Question for Hotnuts

[Beumont_suite]

I was just perusing Weeds classical guitar tab site and came across a transcription for Aguado's Rondo in A minor transcribed by you. I need to know if you transcribed it from a printed score into tablature or just somehow figured it out on your own (if that's possible). Do you feel your transcription is somewhat accurate as tabbed music goes in relation to the printed score?
Please respond.

thanks

[Pepe Vergara]

I observed in NAMM a series of softwares that can create the sheet music from a midi phase where an instrument can be connected. To create a tab from a piece of music there are softwares already out there. However, some people do it by ear.

[a333a]

I'm 99% sure he did it with the score. He asked for it in other forum .


Actually in this: http://www.classicalguitar.nl/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=5921

[Beumont_suite]

Thanks for the link! I've had a lot of difficulty finding the score for this anywhere, but was able to grab it off of his earlier post. By looking at the score and hotnuts' tabbed version it looks like it's a direct translation. What a wonderful way to start the day.

[Jonny Hotnuts]

I tabbed it directly from "Aguado Trois rondo brillants". I used to the best of my ability the video of Bream playing this song as a basic guide for positioning so feel that for the most part it is fairly accurate to the way Bream plays the song. I did make some subtle changes that I felt worked better (Bream had a phrase that changed from 2nd pos to 1st and back to 2nd in a matter of a few bars, I was able to transcribe the phrase to 2nd position only without adversely affecting tone (IMHO helped) and made fingering considerably easier.
I have often wondered what Bream would have thought of my fingering change.

I do have software that will allow for the importing of MIDI files but can assure anyone that it is very obvious if it is a midi import because they are wrecks and are completely unplayable. I spend a great deal of time on my transcriptions and while there are always different ways to "skin the cat" I feel they are built on a logical platform that holds true to the composer’s intent while making the praising as easy as can be.

The version that is on the weed index now is my 3rd revision. I have sense updated my own file that has further worked out some minor bugs. If you want the updated file let me know and I will mail it or the original .pfd score.

I hope you learn this song Beumont......
I am about 1/2 way done memorizing it and it is a monster at tempo but what a song!!! The Rondo is by far the most difficult undertaking I have encountered.

I should be getting in the studio in a week or so and hope that I will be able to record the Rondo at this time but I still have a few kinks to work out of Sevilla so I am concentrating on that.

[Beumont_suite]

In two weeks i will be undertaking what will most likely be the toughest musical journey of my life. I hope my abilities can measure up. The only parts i'm worried about are of course those maniacal speed runs that are peppered throughout. Taking them slow at first will ease the pain. Thanks for making this available, as I tried to no avail to order the score quite some time ago, and couldn't find it anywhere on the net either.

[Jonny Hotnuts]

If in your journey find a way to approach a phrase that you find better (sounding better, holding more true to the composer or easier without hurting the song) please let me know, I want to make sure no one is wasting their time when there is a better way to do things that I may of overlooked.

Also do you have the video of Bream playing the song?

-JH

[Beumont_suite]

I do have the video of Bream playing this. It's evident in his mannerisms and his face that it's a difficult piece. I was looking over the music last night, reading along to the recording, and apart from a few tricky spots the piece is pretty straight forward. I will of course have to learn everything very slowly and build up speed after that.