How To Play 'Rumba Guajira' on Tres Cubano as played by the legendary Arsenio Rodríguez | GCE Tuning

Here’s a tutorial that was requested by my long-time subscriber Marco Romo. The song is ‘Rumba Guajira’ by the legendary Arsenio Rodríguez.
I love everything about Arsenio Rodríguez, I love his story of adversity, I love that he played the Tres in an entirely new way at a time when it was seen simply as a rhythm instrument, and most of all I love his powerful, jangly tone.
‘Rumba Guajira’ is one of his classics, and is very playable for any Tresero. You’ll notice in the verse he double times the G#, he picks each note twice as he arpeggiates the chord. It’s a stylistic approach that isn’t necessary but sounds really cool. This is a typical flourish that Arsenio uses, I am not even close to being able to pull this off technically, maybe some day...
I would like to thank Marco for suggesting this song, I had a blast making the tutorial.
For the tutorial I'm tuned to standard C (GCE) and I'm playing my Sitka Spruce Baby Taylor Tres. If you'd like to see how the conversion is done click here:
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The string gauges I'm using are:
G10/24 C16/16 E26/11
I transcribe all of the songs for my tutorials myself so I don't have the tablature for any of them.
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The song at the end of the video is the classic tune ‘El Reloj De Pastora’ played by the incredible ‘Septeto Trio Los Dos’ who have graciously given me permission to use.
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[@marcoromo9252]

This is such a great tune from the one and only Arsenio. Thank you Paul! I'm sure a lot of your subscribers, including me are going to start practicing this one! Cheers!

[@TresCubano]

marco romo You’re welcome Marco. Thanks again for suggesting it. Cheers.

[@reggaeson9498]

What is the name of this composition?

[@marcoromo9252]

@@reggaeson9498 Rumba Guajira by the great Arsenio Rodriguez

[@miguelcabrera7313]

Que Rico! Es el ritmo cubano el único en el mundo latino! Gracias Cuba por todo tu música

[@camilorincon2448]

amazing transcription of one of Arsenio's most amazing solos, thank you!!

[@EAU183]

This just made me melt. I have a strong urge to find myself a Tres start something.

[@TresCubano]

Alter Eye Nice! Yup, it’s a bit of a rabbit hole... If you’re interested, I sell Tres conversion kits for Baby Taylor guitars on my website: www.treskits.com Like the ones I play in my videos. Thanks for taking a look! Cheers.

[@BenwaMeneers]

Is there a chord chart or notation of this ? I want to make a version of this on a 12string. genius song

[@adonismaikermadrid]

Si señor!

[@carlosgodinez9481]

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[@carlosgodinez9481]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2iuiqybj6qXn7c Amalia batista La Original sexteto habanero Godinez1916