Adelita (mazurka) — section A

Francisco Tárrega · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

Tárrega’s wistful mazurka, first section in E minor: an expressive melody played high on string 1 (frets 7 to 12).

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• The descending slurs (E-D♯, D-C…) stay on the same string, like sighs. Play the melody in 7th position even if the tab suggests other strings.

More pieces by Francisco Tárrega

• Lágrima (prelude)
• Adelita (mazurka)
• Recuerdos de la Alhambra
• Danza mora
• Gran vals
• Pavana
• Sueño (mazurka)
• Endecha and Oremus (preludes)

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