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jeffreybriggs — Bulerias for Two Guitars

Published: 2014-04-06 08:55:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 326; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 0
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Description You can hear this music here:

soundcloud.com/jeffreybriggs/b…

Composing music, like all the arts, is an intensive preoccupation requiring endless hours of work with a constant focus on myriad details, while the brain evaluates their suitability.
This is a marked-up page from a piece I wrote for two guitars. There are notes on rhythm and accents, fingering and string numbers, what frets to barre, as well as thoughts about layout and recording.
The bulerías is a 12-beat form of Spanish flamenco with ancient roots that is very different from Western music, as it is influenced by Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African traditional styles that have no currency in the corporate music market.
It has taken me decades to master this musical form. This piece is an example of my efforts.
I also like it as an unconsciously created graphic.
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Comments: 6

jeffreybriggs [2014-04-08 07:26:25 +0000 UTC]

I'll send you a synth version when I find it soon.
The bulerias, Richard, is the secret of flamenco.

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RichardLeach [2014-04-07 20:17:51 +0000 UTC]

A lot of fun to look at this - I'm sure it sounds great too.

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jeffreybriggs In reply to RichardLeach [2014-04-09 10:40:07 +0000 UTC]

Richard -

Here's a link to the synth version.
I have yet to record this for the two guitars for which it was written.

soundcloud.com/jeffreybriggs/b…

Regarditos

Jeff

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RichardLeach In reply to jeffreybriggs [2014-04-09 14:11:26 +0000 UTC]

Muchas gracias, Jeff - I really enjoyed that. Wow - the fingering required to play that on guitar!

The sheet music is in 3 for convenience, with the 12 beat count written in underneath, is that right?

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jeffreybriggs In reply to RichardLeach [2014-04-09 17:55:04 +0000 UTC]

The difficulty has made me procrastinate to record this - and it would have to be a bit slower.

You can write it in 3/4 time - actually 3/8 is more common - because 3 divides nicely into 12, so 3 beats/ measure for 4 measures is one
"compás". But the issue is the accents.

They fall on 3/6/8/10/and 12, and sometimes 7, and the chords go up on three and resolve back on 10.
Then it frequently goes 1a2 3 (456) 78 (9) 10. Plus real flamenco traditionally is not written, but improvised, so all this must be internalized.

Thanks again for your generous attention.

Jeff

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RichardLeach In reply to jeffreybriggs [2014-04-09 20:29:28 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Hence your comment about the form requiring decades to master!

You're very welcome.

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