Learn Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tarrega
- Integrated Musicianship
- LH Chord Shapes
- Tremolo
This lesson on Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tarrega is going to walk you through the left hand hacks, shifts and shapes you need to get this awesome tremolo piece up and running. It is a bar by bar breakdown with video. And will help you go from zero to hero fast.
Get the Score
Get the score that goes along with this video tutorial series below.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tarrega
This lesson we will walk through the first section of Recuerdos de al Alhambra, A minor, and will cover the LH chord shapes, how to practice it WITHOUT tremolo (yes, you actually need to do that). So best tip for the entire piece, is:
Do not learn it with tremolo
Break this piece into chord shapes, work out the best fingers to use as guides or anchors (watch the video for all that), and then practice this piece as a chordal study – first. So the below first section get broken into 3 chord shapes. Can you find them?
No Tremolo on Recuerdos de la Alhambra?
Tremolo should be practiced as a separate skill. It takes a fair while to build up the RH mechanism for tremolo: and a lot of brain power in the beginning. So do not hamstring yourself by learning new chord shapes & a new technique. Break them down. Practice tremolo on open strings: 1, 2, 3 (yes all three nylon strings, Recuerdos de la Alhambra requires all of them).
The Classical Guitar Magazine article
I did an article a couple of years back for the Fall 2016 edition of the all new Classical Guitar Magazine, which gave out some tips on how to practice tremolo for Recuerdos.
CG Method Article
It has the up and coming talented guitarist Laura Snowden on the cover, along with articles on Cuba’s music scene, Carlos Barbosa- Lima and free music by the great Steve Marsh.
CG Method Article
There are loads of tips and reviews as well, along with the article on Francisco Tarrega‘s famous Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Rhayn Jooste.
CG Method Article
The article is available free to peruse from this link: Classical Guitar Magazine, head over and dive into perfecting your tremolo.
The article delves into practicing the piece of music, not tremolo technique, and offers micro studies on getting the piece under your fingers securely. There are two videos that go along with it. The first is a video demonstration below which steps you through all 4 micro studies and some extra’s.
The second is a lesson on stuff I couldn’t fit into the article.
Want more Tremolo?
Grab your copy of the amazing tremolo piece by Barrios below. He takes off from Recuerdos left off.
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