"Preludio in A major" by Francisca Tarrega (1852-1909)

Submitted By: Gezgin Paksoy - Jan 2008

The Prelude in A major, like Chopin's first prelude, is full of expectation
and short as a sigh. (This is a direct quote from the guitarist Fabio Zannon
who recorded the piece.)

It is a really short prelude, but fun to play. It is also proof that Tarrega
can concentrate his musical ideas into a few bars. It has to be played with an 
accelerating speed. Begin slowly. Gently accelerate until the third measure
and after the third or fourth measure mantain a constant tempo until the end.
The MIDI is a bit slow. It originally takes 19 seconds to play this piece. :)

PS Tarrega wrote many preludes as an introduction to his other longer pieces.
I think this prelude is played before his "Estudio Brillante".


                   Preludio in A major - Tarrega


E*||------0-------2-------0--------3-------2--------5--------4----|
B*||----2-------3-------2--------2-------3--------4--------5------|
G*||*-2-------1-------2--------3-------4--------5--------6--------|
D*||*-------------------------------------------------------------|
A*||--------------------------------------------------------------|
E*||--------------------------------------------------------------|

E*-------7--------5--------9---------10---------11---------12-----|
B*-----6--------7--------8-------------------10---------10--------|
G*--------------------------------11------------------------------|
D*---6--------7--------8--------9---------10---------11-----------|
A*----------------------------------------------------------------|
E*----------------------------------------------------------------|

E*-------10---------9--------7--------------------3--------2------|
B*----------------7--------6------------10------2--------3--------|
G*-----10----------------------------11---------------------------|
D*---9----------7-------------------------------------------------|
A*-----------------------4---------9----------1--------2----------|
E*----------------------------------------------------------------|

E*-------0-----------------2--------0--------5--------5-------5---|
B*----------------3------1--------2--------4----------------------|
G*-----3--------4-----------------------------------6-------5-----|
D*------------0--------1--------2--------4------------------------|
A*---4--------------------------------------------7-------6-------|
E*----------------------------------------------------------------|

E*----5--------------9-----7--------5--------||-------------------|
B*----5--------------9--------------5--------||-------------------|
G*----6--------------7--------------6--------||-------------------|
D*-------------------9-----------------------||-------------------|
A*----------------------------------0--------||------<7>----------|
E*----------0========------------------------||-------------------|
                                              ...then Estudio Brillante begins


Enjoy!

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