This lovely prelude by the Spanish romantic composer
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) is probably one of the
most popular classic solo guitar pieces. According to
wikipedia Lágrima was composed between late 1891 and
early 1892, but there's a dubious rumor, claiming that
Tárrega composed it sometime in 1881 while performing
in London. For this solo charango adaption I transposed
the piece from its original key of E major/E minor to C
major/C minor, but except for some unavoidable octave
transposi...(+)
This lovely prelude by the Spanish romantic composer
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) is probably one of the
most popular classic solo guitar pieces. According to
wikipedia Lágrima was composed between late 1891 and
early 1892, but there's a dubious rumor, claiming that
Tárrega composed it sometime in 1881 while performing
in London. For this solo charango adaption I transposed
the piece from its original key of E major/E minor to C
major/C minor, but except for some unavoidable octave
transpositions there was no need for any significant
changes of the original composition, and the character
of the piece has stayed pretty much the same. However,
in the repetition of the second section I added a few
harmonies to parts of the melody and a little variation
at the end of the section before closing the work by
repeating the first section. On my YouTube recording I
performed the piece on a Peruvian baritone charango
(Ronroco tuning: dd,gg,bB,ee,bb) so it will be heard in
G major,/G minor, but of course it can be played on a
normal sized charango (standard tuning:
gg,cc,eE,aa,ee), and in spite of a few minor technical
difficulties it can also be learned and performed by
less experienced players and ambitious beginners.