Arpeggios followed by repeated notes prepare you to keep Tárrega's melody even. Play bars 1–8 once; the repeat covers 9–24. The app's practice tempo is 56 quarter notes per minute; the source says Moderato con espressivo.
Skills to prepare
- Arpeggios and repeated notes
- m-a alternation
- Sustained bass notes
Before learning the piece
- App checkpoint: hold a bass note through a three-note arpeggio five times in a row without cutting it short. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: alternate m-a eight times on one string, in three even, relaxed attempts. 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 five repeated treble notes as even as the arpeggio notes.
Phrase 2 · bars 3–4
Prepare the hand shift before the first treble note.
Phrase 3 · bars 5–6
Lower the volume without slowing the sixteenth notes.
Phrase 4 · bars 7–8
Keep the last A calm before the rest in bar 8.
Phrase 5 · bars 9–10
Start the repeat at bar 9 with the same light right hand.
Phrase 6 · bars 11–12
Keep the repeated notes soft above the open D.
Phrase 7 · bars 13–14
Let the bass ring through the two inner notes of the arpeggio.
Phrase 8 · bars 15–16
In bar 16, keep the thumb light through the four bass eighth notes.
Phrase 9 · bars 17–18
Recover the opening tone despite the position shift.
Phrase 10 · bars 19–20
In bar 20, set the small barre at X without increasing thumb pressure.
Phrase 11 · bars 21–22
Keep the treble notes even as you lower the volume.
Phrase 12 · bars 23–24
Let the last A finish before the rest and repeat.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
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Sources and transcription choices
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