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RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to turnermoran)
generally i stay away from trying to transcribe too weird a tunings, sounds like so much work and so much room for errors...
Ive never tried it so i couldn't tell you if its the best solution, ..... it would probably be helpful to find and transcribe the base chords first, probably use a software and slow it down as much as possible, do note by note...if the note feels natural to reach great, use it in the cord if not...start tuning, up or down depending where the note is (until you bring the note that you couldn't reach closer)...you will know if you got the first chord right cause every other chord should correspond with the audio without any more need to tune
that will possibly, helpfully give you a clearer indication of what is left alone and what is tuned differently....
once u got that...would be the same as transcribing anything else
its the kind of piece id just skip transcribing, i associate it with almost trying to guess a 9 digit password combination ..,..
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(even as i finished writing this and i am reading it back to myself I am still not sure it makes any sense and get you the result )....you must really like this piece
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Florian)
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how would you determine whats open in an audio of a totally unfamiliar tuning ?
You listen carefully, and you can tell... When strings ring in a particular way, you realize they are being played open. When a note is played, you can tell if it is being played on a nylon string or on a metal-wound string. The context of a passage or series of notes helps too. When a chord is impossible to finger in a way to identically replicate the sound on the audio (after many, many attempts and fingerings), it brings up a red flag.
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to rombsix)
makes sense i guess
...the context wouldn't be much help to you unless you were sure you were in the right tuning already i would think
i don't know i gave myself a headache just trying to imagine this this is like transcribing x5 ...transcribing on steroids...at least if i had an indication of what palo it was and was one of the previously done tunings ok...but just blindly trying to figure something out with no direction sounds too much work for me :-))
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RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to turnermoran)
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I'm talking about things like the tuning for Pinonate (EADGBbD).
Video is prefered. in my opinion, I think this buleria is tuned EADGAD....as per Riqueni buleria in encuentro and Paco's on Cañada tango (Low E is actually also put down to A an octave below. But left hand "grips" would be the same as Pinonate).
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to turnermoran)
Slow the recording down. Listen to the open strings - they sound brighter, thinner, sometimes sound longer (no need for performer to fret them) and can repeat more often. Find out what is the deepest bass note in the piece. Then start experimenting, trying out different possibilities and see if the material is playable.
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Ricardo)
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Video is prefered. in my opinion, I think this buleria is tuned EADGAD....as per Riqueni buleria in encuentro and Paco's on Cañada tango (Low E is actually also put down to A an octave below. But left hand "grips" would be the same as Pinonate).
So let me get this staight is Paco,s La Canada tuned EADGAD or AADGAD. Sorry if I.ve got the wrong end of what you said but this Tangos is on my list of things to play before I die and I want to get it right .
Is there any vid footageof Paco or some one else playing same ? only I haven,t found any so far.
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RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Northern Rock)
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ORIGINAL: Northern Rock
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Video is prefered. in my opinion, I think this buleria is tuned EADGAD....as per Riqueni buleria in encuentro and Paco's on Cañada tango (Low E is actually also put down to A an octave below. But left hand "grips" would be the same as Pinonate).
So let me get this staight is Paco,s La Canada tuned EADGAD or AADGAD. Sorry if I.ve got the wrong end of what you said but this Tangos is on my list of things to play before I die and I want to get it right .
Is there any vid footageof Paco or some one else playing same ? only I haven,t found any so far.
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Ricardo)
Isn't "La Cañada" tuned CADGAD?
This live version is in the Dropped D tuning (DADGBE)
But in the album version the 6th, 2nd and 1st strings are tuned down two half steps, So its tuned (CADGAD) instead of (DADGBE) And you can actually hear the open 6th string (in the album version) at 3:51 sounds like C not A
Am i mistaken?
Edit: in the album version, if there is a capo on the 3rd fret (which i think there is) the tuning might actually be AADGAD
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Issam)
Either way a tuff piece to master and not one to try with out the correct tuning. There was a very good version on you tube of a guys playing close up, knew I should have saved that . If I find it I,ll post it and we can compare our thoughts and deductions.
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RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Issam)
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ORIGINAL: Issam
Isn't "La Cañada" tuned CADGAD?
This live version is in the Dropped D tuning (DADGBE)
But in the album version the 6th, 2nd and 1st strings are tuned down two half steps, So its tuned (CADGAD) instead of (DADGBE) And you can actually hear the open 6th string (in the album version) at 3:51 sounds like C not A
Am i mistaken?
Edit: in the album version, if there is a capo on the 3rd fret (which i think there is) the tuning might actually be AADGAD
Paco is not afraid to transpose things around a bit. cañada is AADGAD as stated (see video I posted it's clear even a part make use of Bb-A pull offs on bass string not in original Siroco version). True solo Quiero Caminar uses drop D tuning, but the vid you loaded is actually just standard tuning in key of D. Same version is Carlos Saura movie. However the Luzia album version is almost the exact same with an extra falseta....but it's all in D#. But Chonchi sings, so his bro sings lower so he dropped all the falsetas down one fret but had to do away with that one nice falseta that only works nice in D#.
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Ricardo)
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Paco is not afraid to transpose things around a bit. cañada is AADGAD as stated (see video I posted it's clear even a part make use of Bb-A pull offs on bass string not in original Siroco version). True solo Quiero Caminar uses drop D tuning, but the vid you loaded is actually just standard tuning in key of D. Same version is Carlos Saura movie. However the Luzia album version is almost the exact same with an extra falseta....but it's all in D#. But Chonchi sings, so his bro sings lower so he dropped all the falsetas down one fret but had to do away with that one nice falseta that only works nice in D#.
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Ok I,ll give that ago , just give me 10 years and I,ll get back to you,but thank you again Ricardo.So many tuneings only one guitar............ sniff !!
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RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to Northern Rock)
Is there much Flamenco is open/alternate tunings aside from the ones mentioned in this thread so far?
I came across this video from the La Sonanta website and the tuning is pretty crazy F#EBF#BE
How does even a player set up their lowest string to be downloaded eg 4 semitones eg for La Cañada (eg in CADGAD)? Does it require different strings for such tunings?
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to tijeretamiel)
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Is there much Flamenco is open/alternate tunings aside from the ones
God, I hope not... Notice Myrddin said he was going to play a "bulerias" ??? Then at 5:03 in the video, the words "Mariano Conde Blanca" pop up - Is there any Truth there at all? Cheers, Dave
RE: Transcribing: how do you figure ... (in reply to turnermoran)
Myrddin does not play in weird tuning. He is weird. hahha..ok and plays in altered tuning.. however.. In a very interesting way. I only wish he would strum compas in another way. The rest is really awesome.
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this is like transcribing x5 ...transcribing on steroids...at least if i had an indication of what palo it was and was one of the previously done tunings ok...but just blindly trying to figure something out with no direction sounds too much work for me :-)) 
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