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RE: Curro Malena Bulerias (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)
I've been trying to find it on the file tag info, but i cant find it, if i run into it, ill post back. How on earth did you transcribe this so quick!! Your website is a goldmine.
It just takes a well trained ear, after having transcribed so much stuff, it becomes very easy. I'd recommend it to any guitarist, you learn lots of stuff when transcribing.
you don't need to know much if you concentrate on the tab part, it's enough if you only know the rhythm, then the rest is about finding the correct notes, positions, listening to open strings to figure out capo positions and alternate tunings...it becomes second nature :)
RE: Curro Malena Bulerias (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)
What do i memorize, like keys and notes, how do i remember what a note sounds like, do i approach it like, say memorizing multiplication tables? I've tried asking this at several music stores, you know the guys that fine tune your guitar in exactly 15 seconds but all I get is 'you get used to it'. Also, not criticizing you but what kind of benefits have you gotten from transcribing like can you hear something and play it instantly?
I grew up listening to a lot of non western classical music because my parents are indian so I can pick up a rhythm in seconds and flamenco rhythms are not as complex as classical indian ones but boy I wish I could hear something and play it or at the least tune my guitar without a freaking app on my phone, its embarrassing.
Also, how much do you charge for a full transcription? I wanted Habichuela's Remate, Solea por Buleria.
As you say, you hear something and can play it almost instantly. Huge benefit. Also after having gone through so much material, it's very helpful when I hear something playing in my head, and can write it down. It's great when you want to compose something.
"You get used to it" is not nice, but true. As a guitar player, you should recognize the simple chords easily, E, Am, etc. I know little about fine tuning, but when transcribing, you don't think of notes, rather you're thinking about positions and how anything can be actually played. You figure out the tuning and capo position by listening for open strings (they sound distinctively different to fretted notes), and figure out chords by listening to the lowest and highest notes. It's important to hear the order of the notes in a chord, so you can spot unorthodox positions and so on...
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