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Prelude 34 in D minor (Endecha) No.34 by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
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Endecha in Spanish means a dirge, mournful song or a woeful weepy melody. Prelude Endecha is also known as prelude 34 and it in the key of D minor. Although this Tarrega piece is slow, it is not a song to be taken lightly. In fact I find it ironically harder to play a slower tune. With a fast piece, any mistakes are short lived in duration. With Prelude Endecha being a slow tune, mistakes are more apparent sticking up like a sore thumb.

Technique
Prelude (Endecha) is tuned to Drop D (The top string or low E string tuned to D). Key is Bb. Play this song twice with different endings. 8 Barre Chords, 4 pull offs and no hammer ons.
Bar [8] *Took me a while to nail it. slide the chords. fingering is important
Bar [13] **5 chords. fingering is crucial. Took me a while to get this also.

Beware of sliding chords at Bar 8 and Bar 13

Tips
This song is predominatly harder on the left hand. Since the middle part (Bar8+13) are difficult and require careful placement of chords, do yourself a favor and go slow from the top. If you start the song too fast, you may stumble later at these 2 bars. Try and play this entire tune longer than a minute. Notes must always be suspended to fill the gaps on slower tunes.

Full Song in txt | Full Song in MIDI

Further Reading
I learnt Prelude (Endecha) from Ben Bolt’s Tarrega in Tabulature. This highly recommended book comes in multiple languages (english, japanese, french and spanish). Ben Bolt features 25 songs of Francisco Tarrega and talks about hand techniques. Book include an audio companion cd and is ring bound so you can lie it flat.

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