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Conrad -> A transcription for your pleasure - Taranta! (Apr. 20 2004 5:32:37)
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Hi,
Awful quiet around here. Dig this... I have transcribed a Taranta by Isidro Sanlucar, or is it Isidro Munoz? Or are they the same person? I don't know! Perhaps it's neither!
Anyway, it is a piece that I have been itching to learn, and I finally got time to figure it, so I thought I'd share it with all. This piece can be heard in Carlos Saura's "Flamenco", played over the opening credits. I think Isidro must be one of the most gifted composers. He seems to be credited on many good albums, and it is a shame that one never hears of him. I've never even seen a picture of him.
It was annoying to transcribe, because I was taking it off of the movie, so I couldn't be in front of my computer punching the notation in. I tried my best to represent what I had pencilled earlier. I am very confident that the notes are correct, and the rhythm turned out passable on playback. However, keep in mind that it is a free form piece, and Isidro takes many liberties with the rhythm. Some of my notation may not be classically proper, but the music IS aurally correct. Part of it is that I got lazy trying to figure out how to fix note groupings and rests, and part that I have never transcribed a free form piece before.
One problem, for example, was that Isidro alters the tempo sometimes, and in one instance, you will see that what sounds like eighth note triplets, I wrote in 16th notes in order to accomodate the perceived change in tempo.
Don't worry though. It's COOL. Check it out! :)
-conrad
p.s. Please tell me of any problems or errors.
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