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Prelude 8 in A Major- Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
Exercise pim
Time 0:26

A handful of chords to remember and a good practice of pim. Part of Tarrega’s genius was his sophisticated and innovative approach to right hand fingering blending melody and accompaniment throughout the fingerboard, thus bring out the full range of tone colors and dynamic possibilities of the guitar Take this short prelude for example, tarrega’s notes span the neck up to the 13th fret.

Technique
This song is more demanding on the left hand (chords). The right plays (pim) all the way. Prelude in A Major is played only once. 8 bars in total. Although Short in length, there are a 28 chords to play. There’s a repeat of the first chord (A), other than that the song is a series of arpeggio progression. The notes should be keep at constant tempo in triplet form and with equal loudness and duration.

More challenging for the left, pim loop for the right hand

Tips
Yet another Tarrega pieces that uses the whole neck. Although there are only 2 barre chords, be careful landing the other 26 chords. Each note should have equal loudness and must be played at a constant tempo-no matter how fast or slow.

Full Song in TAB | Full Song in MIDI

Further Reading
I learnt Prelude 8 in A Major 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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