Preludio In E Minor
Agustin Barrios Mangore
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E|E|--------------||
[1]
X....... VIII.... VII....
V....... III.....
E|-12------------10-|-8E|E|--------------||7-|
B|---12-------10----|----8--------7----|----5-
G|-----12-11--------|-------9--7-------|------
D|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
A|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
E|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
E|-5E|E|--------------||3-|
D||----|E|E|--------------||----|
A||----|E|E|--------------||----|
E||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
1 1 1 2 1 1
R m i p p i m m i p p i m
m i p p i m
[4]
IV..... II......
E|-2E|E|--------------||0-|E|E|--------------|
B|----1--------0----|-3E|E|--------------||1-|
G|-------2--0-------|----2--------0----|-4E|E|
D|E|E|--------------||----|-------4--2-------|
A|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
E|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
E||----|E|E|--------------||----|
B|E|E|--------------||----|
G|--------------||2-|
A||----|-------5--3-------|
E||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 1
1 1 2 2 1 1
R m i p p i m m i p p i m
m i p p i m
[7]
slide
II...................................
E|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
B|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
G|-0E|E|--------------||--|E|E|--------------|
D|----0-----------4-|-2E|E|--------------||---
A|-------2-----3----|----2------------2-|E|E|-
E|----------5-------|-------3--0-h-3----|E|E|-
E||-----|E|E|--------------||----|
B||-----|E|E|--------------||----|
G||-----|----------2--4--2-|
D||-2--4--5----------|
A|-------------||----|
E|-------------||----|
L 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1
1 3 4 1 3 1
R m i p p i m m i p p i
m m m a a a
[10]
slide
E|E|E|--------------||-----|----------0-----7-
B|E|E|--------------||-----|-------0-----8----
G|-0--2--0-----0-----|----0-------------|-----
D|-1--------4-----4--|-2E|E|--------------||--
A|-2E|E|--------------||---|E|E|--------------
E|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|--------------
E||-12-7-----------7-|
B||-------9-----9----|
D||E|E|--------------||----|
A|||----|E|E|--------------||----|
E|||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 1 3 4 4 1 2 1
4 1 3 2 3 1
2
R m m m i m i p i m a i m
a a m i m a
i
p
[13]
E|-8E|E|--------------||---|-8E|E|-----------
B|---10-----------10-|----9-------------|----
G|------9------9-----|-------9----------|E|E|
D|---------10--------|----------12p9----|----
A|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|-------------
E|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|-------------
E|---||--|-------0-----7--8-|
G|--------------||----|
A|-||-11h|12E|E|--------------||--|
E|-||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 1 4 2 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 h 1 3
h 4 2 4 1 2
R a m i p i m a m i p p
p a i m i
[16]
VII................
II.................
E|E|E|--------------||-----|------0------7-10-
B|-10p7E|E|--------------|||---0------8-------
G|-------8-----------|E|E|--------------||----
D|----------9p7------|E|E|--------------||----
A|E|E|--------------||-9-h-|10E|E|------------
E|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|--------------
E||5p-2E|E|--------------|||
B||------3-----------|
G||---------5p-2-----|
D||E|E|--------------||-4h-|
A|--||--|E|E|--------------||----|
E|||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 4h1 2 3h1 3 h 4 2 1
4 4h1 2 4h1 3h
R a m i p m a m a a
a m i p
[19]
IV...... II................
E|-------0-----------|E|E|--------------||----
B|----0------3-------|-------1----------|E|E|-
G|E|E|--------------||2----|----0-----4-------
D|-5E|E|--------------||-4-|-2-----------4----
A|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|--------------
E|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|--------------
E||E|E|--------------||----|
B|-------------||----|
G||-------2--------3-|
D||----2--------2----|
A|||--5-|-4--------3-------|
E|||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2
3 1 1 2 1 3
R i m m i p p i m m i p
p i m p i m
[22]
E|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|--------------
B|--------0--------0-|-------0--------0-|-----
G|E|E|--------------||-----|-------------2----
D|-----1--------1----|----2-------------|E|E|-
A|--2--------0-------|E|E|--------------||----
E|E|E|--------------||-----|-3--------2-------
E|||----|E|E|--------------||--0-|
G||----0-------------|
D|-------------||----|
A||E|E|--------------||----|
E||-0--------3-------|
L 2 1 1 3 2 1 2
3
R p i m p i m p i m p i m
p i m p i m
[25]
II.......
III..............
E|-------0-----------|-------0--------3-|----
B|----1-----------4--|E|E|--------------||---
G|-------------2-----|----0--------3----|----
D|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|-------------
A|-0--------2--------|-3--------4-------|-5E|
E|E|E|--------------||-----|E|E|-------------
B|-|E|E|--------------||----|
D|-||----|----------1-------|
A|E|--------------||--|
E|-||----|E|E|--------------||----|
L 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1
3 2 1 1 2 3
R p i m p i m p i m p i m
p i m p i m
[28]
E|-------0--------0-|-------0--------0-|------
B|E|E|--------------||----|-------------3----|
G|----0--------1----|----2-------------|------
D|-2--------0-------|E|E|--------------||----|
A|E|E|--------------||----|-3--------2-------|
E|E|E|--------------||----|E|E|--------------|
D|E|E|--------------||----|
A|-0E|E|--------------||--|
E||----|----------3-------|
L 2 1 3 2 2 4
1 3
R p i m p i m p i m p i m
p i m p i m
[31]
II.......
E|--------0----------|E|E|--------------||----
B|E|E|--------------||---4-|-5E|E|------------
G|----3---------2----|E|E|--------------||----
D|E|E|--------------||-----|-5E|E|------------
A|----------2--------|E|E|--------------||----
E|-2E|E|--------------||---|-0E|E|------------
E||
B|--||--|
G||
D|--||--|
A||
E|--||--|
LH 2 4 2 2 4 4
3
RH p i m p i m m
i
p
Tips
A short prelude of 32 bars. One of the
tougher prelude supposed to
be allegro but take it slow at first.
To me, Barrios is top dog in level of
difficulty. Barrios's notes
covers the guitar neck with lots of
sliding in between chord
positioning. Preludio in Em has 3
different Right hand patterns.
Technique
Bar[1] to [7] mirror image pattern (m i
p p i m)
Bar[13] another mirror image pattern (a
m i p i m a)
Bar[16] and [18] Barred Chord hammer
ons and pull offs on
the Bass strings. Use pinky and middle
finger.
Bar[21] (p i m) repeat till end
Start slow. The notes are mostly
uniform. The hardest part
of this song for me are Bar[16] and
[18]: The Chord hammer
ons and pull offs on the Bass strings.
This took some time
to pull off-no pun intended-and
definitely gave my pinky
a good workout. Bar[12] double pinky
pluck is also tough.
As always, my tab fingerings are made
for me or what i
think is the best fingering. Feel free
to alter the
fingering on the text file for
yourself. I made the
tab in txt in the first place to
encourage ease of
editing.
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