Marlon Cole: Interests: Music: flamenco 

 Flamenco guitar music in MIDI format.


    I've been trying to learn a bit of flamenco guitar over the past few
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.

At the time I was unable to find 
any flamenco music transcribed in MIDI on the network,
so hopefully these pieces may fill a small gap.  
Technical details about
how the pieces were transcribed, equipment used, etc. are available.

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.

Note that the files are described here in an approximate order of complexity.

Simply select the MIDI file you're interested in, and the file should be
transferred to you:




  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!
  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.
  farruca.mid : 

"Farruca".  The longest piece?
               Cejilla at 2nd fret.
               Note this piece has varying tempo, and will undoubtedly sound
               awful if your sequencer or playing device can't handle tempo
               variations.
               "Golpe" featured on a separate track and channel (so can be
               muted if required).  I've used a woodblock sound as the nearest
               approximation.
  zapatead.mid : 
 "Zapateado para bailar".  Zapateado literally means "tapped
               with the shoe", but is also the name of a specific dance
               played to the rhythm of the Tanguillo in 6/8 time.
               Cejilla at 2nd fret.
               Note this piece also contains tempo variations.
  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 "rasqueado"
               (doesn't sound too convincing on my equipment - I hope yours
               is better).
               NB. 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.




 Marlon Cole
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