11 July 2011

Canción de la Hilandera

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:

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4 comments:

  1. Michael11 Jul 2011, 02:31:00

    Wonderful, downloaded the guitar tab straight away.

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  2. Takis Konstantopoulos11 Jul 2011, 08:04:00

    I am practicing this piece now. Do you play guitar too?

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  3. Michael14 Jul 2011, 08:51:00

    Yes, although now that I've seen the tab it's probably going to take me a long while..

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  4. Takis Konstantopoulos15 Jul 2011, 12:44:00

    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.

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