Recuerdos de la Alhambra — opening

Francisco Tárrega · Level 6 (Expert) · Romantic · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

The first eight bars of Tárrega’s masterpiece (1896), the monument of tremolo: an arpeggiated thumb bass under the melody repeated p-a-m-i in thirty-second notes.

▶ 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.
• Don’t chase speed: a slow, even tremolo beats a fast, limping one. Prepare with the site’s Study No. 6.

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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