I've long wanted to add Malaguena to my repertoire, but can't find any tab beyond the simple folk riff. I find trying to learn the music from a recording too frustrating - my ear just ain't that great. So, if anyone knowns where I can find a tab of a surf music version of Malaguena, please let me know...I like the version done by The Trashmen, but just about any version would do.
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 133 La Playa, Mexico 
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 04:50 PM
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2858 Fredericksburg, Virginia 
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 05:10 PM
PM me and I'll fill you in. Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 05:26 PM
Videos with hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOSjpHT53nM (Trashmen) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuefvzv6QQw (Dawn Patrol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dBAVKqn3M (Outerwave) Also try "How to Play Malaguena" in YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkQSnLZot0 (for example) Generally not the Trashmen per se. Eat your heart out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdY0DrpTSp4 (classical, with semi-creepy comments) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gLV9u69NSI&NR=1 (or, Misirlou, if you prefer) Last edited: Jun 09, 2011 17:34:40 |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 07:22 PM
Here's my favorite Malaguena, again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVf7N8CJEA In quite a lot of it, sadly, not all, the camera shows the fingering and picking clearly. Not that that can help me get remotely close to what happens here. I'm utterly defeated by this. See below for a link to the tab book of the original composition of Malaguena. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 09, 2011 19:54:31 |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 07:46 PM
Sorry. This book for $3.95 has guitar tabs of the original composition of Malaguena. It's just what you asked for. http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/book.asp?ppn=BKHL663025& —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle 
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 07:54 PM
Noel: the Ernesto Lecuona version of Malaguena (that Charo is playing) bears little resemblance to the one WindanseaBeachBoy wants. All the versions you hear surf bands play are simply derivative of The Trashmen's fantastic but highly simplified arrangement (well, damn near composition) of the tune. I like to play one similar to everyone else but with some added notes from the Am scale, 1st position, in the first melody for a slightly more Spanish/Flamenco color. — |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 07:59 PM
LHR wrote:
Good point. Isn't it possible to just skip the unwanted stuff and use the tabs of the main themes strung together with the flamenco chords you'll get in the tablature? The surf versions I've heard could be reconstructed from the tab book, sort of cut and paste, don't you think? It would be a start anyway. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 09, 2011 20:00:23 |
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Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle
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Posted on Jun 09 2011 10:40 PM
Well, sure. I don't usually write tab but I can give you some clues to get you started. The 1st part is essentially an Emaj/Fmaj affair. You chord those and then for the melody use notes from the Amin scale, 1st position. EDIT: Matt22, who posted up there, can help you. He played a nice rendition of it a few years ago on my current band's first CD. It is really note-for-note after the Trashmen arrangement, which is the standard, like I said. —Last edited: Jun 09, 2011 22:41:18 |
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Posted on Jun 10 2011 01:05 AM
The Satan's Pilgrims version is the version I play - and my favorite. The timing might be a bit more straight forward or at least easier to learn than the other. At least to my ear, the other versions don't pack the same punch. |
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Joined: Oct 28, 2008 Posts: 671 Winnipeg, Canada 
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Posted on Jun 10 2011 06:34 AM
Is anyone aware of a backing track? —https://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=9353f9155b5ff32e14c998495fd00da4&#!/rich.derksen.7 |
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Posted on Jun 10 2011 07:12 AM
I often use a Boss RC2 looper w/ built in surf beat. Works great for recording on the fly backing tracks. |
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Posted on Jun 10 2011 10:39 AM
I made a backing track a while ago, it's full of fun. |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2858 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Jun 10 2011 08:00 PM
OK, I had my wife film me playing it. I mess it up in the middle, but that's only because I had to play it slowly...lol. I remembered it and carried on. It's pretty simple and stays in a major key, but you can do whatever with it. I just faithfully followed the Trashmen's version. Charro kicks ASS over me. Who would have known she was THAT good at guitar???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOVp3QHljBo Here's me playing it live last summer with my current band, the Coconauts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atItRvf55vY 2 1/2 years ago with LHR and the Surfside IV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuyEZBrnJOo&feature=related —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle
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Posted on Jun 10 2011 10:27 PM
Free lesson on demand, can't get any easier than that. Now your job is to learn it WindanseaBeachBoy! — |
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Posted on Jun 11 2011 07:00 AM
Entirely appropriate t-shirt; Super swell of ya to do that vid, Matt! —Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation |
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Joined: Oct 28, 2008 Posts: 671 Winnipeg, Canada
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Posted on Jun 11 2011 11:30 AM
Awesome Matt! Thanks https://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=9353f9155b5ff32e14c998495fd00da4&#!/rich.derksen.7 |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 11 2011 11:51 AM
This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Posted on Jun 11 2011 12:27 PM
Onslow_Beach wrote:
It's all about sharing the music that we love! Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Posted on Jun 11 2011 03:01 PM
Like! |
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Posted on Jun 12 2011 06:03 AM
i only know part of this tune, now i'll have to learn the rest. thanks. — |
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