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Hi all, Does anyone have the tab for this Sabicas's bulerias ?
The name is La Zarzamora ( Bulerias )
Man, this is so straight forward - I think. It's mostly a bass note with a picado run here and there, and I think if you slow it down using VLC or the likes, you can pick it up by ear. I'm confident I can come up with something very close for you, if you're interested. Only setback is I am busy with studies and won't be TOUCHING the guitar until the end of July. If you can wait, I'll try to help out.
I've made an MP3 of this from the video. The video's audio was slightly sharp, so I adjusted the pitch to normal concert pitch. The tune is played with a capo on the first fret. I slowed it down while maintaining pitch and quality as much as possible. It is running at 60% the original speed now. I am going to fiddle around with this and try to make a video. It is really quite easy if you want to just come up with the melody. If you want to get all the bass notes right and whatnot, it will take a bit more time.
I am going to try to get it as accurately as I can, but if anyone is interested in transcribing it too, go right ahead.
guess you'll have to save a few bucks to buy something more interesting than this old school sabicas bulerias, really, its not worth it....
For your information this is not an "old school bulerias." Sabicas is actually playing the melody of "La Zarzamora" on the guitar in bulerias compas. Here is a clip of "La Zarzamora" being sung by Lola Flores.
Incidentally, though she is singing here, Lola Flores was one the greatest bailaoras of all time. Here is a clip of her from the Saura film "Sevillanas," shot when she was older. On video you lose a lot of fluidity that you can capture on film, but even so, anyone can see what a fine dancer she was. Just watch her hands. Everything she does shows the essence of the female baile – hands, fingers, arms, torso, with minimal footwork.
Alright, so the whole buleria is very similar to this style of material. If you just want to pick up the pure falseta bits without the rhythmic bits like in the beginning of this video, it's quite straightforward really. There is a bit of pulgar work about 80% into the track - that is a bit tricky, but also quite workable if you slow it down. Considering that this is available through Faucher, I'm going to go work on some other stuff now that is not available anywhere. I hope this gets you started on the road to figuring this out though.
I really appreciate your time and effort that surely took to transcribe this flamenco piece. This video has been very helpful. Rombsix thanks a lotttttt
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