Preludio número 5 in the Boije engraving, in E major: 24 bars of sustained melody, dotted rhythms and inner voices. Use standard tuning. Slides, grace notes and harmonics need prepared shifts. The app adds a practice tempo of 56 quarter notes per minute and an opening mf; the engraving says Andante sostenuto.
Skills to prepare
- Sustained melody and dotted rhythm
- Independent voices and position shifts
- Natural harmonics
Before learning the piece
- App checkpoint: keep one treble note prominent through three softer bass notes, five times. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: move a small barre between two positions five times without squeezing the thumb. Practise this skill.
- App checkpoint: play five short slurs with one attack each and an even volume. 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 sixteenth note short without rushing the dotted eighth note.
Phrase 2 · bars 3–4
Release your left thumb as the chords rise.
Phrase 3 · bars 5–6
Prepare the slides before moving the whole hand.
Phrase 4 · bars 7–8
Bring out the melody above the three softer notes.
Phrase 5 · bars 9–10
Keep the descending slides connected.
Phrase 6 · bars 11–12
Recover the same gentle sway as at the beginning.
Phrase 7 · bars 13–14
Touch the strings lightly at fret 12 for the harmonics in bar 14.
Phrase 8 · bars 15–16
Hold the open G string through the treble notes in bar 15.
Phrase 9 · bars 17–18
Keep a gentle attack after the fermata in bar 17.
Phrase 10 · bars 19–20
In bar 20, hold the high E through the movement in the bass voices.
Phrase 11 · bars 21–22
Balance the short bass notes without overpowering the melody.
Phrase 12 · bars 23–24
Hold the final chord and touch fret 12 with your right-hand i while p plays the bass harmonic.
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Performance · Raphaël Feuillâtre - Topic
A recording of this piece: listen to the continuous melody and the flexibility of the dotted rhythm.
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Lesson · This is Classical Guitar
Before bars 14 and 24, review natural harmonics; this general lesson does not teach this prelude.
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Sources and transcription choices
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