Marlon Cole: Interests: Music: flamenco - technical

 Flamenco guitar music in MIDI format:
Technical information


    The pieces were transcribed mainly to judge
the potential of using MIDI to assist my playing and learning
(especially by slowing down passages!).

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).

    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.

"golpe" or finger tapping that you would usually expect in
flamenco
isn't featured heavily because I couldn't find a sound on the DS-330 that
gave a good representation of it.
In the songs where it is featured it's recorded as a separate track and channel
so that you can mute it if not to your liking.  A woodblock sound seems the
nearest approximation.

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.



 Marlon Cole
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