Hello Everybody,

Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of Rafael Marin's Flamenco Guitar Method? It would be nice to translate Mr. Marin's work into English, digitize it and make it available in Spanish/English, for free, on the web. I have a translator, I just need a copy Mr. Marin's book. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,

Dan

I bought a photo copy from the spanish library about 20 years ago , but to have guitar pro one could have audio for the method . The tabs are slightly odd as to todays . David .

Dan , I am new to this forum and do not know how to give you my email . david in nz .

Hola Amigos

OK everyone is going to hate me here but.......

If it was Miguel de Cervantes this could not be done without prior permission and money being paid.

My question is should our work be available for free or should people have to pay for our labour?

Saludos cordiales

Tomás

Dan , It looks like that there was a special reprint in 1995 , but out of print for quite awhile . David nz .

Tomas,

Nobody hates you for what you think and you are quite correct, artists should be paid for their labor. With regards to Mr. Marin's work, it's of public domain. Even though companies like amazon offer a service where they will digitize an out-of-print work and sell it through their website for a commission, authors and publishers alike aren't using it. I tried to obtain a copy of Mr. Marin's work through traditional means and ran into a road block at every turn: contacted Editions La Posada, no response; The Spanish National Library, no response; The esteemed scholar Dr. Rioja through the Arte Pulsado forum, no response. The aforementioned were communicated to in Spanish. Furthermore a copy of Aires Andaluces, without the metodo, was found through the IGRA (International Guitar Research Archive). Originally it was supposed to be copied to a CD but after I paid the IGRA $66.00 I was told that they couldn't do a CD at this time and instead was sent a scanned copy of horrible quality. The original post is over a year old and wasn't done in vain as a member of this forum has graciously sent me a copy, ironically obtained from the Spanish National Library some years ago. We are at a point in time where traditional venues are to slow and stuck in the past. So we are going forward without them.

Dan

Hello Everybody,

A copy of Metodo de Guitarra has been obtained and work has commenced. It's going to be a 3 stage process: 1. Edit the scans. 2. Translate into English. 3. Convert to PDF format. Actually it's going to be bilingual, the English translations will be in an appendix at the end of the book. Included with this post is a preview of page 4. Why page 4? Page 4 has examples of various exercises. Of particular interest is ex. 71 & 72, 5 & 6 note tremolos respectively. Though the Metodo was published in 1902 it seems that by that time flamenco guitar technique was already quite developed. Enjoy!

Dan

hi

i have a classical guitar blog. http://www.classclef.com which provides FREE sheet music, pdf, midi and guitar pro files.
I have the book, original version in pdf. It was sent to me from david s from new zealand. I will be putting EVERYTHING online. including sheet music (pdf), guitar pro, and midi.

I plan to complete the book in less than a month. It is a very old book, a lot notation are no longer in use. It will be somewhat challenging to tab this but i have put 5 pieces so far.

1) Siguirillas Pequenas
2) Guajiras
3) Los Tientos
4) Tango
5) Segunda Parte

here's the link of all Rafael Marin's pieces from the book.

http://www.classclef.com/category/genre ... fael-marin

christian
http://www.classclef.com

Hi, I have added all Rafael Marin's score at Rafael Marin's archive at http://www.classclef.com
http://www.classclef.com/category/genre ... fael-marin

Heres the entire song list from the book. Método de guitarra, Aires Andaluces
Took me 2 weeks to fully tab out the 68 pieces from the book so I hope you enjoy this : )

Flamenco Facil- Music y cifra
-Granadinas
-Tango
-Guajiras
-Alegria
-Soleares
-Siguirillas Pequenas

Flamenco mas dificil- Piezas de concierto
-Malaguenas
-Guajiras
-Alegrias in E major
-Los Tientos
-Soleares
-Siguirillas Gitanas
-Tango 1
-Tango 2
-Tango 3

Acompanamiento de Algunos Bailes
-Sevillanas
-Manchegas
-Bailete Ingles
-Vito
-Peternera
-Bolero Robado
-Solea de Arcas
-Panaderos

Acompanamiento de Algunos Cantes
-Granadina
-Malaguena
-Fandango
-Tango Tientos
-Soleares
-Peternera
-Sevillanas
-Serranas
-Cana Del Fillo
-Polo Del Fillo
-Cana De Curro Paula

Ejercicio
-Ejercicio 1
-Ejercicio 2
-Ejercicio 3
-Ejercicio 4
-Ejercicio 5
-Ejercicio 6
-Ejercicio 7
-Ejercicio 8
-Ejercicio 9
-Ejercicio 10
-Ejercicio 11
-Ejercicio 12
-Ejercicio 13
-Ejercicio 14

Leccion
-Leccion 01
-Leccion 02
-Leccion 03
-Leccion 04
-Leccion 05
-Leccion 06
-Leccion 07
-Leccion 08
-Leccion 09
-Leccion 10
-Leccion 11
-Leccion 12
-Leccion 13
-Leccion 14
-Leccion 15
-Leccion 16
-Leccion 17
-Leccion 18
-Leccion 19
-Leccion 20
-Leccion 21
-Leccion 22
-Leccion 23
-Leccion 24
-Leccion 25

for the pdf version of this book. visit sal bonavita website
http://www.nylonguitarist.com/rafael_ma ... ethod.html

I don't know much about Spanish copyright law, but it seems that a method published 110 years ago would no longer be subject to copyright protection.

Entering all those pieces into Guitar Pro would have been a big project. Thanks to Christian for doing that.

Guitar Pro won't open 'Leccion 13 by Rafael Marin.gpx'. It opens the other files, but something must be wrong with that one. Christian, will you check to see if the posted file is different than your original?

Is someone working on an English translation of the text?

Fernandez