This lovely guitar study by Spanish composer Francisco
Tárrega (1852-1909) is actually not very difficult to
play. As far as right hand technique is concerned, it's
very similar to the famous solo guitar piece called
“Spanish Romance” (Anonymous). When it comes to
left hand technique, there are only a few more or less
tricky position changes, that make it a bit difficult
to play the melody legato, which means, in a smooth and
even style without any noticeable break between the
notes, but th...(+)
This lovely guitar study by Spanish composer Francisco
Tárrega (1852-1909) is actually not very difficult to
play. As far as right hand technique is concerned, it's
very similar to the famous solo guitar piece called
“Spanish Romance” (Anonymous). When it comes to
left hand technique, there are only a few more or less
tricky position changes, that make it a bit difficult
to play the melody legato, which means, in a smooth and
even style without any noticeable break between the
notes, but they can be mastered by using beneficial
fingerings. The most challenging position change would
be from D7 (bar 11) to G (bar 12). I decided to use a
rather unconventional fingering. To those who are
looking for an easy solution that helps to play this
passage really nicely, I recommend to skip the last two
accompaniment notes of measure 11 (d and c, printed in
brackets). After all, I think it's better to simplify a
phrase to make it sound beautiful when performing a
piece, than to stumble playing all the original notes.
By the way, I felt free to add a little variation at
the end of the piece and I hope you enjoy my
interpretation!
