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- Flamenco guitar music in MIDI format.
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- I've been trying to learn a bit of flamenco guitar over the past couple
- of years, and more often than not find passages too fast for my simple
- abilities - the potential of using MIDI to assist my playing and learning
- (especially by slowing down passages) struck me as being worth investigating.
- Also, I've not found any flamenco music transcribed in MIDI on the network,
- so hopefully these pieces may fill a small gap. It would also allow me to
- test the acoustic guitar sound of my BOSS DS-330 sound module (the verdict is
- that it's quite good, the main problem being solo notes that would be played
- on the bottom 2 strings sound more like a harp than a guitar: see what mileage
- you get with your own setup).
- I must stress that the pieces I have transcribed are not ones of the
- technical excellence you would hear in a virtuoso performance of flamenco
- guitar, though I hope you'll enjoy them all the same.
- The files are in MIDI format #1, as a single track (an initial program
- change may be present with some of them) and, except where indicated, at the
- same tempo throughout. All the pieces were recorded as played with strings
- "open", though, where indicated, the piece would often be played with a
- "cejilla" or "capo" across the strings, either at the second or third fret:
- to achieve the effect you would need to shift the pitch of your sound source
- up 2 or 3 half-tones respectively.
- The files are described here in an approximate order of complexity - I
- didn't record any "golpe" or finger tapping that you would usually expect in
- flamenco because I couldn't find a sound on the DS-330 that approximated it.
- The typical flamenco "rasqueo" or strumming comes across surprisingly well on
- the DS-330, but may be affected by a lack of polyphony on other sound sources.
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- malagn_1.mid : A very, very simple example of "Malaguena" used as an early
- learning exercise (about 10 bars of music): it would be played
- by beginners at about 1/4 speed!
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- solear_1.mid : A simple example of the solemn "Soleares" - a first complete
- piece, which even I can play at full speed......
- Cejilla at 2nd fret, so shift your sound source up 2 half-tones.
-
- sevilana.mid : "Sevillanas" are lively, repetitive yet tuneful songs that would
- typically be accompanied by dancing and/or singing. This piece
- comprises 3 Sevillanas.
- Cejilla at 3rd fret, so shift your sound source up 3 half-tones.
-
- malagens.mid : "Malaguenas" - what the first exercise turns into when
- developed further!
- Cejilla at 3rd fret.
- The first few bars of this consist totally of fast strumming
- (doesn't sound too convincing on my equipment - I hope yours
- is better).
- Note this piece has varying tempo, and will undoubtedly sound
- awful if your sequencer or playing device can't handle tempo
- variations.
-
- alegrias.mid : "Alegrias en mi" - Alegrias in the key of E major.
- I particularly like the gentler feel of this piece as it dances
- along merrily - I just wish I could play it properly on the
- guitar (it may well appear a relatively simple piece, but,
- believe me it isn't!).
- Cejilla at 2nd fret.
-
- Enjoy!
- Marlon
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- Marlon Cole Email: Marlon.Cole@nott.ac.uk
- Systems Programmer
- Cripps Computing Centre
- University of Nottingham, ENGLAND.
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