Spanish Romance (Romance anónimo)

Anonyme (XIXe s.) · Level 4 (Intermediate) · Romantic · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

The famous anonymous “Romance”, made popular by the film Forbidden Games: a-m-i triplet arpeggios with the melody on top on string 1. Section A in E minor, section B in E major, each repeated.

▶ 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 ring finger (a) sings the melody, i and m stay light on open strings 2 and 3. The melody climbs to the 12th fret (bars 5-6); bars 7-8: barre at the 5th fret, bars 9-10: barre at the 7th fret. The tab shows the lowest position: keep the melody on string 1.

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