Rule Britannia (No. 45)

Felix Horetzky · Level 3 (Late beginner) · Romantic · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A solo guitar piece by Felix Horetzky, in C major and 4/4 time: a melody accompanied by the bass. 15 bars. Complete transcription from the Mutopia Project edition (source: Boije collection #268).

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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.
• Practise the bass alone (thumb), then the melody alone (i-m, or a with rest strokes) before combining the two voices; the melody must sing on top. Work in four-bar sections before playing it through. It climbs high up the neck (beyond the 7th fret): the tab shows the lowest position, so adapt the fingering.

More pieces by Felix Horetzky

• “C'est L'Amour” a French Air (No. 46)
• Air (No. 39)
• Air by Gelinek (No. 24)
• Air from the Ballet of Nina (No. 35)
• An Alexis (No. 48)
• Andante by Beethoven (No. 3)
• Au Clair De la Lune (No. 21)
• Auld Lang Syne (No. 31)

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain