Why Is This Song So Beautiful? ... Asturias (Classical Piece)

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Hey guys, in this video, we will talk about one of the popular classical guitar pieces.

This piece is called Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, a Spanish composer born in 1892.

Asturias was initially written for piano, and it was in G minor key. It was then transcribed for classical guitar in E minor. Segovia did one of the most popular transcriptions.

It was never meant to be played on the guitar, so maybe that's why some of these sections are so difficult to play.

In this lesson, we will analyze the first section of the song. We will learn the melody, accompaniment, rhythm, fingerpicking pattern, and the great strummed chords.

Enjoy this lesson.

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[theadarshdevadiga]

I have been to so many classes but no one explains music like you. You are one of best teachers I have ever had 😊

[juanarocha]

Idk about you, sure Asturias is a classical masterpiece that shows the range and artistic skill of the classical guitar as an instrument. However, in terms of emotions it always makes me feel tense because of the amount of precision a player needs in order to play it

Good video through

[brenandh]

Absolutely stunning. Going to try this out on my Telecaster with a drop of reverb to see what happens.

[imitranslator]

You're playing the way it's very simple but it takes a long time to learn even the simplest part of it.But you're really the best teacher caz so many guitarist on youtube but just few of them can attract interested player and i must say you're one of them.Thanks a lot.

[bettyrivera]

Asturias was the reason I bought a Spanish guitar after over 15 years not playing I play by looking at people fingers or cart with dots I don’t know how to read music but I’m still learning to play this n loving it it’s difficult but worth it this video gave me encouragement to continue thank you

[tonyzuccaro]

Fantastic. I learned this song decades ago “ incorrectly” from a cassette tape. ( ha) your videos are great. I’ll fix my mistakes with yiur tutoring.

[mattbongiovanni]

I love your tutorials. I play by ear ...music theory is greek to me but you explain things in a simple wAy and your joy of music is inspiring.. I recommend your channel to all my friends who want to pick up the 🎸. Thanks for the beautiful music man

[BellesVoice]

I first heard this song on WFMT classical while scanning stations years ago. It is haunting and beautiful, always gives me the feels.

[Majnun]

Wow! I never would have attempted this song had it not been for this video. It’s not as hard as I thought it would be. Thank you, sir!

[elk]

This piece has so much flavour to it. It is honestly so fun to learn and play. Challenging but not too challenging. Thank you so much for everything you do Marco, you are one of the only people who inspire me to pick ip the guitar.

[patrickbrain]

And once again...the reason for my Patreon support! I love your style, concepts, teaching methods, etc. Thanks Marco.

[ruthnash]

This song is so beautiful it's very relaxing embrace the music and it will embrace you back

[danpequeno]

Thank You for this excellent explanation on this absolutely beautiful composition. Every so often I need to listen to this.

[AM_pradhan]

7:11.. M not a professional just kept listening this since 1994...and some time practice but this part i never perfected...

[nickgreen]

Thanks to your other lessons on alternate finger picking, this actually feels quite achievable. A year ago I would never even have attempted it.

[joebrissette]

What a great video lesson! Thank you so much. I have often heard this played but never new the name of it, now here is a complete lesson that makes this piece very approachable.

[rafaelmarcosbs]

Andrés Segovia un Gran Maestro de la guitarra, pero tú no te quedas corto. Eres muy bueno interpretando y explicando. Gracias Marco.

[ruthnash]

Great lesson Marco love your style of teaching I have been playing many of the songs in your lessons

[boomerdell]

Superb lesson on a beautiful song, Marco, thank you!

[dlal]

Another excellent tutorial! The first time I heard this it was Segovia, you definitely did it justice