Chords for Classical Guitar Tutorial: Asturias by Isaac Albeniz

_ Hey guys, this is Adam again with another tutorial Tuesday.
This week I'm whipping out the classical guitar to teach you a Spanish piece called
_ Asturias, also known as Leyenda by the composer Isaac Albanes. _
It was originally written for piano, but was arranged for guitar and became very popular.
So I'm just going to teach the beginning _ of this song _ and by the end of this tutorial, here's what you'll be able to play.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, _ so the _ technique of this song is that you're playing the melody with your thumb. _
_ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ And then you're playing this drone on the B string, [B] the second string, _ _ between every melody note.
So I'll [N] talk about the drone later, but first, that main melody [G] played with the thumb _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Abm] is_
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ So as you [N] can see, it's a little tedious to name every string and fret for every note.
So hopefully _ you can hear the notes well enough and see _ in the video where my hands are to be able to figure it out without me _ naming every string and fret. _
_ So again, _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ now we're going to combine that drone [B] on the B string with it.
And I think the best way to do this is to alternate _ middle and index.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] As opposed to if you just play the index, I feel like it sounds very mechanical and the piece doesn't seem to flow as well.
So we're going to try [E] learning alternating.
_ So basically what you'll be doing is thumb, _ middle, thumb, index.
Thumb, middle, thumb, index. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Okay, so combining the melody with this drone, _ here's what you get.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] Play it three times. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Here's the third time.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Now at [B] this point, we're going to do this pattern.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ And you do that another [A] time.
_ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ So with the drone, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ then we go back and do that [E] original theme three more times. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
And now we're going to do _ _ [A] this, _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
but we don't repeat that like we did [E] earlier.
We're going to keep _ _ _ going down _ the notes.
_ _ [A] So after this.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ _
And now we're at this second _ part.
And the fingering [G] this time [B] _ _ is_ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ Notice I'm using my pinky here _ so that I can do my ring finger [Gb] here.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] So that pattern [B] again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] Okay, with the drone.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ Do it three times.
No, do it twice, sorry.
Here's the second time.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now we're going to climb up, and it's going to look like this.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] You'll notice I did a position [B] shift.
_ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
Right here, I put my middle [G] finger on [B] the 10th fret.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ And now I shift back down. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ I think it goes here, let me [Bm] check. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] Yeah, _ _ _ [Cm] _
[A] so_
_ [G] _ _ That's [Gb] _ _
_ what we're doing.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ Then do this pattern again.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Repeat.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Oh, I lost [A] the 7.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then we're going to climb again, _ but we're going to [B] skip the 5th string this time.
_ So it just goes.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [Ab] Just goes from [B] here to here.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ And then it changes from what [G] we did before.
We're going to go to the 5th [A] string. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ And there's the end. _
So once again, this [Eb] second _ _ [G]
ending, [Ab] this climbing up [Bm] part. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I'm just playing the open 6th string and the 7th fret of the 5th string together. _ _ _
_ _ And so the piece keeps building and [N] building after that.
It's really fun.
Hopefully I'll get to do a tutorial for the rest of it.
_ Maybe later.
_ But I hope this has been a helpful tutorial.
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Take care.