Golpe is a tap on the body of the guitar with a, p, and sometimes with e during a Flamenco piece. Flamenco guitars come with a “golpeador” (a tapping plate) to minimize the impact of the golpe and to protect the surface of the guitar.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/8conzg4czBU[/youtube]These drills walk you through various uses of golpe, first by itself, then in several combinations with the i stroke that we studied in the previous lesson.
In our next lesson, you will discover one of the oldest and most traditional forms in Flamenco music, the Soleares.