Gran Vals - Francisco Tárrega
Gran Vals - Francisco Tárrega
"The NOKIA Ringtone Song". This is it! Who could have thought that one of his pieces would be used on one of the world's most ubiquitous modern gadgets - the mobile phone. Amazing and brilliant and awesome all at the same time. Francisco Tárrega was a true hero of the guitar with a prolific compositional output rivalled by few guitarists even today.
My arrangement has complete fingering suggestions for both hands and video tutorial(s) to guide you through the piece from beginning to end.
'Gran Vals is the piece represented in this tutorial. If you are old enough to remember the ringtone from the earliest Nokia mobile phones then you would definitely have heard bars 13 to 16! Amazingly Nokia made their first ever identifiable cellphone ringtone using those bars from this piece. It is also known in Nokia terms as 'Grande Valse'.
The piece as a whole is not overly difficult although the B-section in E major has some tricky moments with quick hammer/pull-off combinations and quick acciacattura or grace notes appearing throughout. A slight accent to the melody notes should be used and a steady waltz pulse should be maintained throughout the piece except where ritenuto or obvious cadences suggest otherwise.
