r/classicalguitar • u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere • Aug 25 '26

Performance Beginner finally practicing a Tàrrega piece! Adelita!

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Not looking for feedback at this time. My right hand technique is poor, I know, but I’m going to work on technique this week again. I’ve just gotten lazy lately and slid into old habits unfortunately. But anyways! Here’s a little bit of Adelita by Tàrrega!

Arrangement can be found here: https://youtu.be/UDZ3RBtM7p0?is=hw8VAhPINaxYaPZI

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u/Azipcoder Aug 25 '26

Your right hand is not poor. That’s a good, strong, and relaxed wrist position. Keep going. You’re on the right track.

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

Ah, okay! Thank you! I guess mostly what I’m seeing wrong is some possible upward pulling of the strings? My right hand is moving slightly away from the guitar when I play notes. I just noticed that that doesn’t seem to happen when I watch more advanced players play 🤔

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u/Drugs__Delaney Aug 25 '26

First of all, sounds great. Think of gripping a tennis ball with each finger. The fingers curl in towards the palm, the wrist doesn't need to snap up to grip it. My university professor/mentor had me pluck 4 note chords and bring out each fingers voice over the others as he called out a finger. Try freestroke practices and focus on the fingers curling in toward the palm as the action point, as opposed to pulling your wrist back and resetting position.

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

That’s really helpful, thank you! I’ll try that throughout the week and hopefully I can break the old habit!

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u/Lucifer-Prime Aug 25 '26

I love this piece. It's one of the most simple yet beautiful tunes I can think of.

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

I love it tooooo it’s so gorgeous ☺️

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u/tsipuro Aug 25 '26

Sounds good! Especially if you've only been at it for a year! What you could do to improve fluidity is to slow your playing down to give you enough time to get placement and coordination exactly right. Only increase speed when you play it perfectly at a very slow tempo. Also try practicing with eyes closed or at least without looking at the fretboard.

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u/davestradamus1 Aug 25 '26

Not gonna give feedback because I’m a beginner. That sounds great and it’s a gorgeous composition.

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u/jack27nikkkk Aug 25 '26

Amazing! I can say anything about someone as myself learning to play☺️ we all have gone Through it :)

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u/MasteroftheBearDogg Aug 25 '26

Awesome. Keep at it!

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u/babyboyjustice Aug 26 '26

Do you have the sheet music for this by chance? Sincerely, another beginner looking for more things to learn. Pretty song btw.

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u/johnnystrokes1 Aug 29 '26

I recommend that you watch the Sky Guitar channel on YouTube. It also has a lesson + tab for this piece. This channel makes every piece so easy to play!

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u/Johnny_Segment Aug 29 '26

enjoyed that!

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u/PM_Me_Yer_Guitar Aug 25 '26

Sounds great!

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

Tysm!! ☺️

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u/PM_Me_Yer_Guitar Aug 25 '26

Have fun

Yes, you wanna get better & practice & whatnot- I know I certainly do. But having fun is the most important part. Enjoy it- you'll be more likely to pick it up more often

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u/LJRich619 Aug 25 '26

Ben seeing you on here for a bit. I enjoy seeing your progress. Keep at it!

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

Thanks!! I will! I’ve just hit one year of playing. Can’t wait to see where the next year will take me ☺️

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u/HaxanWriter Aug 25 '26

Sounding good! Keep going!

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

Thank you very much!! I will!

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u/verymixedsignal Aug 25 '26

Excellent work! The piece is sounding lovely, bravo

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u/Ill-Metal-4379 Aug 25 '26

Esta bacán 👌👌 vas super bien

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u/Dojipan Aug 25 '26

I learned this piece back in highschool and had been trying to remember the name for so many years! Thank you for bringing it back to me. 🙂‍↕️

Keep up the good work!

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u/Double-Strategy9791 Aug 25 '26

Nice sounding song. Guitar is cool!

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u/WearySuggestion9500 Aug 25 '26

Lovely! Also what is the pillow looking thing that you used as support?  (P.S I am also a beginner) 

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u/Skyeis_uhh_overthere Aug 25 '26

Thank you!! And it’s a squishmello lmao 😅

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u/soundknight21 Aug 25 '26

Marvellous joy! I wish I could start all over again, the best time of my life.

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u/Pinotnoirmidsizedcar Aug 27 '26

That’s awesome! You already have lots of feeling in it…something cool to look forward to. Congrats!

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u/SomeFisherman5212 Aug 27 '26

Excellent! Keep going! The performance-level confidence and fluidity will come. In fact it already is. 👍👍👍👍