Pepe Habichuela - Yerbaguena, Volume 2 by Pepe Habichuela. Edited by
Enrique Vargas. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. The Great Flamenco
Guitars of Today Library. Flamenco. Intermediate. Book. 286 pages.
ISBN 9790801224286. Flamenco. 8.25x11.5 inches.
At last, the long-awaited transcription of the historic CD Yerbaguena by
Pepe Habichuela has been released as an addition to maestro Enrique
Vargas' "Great Flamenco Guitars of Today Library". This two-volume
edition, as all others within this Library, carries a hand-written
exclusive authorization by the author of the music. Yerbaguena is
considered historic for the following reasons: one, it is the first
album that fuses Gypsy flamenco with the music of India, the homeland of
the Roma (Gypsies). The ease with which Habichuela's guitar blends with
the colorful Indian melodies of the Bollywood Strings, full of
microtones and oriental embellishments is truly astonishing. Two, this
work is a fruit of the combined effort of four different members of this
outstanding flamenco fam-ily, the Carmona: maestro Pepe Habichuela; his
son Josemi, himself a great guitarist, composer, arranger and producer;
Juan Carmona, guitar virtuoso and also a great composer; and, last but
not least, Antonio Carmona, an extraordinary percussionist. The music on
Yerbaguena exudes the joy of living, pure and sincere as the ancestral
wisdom of the Gypsy, who, through the thousands of years and miles
preserved their soul and their art. The transcription of "Yerbaguena"
was complicated by the abundance of Indian instruments, two and
sometimes three guitar tracks, singing, etc.. Surprisingly, maestro
Vargas not only transcribed all the guitar tracks, but also arranged the
most important parts played by the Bollywood Strings, the oud and the
mandola for the second guitar. As a result, this work offers flamenco
material for solo guitar as well as duos and trios. No need to say,
flamenco pieces for more that one guitar have been virtually
non-existent on the chart market. It should be added that all the tunes
from Yerbaguena are perfectly playable on a solo guitar. As in all of
his books, Enrique Vargas offers detailed explanations on the forms
included on Yerbaguena, foot marking, tonalities, the basics of the
harmonic and melodic language of each form as well as the analysis of
the most difficult compas, falsetas and technical aspects of the
artist's style. This turns each book into a mini-manuel of flamenco in
general and the personal style of each guitarist in particular.
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