Estudio in E Minor by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) for Classical Guitar. Free sheet music edition or premium TAB edition. Early-Mid Intermediate (Grade 3-4). Here’s a free sheet music edition of one of Francisco Tárrega’s (1852–1909) etudes or studies (estudios). With a beautiful melody this is a great work for classical guitarists around the intermediate level. This is generally easy except for some barrés and some upper position playing. Make sure to shape the melody that is embedded into the arpeggios.
Free Sheet Music Edition (PDF)
TAB Edition (PDF Download)
- Estudio (TAB) from Werner Guitar Editions – My dedicated sheet music store.
Or in My Grade 4 Repertoire Lessons Book
- Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 4 (PDF) from Werner Guitar Editions.
Video Lessons
This piece is available as an individual selection or in my grade 4 book (see below).
Lesson: Estudio in E Minor by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). YouTube Video Lesson Link. A nice melody with a full arpeggio accompaniment. This piece explores and develops barre technique and is a good preparation for Lagrima by Tarrega which will be the next piece. I give a lesson on playing the melody on its own and three ways to practice the barre. It is a good idea to approach tricky barre passages in a variety of ways: Pause and Prepare, Shape Recognition, and Destination Points.
Here’s a past video for the individual edition. Youtube Video Performance & Lesson.
Hello Bradford,
I enjoy your weekly newsletter. In your last issue you provided a lesson on Estudio in E Minor by Tarrega which is about my level. In the free PDF score for this piece you indicated signs like BII5 and BV3 followed by a long line. They might be repeat signs but I cannot figure out what they are telling me. Could you explain, please. Herman
It indicates barré (placing the 1st finger over multiple fretted strings). So BII5 = Barre the 3rd fret over 5 strings. BV3 = Barre the 5th fret over 3 strings. As demonstrated in the lesson video. Hope you enjoy!
Bradford You are selfless when you helping students to learn. People like me who can’t afford to pay but have a fire to learn, you are blessing. Hope some day I will be able to donate. Thank you.
Thank you very much. I had lost my copy of Asturias and also didn’t realise it was subtitled