Asturias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albeniz Guitar Tutorial (Bonus) Right Hand Workout

Asturias (leyenda) by Isaac Albeniz is a bonus guitar tutorial which will walk you through, with quick explanations, the 3 main right-hand patterns of this classical guitar masterpiece. Helping you play it faster. Lots of bonus material below.

00:00 - Asturias Leyenda by Isaac Albeniz right hand practice
00:14 RH fingering for Asturias
00:27 Asturias leyenda Riff & fingers
01:01 Extra RH ex.
01:08 Micro Study RH Asturias Practice
01:57 Asturias Tip 1: sequential planting
02:15 Asturias Tip 2: use metronome
02:20 Metronome quavers ex.
02:34 Mteronome crotchets ex. (double the tempo)
03:05 Asturias Tip 3: practice open strings
03:30 Asturias Tip 4: plateau & speed barriers

This is an old war horse piece that will require some patience in achieving, so I suggest checking out this bonus post of speeding up your right hand for that opening riff.

Watch me practice this live, to get an idea how to go through it once you have learnt the notes.
LIVE PRAC 1
LIVE PRAC 2

And the extra micro studies I have done for my article in Classical Guitar Magazine (2019)
EXTRA STUDIES 2

As well as this video by Ana Vidovic, for @tonebase Guitar where she drops some super helpful hints on nailing this piece.

I have also written an in-depth article on the background to this piece, along with more helpful hints which you can read at: Classical Guitar Magazine

[merteren]

That's by FAR the best and the most helpful asturias video on YouTube
Thank you very much ❤️

[Reds_C]

Wow I can't believe you play this with P-I-M pattern... For me is P-M-I, can't play it otherwise haha fun to see how every guitarists get it differently :)