rasgueo

noun

1. A strumming technique associated with flamenco guitar playing; rasgueado.

   uncountable

   The prominent rhythm is ♩♫♩, with the first note receiving stress through an agogic or dynamic accent, by being arpeggiated rapidly, or with an upward movement of the rasgueo.

2. A passage within a song featuring guitar played with the technique.

   countable, uncountable

   On a larger structural level, there are semi-independent musical units or blocks, which, when placed within a compás and assembled, create a piece. These components include rasgueos (here I refer to the structural unit, which is comprised of the technique mentioned above), falsetas, llamadas (Eng. call), cierres and remates.

Where it comes from

From Andalusian Spanish rasgueo, regional form of rasgueado, from the verb rasguear (“strum”). Attested in English from the 20th century (see quotations below).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rasgueo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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