quote:

Too bad the video is so dark and fuzzy, I can't even make out his fingers.

quote:

and that funny tremolo above the sound hole at the end of Video 1 . uses the nails going in both directions ....? yes?

quote:

Here is an example after adjustment.

quote:

Does anybody know what guitar that is Rafa is playing?
I can't place that jagged looking headstock.
Sure sounds great but this is probably more Rafa than guitar.

quote:

If you can see what he is doing, great.
I can't see his fingers or frets on the guitar in the original video.
Maybe it looks different on your monitor.
Let us know when you have the tab done

quote:

ORIGINAL: rombsix

quote:

If you can see what he is doing, great.
I can't see his fingers or frets on the guitar in the original video.
Maybe it looks different on your monitor.
Let us know when you have the tab done

Dude, his idea is not to have created a studio-level production with that video. You can make out from that low-quality video what is needed to pick up the piece by ear. You listen, then you see the general area of where his left hand is on the fret board, and you amalgamate those two pieces of data to synthesize the farruca. After you've played flamenco for a while, you will realize that a great number of left hand positions gets repeated, and you learn the language of each composer (Vicente, Paco, etc.) which makes picking stuff up much easier. Often you don't need the video, and just by listening to strings that ring (thus they are open strings) and the tone (nylon-sounding versus bass-sounding) will help you know where each note is being played. At times there might be multiple fingerings that work, and if you want to clinch it exactly as the composer intended, then a video will seal the deal.

Of course if all of the above makes no sense, then a transcription is the way to go.

quote:

I thought maybe it could be a Sanchis but the rosette and head really don't match but I agree the sound does. I found a really old post from Ricardo and is with somebody playing what Ricardo calls a Sanchis Rafael Cortes model which does look like the same guitar Rafa is playing. Not sure how it compares to a 1F Extra, probably a good 1F would sound similar.

quote:

Ramzi,

I agree with what you are saying. My teacher is very good at listening to flamenco and figuring out the notes and chords and is familiar with how different players play things.
Me, I know very little mostly I play by looking at tab and memory.
What maybe what you didn't understand is when I watch the video on my screen at work or on my Mac Book its so dark I can't even see his fingers or what fret the they are on.
I found that when watching on my computer monitor at home which is newer and has LED backlight I can see it much better.
Last night I struggled through the first few bars but did figure it out. As you said looking at his fingers doesn't tell you what notes are being played. Its hard to know if a finger is pressing a string or just in the air. I use a program called Transcribe which you can slow down and loop the music and it also has a spectrum that can give an idea of what notes are being played which is really helpful for me. It will probably take me few more weeks to figure out the whole thing. I should just buy the tab but I am too cheap and this is probably good experience even though its tedious and time consuming.

quote:

The bit about the cat liking the chord is awesome. Towards the end, the cat got up to start the baile solo, but Juan cut the feline off.

quote:

Lol now when you say it, it looks like the cat perceives the chord 0:17 as a llamada and takes command of the stage by circling the stage(amplifier)in a graceful fashion with the tail high over his/her head:-D

quote:

was wondering if I was doing the technique correctly for a part in this farruca by Cortes

I am doing i m i then iup... Repeat....