Paco de Luci partituras La Fabulosa Guitarra de Paco de Lucia Primer volumen ae ia colecclén oficial de transeripeiones dela obra de Paso de Lucia,TTESULEEEEEE EE EEE EEE EEE DEEDES DOD ELE LUE Uke bee bbeES Prélogo Explicacién de simbolos Consejos utiles Foreword Symbols Some useful advices Prologue... : Explication des symboles Conseils utiles Barrio la Vita De madrugé Farruca de Lucia impetu Jerezana Llanto-a CAdiz Punta del Faro Punta Umbria Indice . INDICE 133 -13 7 19 2 25 27 29 33 47 61 15 93 Mt 121 141 153GUEEELUEEE REL EERE EEE EEE EDS IIDISISSSDDVEEEVIIIVIVEGTT FOREWORD When Juan Estrada, (manager of «DE LUCIA GESTION, S..», and a good friend), proposed me to transcribe Paco de Lucfa's music, I felt an extraordinary emotion. It was a blend of happiness, fear, joy, inability... I just didn’t know what to say; I had transcribed already Gerardo Nufiez music, (oops!), but this time was the Guitar Master himselfl, It was quite a responsability! Where will I begin? Which themes will be chosen?... I did not hesitate, my inmediate answer was YES. . Ramén de Algeciras, great guitarist too, and Paco's brother, encouraged me and recommen- ded to do it in chronological order, and so, this first book was born, (first from a serie of books containing the best music pages of this unique artist), In the history of flamenco music, Paco de Lucia means a point of no return. There is a «be- fore» and an «after» him. He brought the harmonization to the flamenco guitar, which have had a huge influence in all the flamenco world, because its musical forms began to change due to this «harmonical» enrichment; even singing melodies were modified and extended!!. He also improved the guitar technique in an astonishing way, and his «finding» of the Peruvian per- cussion instrument, the cajon, have affirmed a lot the flamenco rhythmic basis. All these, (and more!), are still having a great influence on all the flamenco expressions, dancing, singing, and of course, guitar playing, But that was not all, Paco de Lucia has been the «ambassador» of the flamenco guitar all cover the world. He opened doors to a lot of artists who began to get known because of him. Pe- ople interest for flamenco guitar grew up with him, and musicians from other cultures were «fascinated» by his «magic», and tried to blend flamenco soundings with their own musical ro- ots, (jazz, salsa, bossa—nova, and so on). Thave always been a fan of Paco, the Master from Algeciras, but now, after I have written his music «note by note», I realized he is much more. With this «much more», I am trying to say there is something special that only musicians can share, I’m sure you will get the same fe- ling after reading and playing any of these pieces. Thave not tried to transcribe the «magic» of this guitar sorcerer to the stave (impossible!), I have only tried to share with you a little bit of the great work of Paco de Lucia, a guitarist for guitarists Thank you, Paco. JoRoE BERGES, MARCH, ‘C2