A melody above offbeat bass notes prepares you for independent voices in Tárrega. The pickup stands alone, then the phrases move in two-bar groups. The app's practice tempo is 64 quarter notes per minute; the source says Moderato.
Skills to prepare
- Melody and accompaniment
- Sustained voices
- Slurs
Before learning the piece
- App checkpoint: bring out a treble melody above a soft bass, in five steady attempts. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: alternate melody and bass for eight beats, three 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 · bar 1
Give the pickup the same tone as the melody that follows.
Phrase 2 · bars 2–3
Let the bass follow the melody without accenting it.
Phrase 3 · bars 4–5
Keep the pulse through the offbeat eighth notes.
Phrase 4 · bars 6–7
Keep the melody more prominent than the thumb.
Phrase 5 · bars 8–9
In bar 9, play the low D on string 5 so the chord can keep ringing.
Phrase 6 · bars 10–11
Keep the melody calm through the bass changes.
Phrase 7 · bars 12–13
In bar 12, let the middle-register G sharp ring on string 4.
Phrase 8 · bars 14–15
Keep the melody connected above the successive bass notes.
Phrase 9 · bars 16–17
In bar 16, hold the open low E through the end of the bar.
Phrase 10 · bars 18–19
Keep the treble notes gentle during the position shift.
Phrase 11 · bars 20–21
Bring out the melody even when it returns to the middle register.
Phrase 12 · bars 22–23
Keep the same pulse through the accidentals.
Phrase 13 · bars 24–25
Let the melody finish before the accompaniment starts again.
Phrase 14 · bars 26–27
Recover the opening balance between melody and bass.
Phrase 15 · bars 28–29
Keep the bass just as light as the melody descends.
Phrase 16 · bars 30–31
Play the two short slurred pairs without plucking the second notes.
Phrase 17 · bars 32–33
Let the final chord ring through the last bass notes.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
Before the study, review tone balance between your fingers; this general video does not teach Sor Op. 35 No. 17.
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Sources and transcription choices
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