What is the name of what I like???

[phamus1]

Hi, I've played steel string guitar for several years and have always been tempted to try my hand at nylon every time I hear a certain style. It's that "Latin-sounding" style that you often hear in movies like "Desperado" (the one with Antonio Banderas) and also in the recent "Kill Bill". It's not as percussive and lively as flamenco can be but rather is expressive in a drawled-out moody kind of way. Not something you would dance to like Bossa Nova, but something you hear in the background of a showdown at high-noon type thing. Is there a specific name for this? And if I were to buy a guitar to learn this "style" should I look towards a classical or flamenco?

[keith]

i bet there is a cd of the music from each movie--listen to the cd and find the tune and then look for the sheet music.

ah a steel string player converting to nylon. well from the dark side :twisted: of the force.

[NGiorgio]

I don't think there is a specific name for the music which you describe. Many well known guitarists have done background/soundtrack music for films and TV movies over the years. Most of it is done fingerstyle but occasionally some studio/session guitarists will use a pick on a nylon string guitar.

As for a guitar to use, either a classical or a flamenco would work but a cross-over type instrument with a narrower than normal neck width at the nut, will be easier for you as a steel string player, to handle.

Check out the Cordoba CWE-S and the Alhambra 7FC on this site. They both have narrow necks as well as electronic's. There are many others including much pricier instruments such as the Hill Guitar Company's new Classical Crossover model which is a basic Classical guitar with a cutaway and a 48mm nut.

Hope this helps you. Good luck.

[keith]

:twisted: for me for not proof reading. should have said: welcome from the dark side of the force.

ngiorgio makes a good point--if you are staying in the underworld of steel, a crossover guitar would be the ticket. check out the ramirez crossover--i hear they are great.

now, as to those steel strings :twisted: anyone can strum the tunes of the day, but if you really want to impress the babes (or boys--whatever the case may be) ditch the steel, embrace nylon, and learn really cool tunes such as leyenda, alhambra (jonny hotnuts will testify to this one) or any flamenco piece (sabicas/paco/sanlucar, etc.). any of the above truly babe magnet 8) tunes (or boy magnet).

have fun. but do check out the cd--never know what is there or what direction it may take you.

[Olly]

Wow, that is really weird...

I was going to ask a really similar question, because i have recently watched Once Upon a Time In Mecixo, and i find the spanish music in this film is beta than the music in Desperado...

Haven't seen Kill Bill yet, but I am going to soon...

Anyway, are their any sites that offer sheet music for free???

Olly

[nikpearson]

As a a fairly recent convert from the dark side of the force(!) I'd discourage you from looking at crossover guitars. Classic & flamenco guitar have wide fingerboards for a reason, they make these complex styles a little easier. A narrower neck will bring its own problems. It doesn't take more than a few weeks to adjust to the wider neck and you can happily go back and forth between steel & nylon string guitars without to much fuss. My fingerstyle steel string playing has improved to boot.

You can always pick up a cheapish classical guitar to see if it takes your fancy.

[keith]

nikpearson: you may be correct in your assessment. since i prefer the babe magnet 52-54mm nut nylon guitars (oops, i better be p.c. here and say: person magnet) i suspect if i tried to cross over (not that there is anything wrong with that....as jerry seinfeld would say) it would get confusing trying to play different nut widths. might make me a little nutty i would say :P . but i suspect many have done it.

now, what is really truly sickening: there are books of classical pieces that are geared for: sit down folks, this is scary: people who use picks. :twisted: :twisted: is nothing sacred?

[Jonny Hotnuts]

I have been playing guitar for a while now. But only classical for a short time (7 months now).

It was not until I discovered where to look that opened my world to an entire new universe of music.

I until then had no idea that this sort of thing was out there.

I think every player should be well rounded in there styles and take what they learn from other styles and apply that knowledge to their own music and personalities.
So if you don’t sell your soul to classical, learn a few good songs. Last weekend at a local music store, I was finding myself playing "Bouree (double) from Partita No 1 for Solo Violin BWV 1002" on an Ibanez electric and pulling it off.

Now that will impress the ladies!!!!!!!!


You should open your eyes to what is hidden.

Type "Andres Segovia" in a Kazaa search and get a feel for what can be done with a six string.

[keith]

bach on electric! totally cool dude 8) makes me want to grab the conde and play dick dale surfin tunes. after seeing snow :twisted: yesterday here in boston, anything california would be great. dick dale on a conde, wearing a hawaiian shirt in november-- that has to be a magnet. what do you say there jonny?

[Sandra]

IMDb soundtrack listings for "Desperado" (http://imdb.com/title/tt0112851/soundtrack)

:D