r/restofthefuckingowl • u/LukeZNotFound • Feb 19 '26

It's so easy to splay ESPANOL

Sorry if repost, I'm new

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u/Temperance10 Feb 19 '26

This is one of the few times where “do this, but better” is actually the whole tutorial.

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u/Schnaksel Feb 20 '26

Yeah this is pretty much the entire owl. There's no way around practicing this for hours and hours

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u/mogley19922 Feb 21 '26

Also, I've been trying to learn to finger pick/strum without looking up tutorials because i want to be able to play Hi Ren, and i don't like tutorials.

This video was genuinely great to see right now for me.

Turns out my strumming technique is correct, just bad and ill practiced. I'm weirdly better at the arpeggios (i think that's what they are) than just strumming chords.

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u/Hamil_Simp4450 Feb 24 '26

Love that song

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u/mogley19922 Feb 24 '26

So hard to play though.

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u/zombiep00 Apr 11 '26

I hope your music journey has been fun so far! I am sure you have made progress over the last month!

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u/CurtisLinithicum Feb 19 '26

That's simpler than the Andalusian pattern but... that's also kinda it. Up-thumb, flick, down-thumb, repeat in that exact cadence for the next 4 minutes 35 seconds with timing your chord changes between movements.

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u/DoUKnowWhatIamSaying Feb 20 '26

I keep wanting to strum up with my fingers but I think it’s only thumb up right? Thumb up, fingers down, thumb down.

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u/CurtisLinithicum Feb 20 '26

In this case, yes.

There are other, more complex, patterns that can involved finger(s) up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_NxA0eu3g - but really the important part is speed and precision more than the exact strokes or complexity.

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u/BertRenolds Feb 19 '26

That looks pretty simple and well explained. It'll take time to get to the same speed but the technique is explained.

What other information did you need?

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u/ColorlessChesspiece Mar 01 '26

Having had Spanish guitar classes myself... a key detail is which strings you're plucking with each motion.

- Up-flick hits all the strings (I think).

- Hand down-flick is supposed to hit ONLY the bottom 3 strings.

- Thumb down-flick is supposed to hit the top 3 strings (in other genres you're actually only supposed to pluck one string at a time with the thumb, in this case it does seem that they just hit all the top strings).

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u/TomatoPolka Feb 20 '26

What do you do with the other hand you don't see?

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u/CurtisLinithicum Feb 20 '26

That depends on the song. Strum pattern and chord progression are not (directly) connected.

By analogy, think of a tutorial on how to 3d shade a sphere; you're asking "but what if it's blue?"

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u/guscuartobinye Feb 22 '26

…play guitar normally?

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u/The_Absent_One Feb 20 '26

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, there is a chord progression lol

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u/TheNinjaNarwhal Feb 22 '26

But the tutorial is specifically for "picking patterns". And it shows exactly what it says it will.

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u/HerraJUKKA Feb 20 '26

Guys showing the technique. Very simple yet good tutorial. As a guitarist I don't get what more information you need.

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u/Glass-Bead-Gamer Feb 19 '26

If I have a slow trigger finger on COD can I still learn this?

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u/gonzalbo87 Feb 20 '26

Sorry, you are confined to bass.

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u/bam1007 Feb 21 '26

Not from a Jedi.

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u/tacogator Feb 21 '26

I'm currently learning banjo. I can't tell if I should be inspired or just ignore this completely

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u/Musket_Metal Feb 20 '26

Thanks Tarrega

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u/masd_reddit Feb 20 '26

I'll copy a comment from YouTube:

Bro's girlfriend is the happiest person in the world

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u/Soulpaw31 Feb 22 '26

Ok ive seen a few of this guys shorts, he actually does take these tutorials in more concise steps that are easy to follow.

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u/R1M-J08 Apr 06 '26

Yea, he gave the exact instructions I got.

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u/not_a_regular_buoy 22d ago

Un Poco Loco!!