In spite of being a greatly simplified version of Asturias, even to being set in a different key (the original is high up the neck of the guitar), this piece makes a satisfying and exciting first solo for students wanting to start classical guitar. It sounds more difficult than it really is.
This boy plays a shortened version of this piece, much more like what I have offered on this page, with a couple of added chords. Notice how nicely he extends his thumb:
The arrangement below is a study or homework version, so my beginners can figure out the tablature and get more familiar with regular notereading.
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How? We compare each note to the tab for it in the Tablature-Staff Note-reading guide , take a pencil, and write it into the empty tablature. See page 1 (three pages altogether).
Here is a complete version all on one page, with tiny notes and very little in the way of finger markings. It is handy to use once you have the basic idea of the piece:
For a correct classical hand position, be sure the thumb plucks off to the side of the hand, so it doesn't meet the fingers. (I recommend purchasing a book such as Frederick Noad's Solo Guitar Playing, which has photographs to help students position their hands and bodies correctly... or find a teacher with a classical background!)
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The left hand 2 will be placed on A, the 2nd fret of the G string, and stay there for the remainder of the piece.
If you are not familiar with reading staff notation, listen to one of the videos on this page (not Asturias, but Spanish Study, below) and notice where the rhythm changes from a feeling of 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, to a feeling of 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3.
A good way to practice this study is to leave off the high E (string 1) and play the thumb melody alone. This is very helpful for struggling note-readers.
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Preparatory to starting this piece, it is a good idea to have your guitar students play short scales on each string, using each fret up to fret 5. Starting at string 6 (Low E), that would sound like:
Open E, F (fret one), F sharp (fret two), G, G sharp, A. Next string: open A, A sharp, B, C, C sharp, D... Next string: open D, etc.
I like to do this next to a piano so kids can see that there are no black notes between B and C, and E and F. Otherwise we use a paper keyboard .
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Unless they understand that the distance between notes is not always the same, they will always be baffled by note-reading on the guitar.
The two-page version below is just the same, but it has finger markings on more measures and large notes to make it easy to see!
Notice in measure 9 that the B is fingered with a 1, even though it is a 2nd-fret note; this is to facilitate playing, since the 2nd finger just played an E (and should stay there through the next measure). 0, of course, means open string.
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Just before measure 17, the left hand plays the B with a 1 finger again, because in measure 17 finger 2 must quickly snap down on an A.
In the second half of the piece, some of the notes are fingered differently than in the first half, because the 2 finger is busy keeping the A note pressed down on the G string for the entire second half.
Keep it pressed down! In measure 20, we meet a B note again, once again fingered with a 1 even though the C in the next fret is fingered with a 3.
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For kids breaking into classical guitar, going cold turkey off of tablature may be very scary. I like to help them out with just the first few measures written in tab along with standard notation.
After playing entirely through this lovely piece, you can figure out why it is called a study or etude - all the right hand fingers get their turn to be part of a pattern, and it is tiring until your hand builds up strength.
Don't overdo it at first! I mean it - you must be cautious with the small muscles of your arms and fingers.
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Here is a final version of Asturias, played by guitarist John Williams. He gives an informative introduction and history to this piece:
Tells the riveting story of the time when Jews in ancient Persia faced a foe named Haman, and how a brave young queen risked her life to save her people.
This book is available as a digital download from this site. Visit this page to see some free examples from the book.
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And when they start reading white-key notes on the staff, this is a fun easy resource to say each week, Choose a new black-key song at home this week and figure it out to show me next lesson! They will be spending more time at the piano.
The Adventures of Tonsta highlight the travels of a very young boy with a good heart, who goes about helping folk in trouble.
With a red cap on his head and a sack of tools slung over his shoulder, Tonsta seems to meet people in distress wherever he goes.
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Thank you for a most excellent site. I am a classical guitar teacher, who endeavors to cover chords and fingerstyle as well. I especially liked the printable Celtic music, as some of my teenage students enjoy it! Thank you, again.
Matt: THIS SITE IS AMAZING!! I've been teaching guitar for about 5 years now, and I've only just found your website! (I could really have used it 5 years ago) :-)
I teach at primary schools every week day for about 4 hours, so the beginner tabs you have are ideal. Thank you so much for your hard work getting these on the web, you have made many children very happy!!
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Like some of you, I've been playing the piano since early childhood, and have added a few other instruments along the way, plus an interest in arranging and composing music.When I think about Spanish guitar, exotic scales is the first thing that comes to my mind. There are many exotic scales out there, since there are many systems and ways of seeing a scale; but I want to show you a really cool and not that hard way of playing this licks. You know most Spanish guitar licks I find online are boring, but the ones I’m going to show you does sound great and I even use them a lot.
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The scale I’m talking about is the Mixolydian b9, and b13. This scale is actually the 5th mode of the Harmonic Minor scale, which means if you start the harmonic minor scale from its 5th note, then you will playing a Mixolydian b9 b13 scale, a great chord to use with the following lickI’m going to share with you the A7; you can either loop it or add a Bb right after. Let’s check out the first lick:.
Pretty cool right? It’s very simple, just to give you an idea of what this is, a Spanish guitar player would most likely
; you can use a pick if you want, but I personally prefer to play it with a pick, unless I’m playing with a Classical
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The next lick is a little bit more complicated. It combines alternate picking with legato and supposedly it should be played at a faster tempo, but practice it at a much slower tempo. Let’s check it out:
Now, the last lick I want to share with you, is very useful for classical guitar. Open strings just sound great in this style. The next lick is built on a open scale position, which is usually taught for beginners, but as you can see it doesn’t mean that it’s a beginner position. In fact, it sounds really good. Let’s check it out:
This is all for this article. I hope you’ve enjoyed and learn some new things. Please remember to check out our entire database of great instructional videos at:This lick really isn’t a ‘lick’ – it’s more of a template you can use to create your own licks. Look closely at the lick and you will see that it’s simply a three note repeating pattern with the bass note moving up a scale. The idea behind this lick is to improvise with the bass notes to create your own interesting licks. The whole idea is to get a Spanish sound in your playing.
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The bass notes move up a scale but you will probably notice there is
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