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España cañí (Spanish Gypsy Dance)

Pascual Marquina Narro · guitar tab

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The famous Spanish pasodoble, known in English as the Spanish Gypsy Dance: the bouncing melody with its quick little triplet flourishes, over a steady bass note on the beat, as an accordion player's left hand would play it. Played with the repeat as marked, about four minutes. Slow it down to learn the triplets.

  • Standard tuning
  • 2/4
  • 120 BPM
  • With the repeat
  • Melody over a bass

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Arranged from Paul De Bra's two-accordion arrangement on IMSLP, licensed CC BY 4.0; the first accordion's melody and bass notes, adapted for guitar. Composition by Pascual Marquina Narro (died 1948).

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