Recuerdos-ish

Converting Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tárrega) to simple R.O. --- then improvising over the resulting 'lead sheet' or 'set of changes'.

It's strange to play these types pieces for years, and not make any mental connections between them -- no more of that , thanks to R.O. :)

In John's course, you learn a simple R.O. -- and then a complete R.O. I'm starting with simple and adding the complete as needed (to keep the lead sheet as 'simple' as possible.)

This is pretty cluttered still, some things don't make sense yet, and haven't quite worked out the symbols/figures -- but will add those later as I figure out how best to notate these. I'll probably go back to LilyPond for a finale lead sheet, but Finale is quicker for now as a sketchpad (if you can believe that!)

Also -- these aren't going to be exactly representative of the pieces they're taken from (especially when it come to the melody line), since the point is to use them as guides to improvise over, or even learn more about the construction of a piece you are learning.

It's an amazing thing to see so many of the 'grips' you end up playing on these pieces as the R.O. chords, and it's all over this piece (which I'm guessing is probably true of most of "classical" guitar repertoire we students learn -- especially the etudes)

Still figuring this out as a template for other pieces, so a lot of revisions down this page (keeping these to remember how I got there :)

Here is the intial R.O. reduction of the first section (up to the first repeat):

The R.O. reduction of the second section (up to the 1st and 2nd endings):

The R.O. reduction of the third section:

Updated version of R.O. Recuerdos, with some structural changes & harmonic subs to help with improvisation options + playability:

Short Plan for Key Centers (along the lines of John's plans for The Page One):

||: a → C → a → d → a :||: A → c# → A :|| a → A → a → A ||

-- or --

||: 1m → 3M → 1m → 4m → 1m :||: 1M → 3m → 1M :|| 1m → 1M → 1m → 1M ||

Long Plan for Key Centers:

The Way In = How to get to the tonic of THIS key
The Innards = After the The Way In, what else happens in THIS key
Lower/higher range on the fretboard is mimicking Recuerdos

Section 1 (starting lower range on the fretboard):

a (or 1m):

◦ The Way In: 1

◦ The Innards: expands with 1-42

C (or 3M) :

◦ The Way In: 5 or 7

◦ The Innards: expands with 1-42; moves to 4 with 5 or 7, expands with 4-42

a (or 1m):

◦ The Way In: 4-5sus4 → 5dom7

◦ The Innards: expands with 1-42

d (or 4m):

◦ The Way In: movable RO2 shape on b2 → 5 → 2 → 1

◦ The Innards: none

a (or 1m):

◦ The Way In: 4(6 - 7) → b6 (3 - #4) → 5 → Double Cadence

◦ The Innards: none

Section 2 (higher range on the fretboard)::

A (or 1M):

◦ The Way In: Double Cadence from previous section) → 1

◦ The Innards: expands with 1-42; moves to 4 with 5 or 7, expands with 4-42

c# (or 3m):

◦ The Way In: 4 → #4 → 5 → 1

◦ The Innards: none

A (or 1M):

◦ The Way In: movable minor RO4 shape → 6-4/5-3 Cadence

◦ The Innards: 1(2 – 1 – 7 – 6)

Section 3 (no set range):

a (or 1m):

◦ The Way In: Cadence from previous section) → 1(no 3rd), 7 → 1 → 2 → 1

◦ The Innards: 1-53 → 1-63 → 2

A (or 1M):

◦ The Way In: 2 → 1

◦ The Innards: 5 descends to 1 w/ change to minor on 3

a (or 1m):

◦ The Way In: movable RO2 shape → 1

◦ The Innards: 1-53 → 1-63 → 2

A (or 1M):

◦ The Way In: 2 → 1

◦ The Innards: 5 descends to 1 w/ change to minor on 3, 5-6 ascending 1-2-3, 7-6 descending 3-2-1-7-1

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