 originally learned from an old Gitano that had only a thumb, index and middle finger on his right hand. I still do a lot of rasqueados with just thumb and index. Technique is a very personal thing and nothing is right or wrong as long as you can play in compas and get an authentic flamenco sound.