How to Play the Castanets in Flamenco Dancing: Part 1

Video Transcript

"Hi! Thank you for visiting expertvillage.com, my name is Yvette Parrish. When you’re using the castanets it’s a little bit of a secret for your audience so you don’t want to play them where they can see them. You’re hiding them just a little bit so it’s the mysteria of it, it’s the romance of it so you’re not obvious just…that doesn’t look good does it? So you want to hide them a little bit, have the flamenco posture and what we do to practice on your right hand you start with your pinky. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, when I do five I’m doing the two middle fingers of my left hand, remember this is your heartbeat. Right hand pinky first 1, I’m just showing this to you but the audience is not suppose to see this 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. "