An eight-bar prelude in A minor, published as No. 13 in La Guitarra in 1925. Practise the quick notes slowly, then the slides into the grace notes. For the harmonic in bar 6, touch the fifth string over fret 12. The tempo of 48 and the opening p are added practice suggestions.
Skills to prepare
- Sixteenth and thirty-second notes
- Slides into grace notes
- Natural harmonic
Before learning the piece
- App checkpoint: play an ascending passage of eight notes slowly, without speeding up as you shift position. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: produce five clear harmonics by touching the string over fret 12 and lifting the finger after plucking. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: play five slides with light pressure and a relaxed thumb. 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
Prepare the shift into the upper register without rushing the sixteenth notes.
Phrase 2 · bars 3–4
Keep the bass steady during the quick notes in bar 4.
Phrase 3 · bars 5–6
Take time over the fermata, then sound the harmonic with a light touch.
Phrase 4 · bars 7–8
Let the slides carry the phrase into the final chord.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
General lesson: review a gentle attack and a clear melody; this video does not cover this prelude.
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Sources and transcription choices
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