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Miguel de Maria -> Cynthia by Tonino (Nov. 13 2003 21:47:21)
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Guys, I've been transcribing "Cynthia" from Tonino's (Tonino is the soloist for the Gipsy Kings) solo album. This is a smooth rumba, pretty far away from flamenco--although to me, Tonino's lines always sound flamenco. Anyway, I know a lot of people think the GK's are simplistic and dumbed-down flamenco, but this cut is not that simple! It has two themes which repeat a couple of times, a bridge right after the first theme, a long solo with 23 changes--and then there's Tonino's playing, which is a bit hard to decipher unless you have a slowdown machine (which I do, thankfully). Just for kicks, I wanted to show everyone the chord progression (thanks to jerzy for help with the solo):
main theme |: C E Am D D/B Em : |
bridge Am Em Am Em C D C D B7
second theme C C/B Am D D/C Bm E Am C B7
repeat main theme |: C E Am D D/B Em :|
solo C B7 Dm7 E7 Am7 D7 G C Am7 Bm7
B A G F# B F# B Em D C Bm Am B7
repeat second theme C C/B Am D D/C Bm E Am C B7
repeat main theme |: C E Am D D/B Em :|
fade out
A lot of changes, huh? It's not rocket science but it sure isn't a 3 chorder...
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