Canción de la Hilandera (song of the spinning wheel) is a piece of music written by Agustín Barrios Mangoré in 1933. It uses the tremolo technique and evokes the rythmic sound of a spinning wheel. Barrios was a genius. One of the most prolific guitar composers, his work was late-Romantic in character, music belonging to the past, even for his era. He spoke Guaraní and liked to dress like the native people of his country, Paraguay. The following performance of the canción de la Hilandera is very good:
The piece is actually not very difficult, as long as you know the tremolo technique. I'll certainly be spending time practicing it once I return from vacation. Good luck.
Nuestras horas son minutos cuando esperamos saber y siglos cuando sabemos lo que se puede aprender. (Our hours are minutes when we wait to learn and centuries when we know what is to be learnt.) --António Machado Αγεωμέτρητος μηδείς εισίτω. (Those who do not know geometry may not enter.) --Plato
Sapere Aude! Habe Muth, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen! (Dare to know! Have courage to use your own reason!) --Kant
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Wonderful, downloaded the guitar tab straight away.
ReplyDeleteI am practicing this piece now. Do you play guitar too?
ReplyDeleteYes, although now that I've seen the tab it's probably going to take me a long while..
ReplyDeleteThe piece is actually not very difficult, as long as you know the tremolo technique. I'll certainly be spending time practicing it once I return from vacation. Good luck.
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