Granada, Isaac Albeniz, guitar transcription

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GRANADA: Isaac Albéniz

Granada at dusk
Breathtaking view of La Alhambra
About Albéniz Granada $
Between 1905 and 1908 he composes his greatest work: The Suite Iberia. Still considered the greatest Spanish contribution to the piano repertoire and, involuntarily, one of the greatest guitar collections. There is not a single guitarist in the world who does not incorporate an Albéniz piece to his repertoire. Remember? This is from the Asturias page. The problem is that as soon as the first Albéniz piece has been learned, a special urge starts calling for a second one...

Passion is at the heart of Granada. Most guitar players used to tremble when they saw the opening section of this masterwork due to the intimidating E12 Major chord at the very beginning. Look how intimidating the E12 chord is after some Carlevaro style thinking !

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Staffs 1-5, animations & analysis

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Analysis:

The opening section must be studied in sub-sections. When lifting finger 3 from the B on string 4, avoid undesired noise by lifting the finger up and and not sideways. The opening section is repeated. The opening chord must be arpeggiated. Bring out the E (string 3) played with the i. The E is part of the main melody: E D# C# B C# D#. See how to bring out notes in chords here.
An alternative way to play the opening chord is to play the E at the end of the arpeggio. In other words, your right hand sequence will be p m a i. Try both.

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