A short lesson in C major for holding a bass note while the melody continues. This independence prepares you directly for Tárrega's separate voices. Play the 24 bars once, without repeats. The app's practice tempo is 48 quarter notes per minute.
Skills to prepare
- Melody and sustained bass notes
Before learning the piece
- App checkpoint: play eight even p-i pairs on two open strings, three times without tension. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: bring out a treble note above a softer bass, five times in a row. Practise this skill.
These checkpoints belong to our learning path. They do not set a deadline for your progress.
Tablature and fingerings
The six lines represent the strings, with high E at the top. Numbers show frets; 0 means an open string. The letters p, i, m and a indicate right-hand fingers.
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Your phrase-by-phrase plan
Work on a short passage. Aim for five clean attempts in a row, then connect two phrases. Bar numbers follow our transcription, including a separately numbered pickup where applicable.
Phrase 1 · bars 1–2
Keep the melody just as clear when it moves from string 4 to string 3.
Phrase 2 · bars 3–4
Let the last note of each pattern finish before the next one.
Phrase 3 · bars 5–6
In bar 5, hold the bass at fret 3 on string 5 for the whole bar.
Phrase 4 · bars 7–8
Bring out the melody above the bass in bars 7–8.
Phrase 5 · bars 9–10
Keep the melody even through the four G attacks in bar 9.
Phrase 6 · bars 11–12
Keep the same tone when the melody reaches string 2 in bar 12.
Phrase 7 · bars 13–14
In bar 14, let the open bass ring under the three melody notes.
Phrase 8 · bars 15–16
Keep the bass notes in bars 15–16 sounding until the end of their bar.
Phrase 9 · bars 17–18
In bar 18, hold F at fret 3 on string 4 under the high D.
Phrase 10 · bars 19–20
In bar 20, hold E at fret 2 on string 4 under the high C.
Phrase 11 · bars 21–22
In bar 22, hold F at fret 3 on string 4 as the low bass enters.
Phrase 12 · bars 23–24
Let the three final notes sound together until the rest.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
Before the study, review finger tone production; this general video does not teach Aguado's lesson.
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Sources and transcription choices
- Boije 18, Schonenberger, plate S.1329, p. 19 (PDF 20); public domain
- Musik- och teaterbiblioteket — Boije catalogue: Aguado, Nuevo método, shelfmark 18
The notes follow the credited sources. Fingerings, phrase divisions and practice tempos are editorial learning choices. How our transcriptions work.