Danza Guarani by Augustin Mangore Barrios (1885-1944)
Time 2:01
The Dance of Guaraní. Guarani are a group of culturally related indigenous peoples of South America. Barrios comes from Paraguay and was partly of a Guarani origin. For some years, it was typical of Barrios’s to perform in traditional Paraguayan dress. His stage name was Nitsuga Mangoré (’Nitsuga’ [...]
El Ultimo Tremolo (Una Limosnita por el Amor de Dios)
Exercise (pami) Tremolo
Time 2:49
El utimo tremolo is 1 of 2 tremolo songs by Augustin Barrios. The other being “Un Sueño En La Floresta” which I hope to cover in the future. El ultimo Tremolo is barrios’ swan song, he wrote this piece shortly before he died. [...]
Sleep of the little doll (El Sueño De La Muñequita) by Augustin Barrios
Time 1:51
This sleep of the little doll is a waltz in triple meter with harder barred chords at the beginning and artificial harmonics at the end. The latter are octave harmonics played higher from the 12 frets onwards giving the bass notes a [...]
La-Catedral (preludiosaudade) by Augustín Barrios (1885- 1944)
Time 1:58
Preludio saudade is the first of 3 movements of Barrios’ la Catedral. A slow piece of arpeggios with a bach undertone. Preludio Saudade is a song of great emotional depth and emote many deep feelings. This movement is technical and demands a wide coverage of the guitar neck. [...]
Preludio in E Minor by Agustín Barrios (1885 – 1944)
A short prelude of 32 bars. One of the tougher preludes. To me, Barrios is top dog in level of difficulty. Barrios’s notes covers the guitar neck with lots of sliding chord positioning. Preludio in Em has 3 different Right hand patterns and a couple of [...]
Preludio in C Minor by Agustín Barrios (1885- 1944)
Time 1:46
Agustin Barrios Mangore a paraguyan guitarist who played on metal strings. Preludio is a sad song reminiscient of Bach. The song is structured like Bach’s “Prelude in C” with each bar being repeated (See earlier article). Between the two songs, I find this song more difficult. [...]
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