An Allegretto in G major, with thirty-two full bars preceded by an eighth-note pickup. The app counts this pickup as bar 1. Work on shifts without interrupting the melody. The barre at V in bar 3 is brief, then the hand moves up towards positions IX–X. In bar 5, the held B and D are shortened precisely at their reattack on the same string. The tempo of 72 quarter notes per minute is an added practice reference.
Skills to prepare
- Independent voices
- Barres and position shifts
- Slides and slurs
Before learning the piece
- App checkpoint: keep an upper note present through three softer inner notes, for five attempts. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: move between two barre shapes five times, releasing pressure during the shift. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: play five descending slurs without replucking their arrival notes. 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 1–3
Count the pickup, then leave time to move up towards bar 3’s high notes.
Phrase 2 · bars 4–5
In bar 5, sustain the high G while B and D are replucked in their voices.
Phrase 3 · bars 6–7
Keep the upper notes present during bar 6’s inner descent.
Phrase 4 · bars 8–9
Let the bass descend without making the melody heavy.
Phrase 5 · bars 10–11
Prepare the shift after bar 10’s upper slur.
Phrase 6 · bars 12–13
Keep the eighth notes even as the sound opens towards bar 13’s high notes.
Phrase 7 · bars 14–15
Slow down flexibly, then recover the flow at the end of bar 15.
Phrase 8 · bars 16–17
Prepare the return to the lower frets before the end of bar 16.
Phrase 9 · bars 18–19
Give the first accented note presence without making the slur harsh.
Phrase 10 · bars 20–21
Keep the chromatic notes distinct and the melody flexible.
Phrase 11 · bars 22–23
Lighten your pressure during the successive shifts into the upper register.
Phrase 12 · bars 24–25
Let the sound fade while keeping a steady pulse.
Phrase 13 · bars 26–27
Return to the accented motif with the same relaxed movement as before.
Phrase 14 · bars 28–29
Prepare the small barre before bar 29’s slurred descent.
Phrase 15 · bars 30–31
Let the phrase grow, then gradually broaden its pulse.
Phrase 16 · bars 32–33
Let the cadence breathe and observe the final rest.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
General lesson: prepare your tone or barres; this lesson does not cover this prelude.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
General lesson: prepare your tone or barres; this lesson does not cover this prelude.
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Sources and transcription choices
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