Recuerdos de la Luna

Francisco Tárrega, arr. Jeffrey Olson · Level 4 (Intermediate) · Romantic · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A solo guitar piece by Francisco Tárrega, arr. Jeffrey Olson (1896), in A minor and 3/4 time: triplet arpeggios. 56 bars. Complete transcription from the Mutopia Project edition (source: Madrid: Orfeo Tracio, n.d. (ca.1920). Plate 1102).

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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.
• Plant your fingers on their strings and keep the triplets perfectly even; bring out the top note when it carries the melody. Practise the hard passages separately and slowly before linking them. It climbs high up the neck (beyond the 7th fret): the tab shows the lowest position, so adapt the fingering.

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain