Top 5 Songs for Spanish Guitar you should know! (

[@DavidChiriboga]

📌 What songs would you add to this list for a top 10?

[@Th3Alfisti]

I would add for sure more of tarrega, for example Capricho arrabe and Gran Vals

[@adamcrosbie6262]

La catedral, song of the golden dragon, entre dos aguas

[@Th3Alfisti]

@@adamcrosbie6262 What have the song of the golden dragon to do with spain? It was written by Estas Tonne...

[@adamcrosbie6262]

@@Th3Alfisti he said songs for Spanish guitar. I wasn’t thinking they have to be songs from Spain

[@Geakopov]

The World famous LA PALOMA of Sebastian Iradier.

[@theenbee8222]

I thought I was good at guitar because I've spent over a decade learning it and practicing at it in order to become proficient (started with acoustic for a solid 5 years, then electric for 3, and in the last 2 or so I've gotten a proper classical one), but this video, and these songs... it makes me want to truly delve back into learning it and honing my skills until I can truly call myself a master player of the instrument. Thank you immensely for this video, I believe it may have been the push I needed in order to truly rekindle my love and passion for this specific part of my life.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Wow, I love to hear this kind of feedback. Very inspiring for me to make more videos for this community. Glad I can be an inspiration. Let’s make 2024 the year of immersion and progress with the guitar! 👌🏼 Take a listen to the first episode of my recently posted podcast for a little help with guitar goal setting, incase it helps.. 😉

[@DavidChiriboga]

And btw, I’ve been playing for a couple decades now, and while yes, I feel confident in my playing, trying to feel like you truly have mastered the guitar is a life long journey that even the greats will admit is a path that never ends.

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

the rythym of asturias is mind bending...love it!

[@DavidChiriboga]

Such an intense powerful melody, and I love that it’s a song that’s filled with contrasting layers and dynamics that build the piece up like a good movie. Forever one of my favs…

[@diederdas27]

Thank you so much for this video, I’m a white Australian with no cultural ties to Spanish or Latin music but Spanish guitar just speaks to my soul. I’m learning all of these.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Awesome! Love to hear that… especially the fact that you’re not culturally connected and still doing it and passionate about it. I’m of Latin heritage(Ecuadorian roots), but I didn’t grow up with Spanish culture from Spain, so I was a total foreigner to Flamenco and the culture that goes with it. Despite that, I think anyone can learn and adopt certain aspects, while remaining true to ourselves and not just trying to clone ourselves to a different culture. Wishing you the best!

[@margaritakritikos2329]

My father use to play all those pieces when I was a child beautiful memories rip dad till we meet again❤

[@DavidChiriboga]

Music has a tendency to transport you to a time and place and connect you with the emotions and feelings from then. It can be beautiful. Hopefully this is a good memory for you and not too sad ❤️

[@margaritakritikos2329]

So true thank you

[@jacoblopez373]

I learned guitar on classical notes but w an acoustic guitar. My dad was into classical but grew up on metal; however, I will say I did fall off but most of what I heard is so perfect and you played it better than I could brotha!!

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks man! Appreciate it ❤️‍🔥 I also grew up with a lot of rock and metal influences. I just happen to fall into playing Spanish Guitar more than the electric. (But I still love my electric too and all my other genres 😉)

[@maggienbob1304]

I love Romanza. When I come across it, I usually only see the name Romantic Guitar, Romance, etc. And thought, yes, it's romantic but what is the NAME of it?! 😂 So I guess that is it. 😊 Thanks 🩵

[@DavidChiriboga]

lol, I can see the mis-interpretation in the name. But yup, that’s the name. And it funny that it’s an anonymous piece; no composer was ever credited to it.

[@jamesbothe7198]

I was very happy to see Asturias at the top! That's my favorite piece of all time. All your picks were beautiful, I'll just have to learn them all.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Glad you agreed with my choices 😉 Asturias is such a classic! No rush on learning them all, choose one, and start with which ever works best for your level.

[@Prince.Hamlet]

Wow, that Lagrima was absolutely beautiful😢 Thank you

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks so much! It’s a simple piece that’s very beautiful and emotional to me.

[@daniehexer7016]

I've been wanting to pick up the Spanish guitar again, and I think I've found my muse. Issac Albeniz's asturias just pluck at my heart strings.

[@DavidChiriboga]

This piece will do that to you 😉 I’ll never get tired of playing it, or listening to it either…

[@kebirbenkaccem726]

Excellent choice in the songs you presented...you picked some songs for the beginner and some for the advanced...thankyou.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks 👍🏼 🙂 I’ll have to make some more lists…

[@ruthnash8486]

Lagrima I've been practicing this one everyday now just have to memorize it..

[@DavidChiriboga]

Awesome, this is a classic!

[@fnrc5866]

I totally agree with your choice

[@DavidChiriboga]

👌🏼 Any tunes you’d add for a Top 10?

[@fnrc5866]

@@DavidChiriboga Gran Vals, Granada, Una limosna por el amor de dios

[@DavidChiriboga]

@@fnrc5866 Love all those! Especially Granada, just learned it late last year. ❤️‍🔥

[@ruthnash8486]

All songs are beautiful and different one of them I have heard if I can play just one of these that will dynamite lots and lots of practice it will take

[@DavidChiriboga]

Agreed, they’re all beautiful. ❤️‍🔥 I think the one that’s best to start with is possibly Malagueña, since there’s simple beginner versions (if you’re a beginner and don’t play any of these)

[@ruthnash8486]

That's the one I'm starting with David Malaguena

[@Anas.Hadidy]

Thanks, I like your choice. I am a beginner and this is just what I was looking for to begin my journey of learning the first 5. Thanks again

[@DavidChiriboga]

Awesome! Some of these may be a little too advanced for beginner. But that said, there’s beginner versions or sections of these pieces that you can work on… hope to be of help on your journey. 😉

[@ruthnash8486]

Have to let you know that you play these beautifully the lessons kinda wore me out so listening to this David that must have been a wonderful experience for to the castle in Spain so much culture to enjoy

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks… And definitely, Granda is a magical mystical city!

[@beachbarlouie]

I think they are good choices for the style. I am thinking that a non-tremolo piece like Capricho Arabe would have been a good choice too.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks… I love Capricho and enjoy playing it as well. Generally, I’m a huge Tarrega fan for Spanish Classical. That said, I don’t feel like it’s as popular as these other selections I made for the vid. Maybe for the top 20 list 😉

[@mariposagoldenboy1]

Great List and Great Playing!

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks man! 🙏🏼 I need to add your favorite, Concierto de Aranjuez to the next list. 🙂

[@EOlaCasas]

OMG! I learned an arranged version of Asturias from my friends in Guitar 1 in HS! Now I gotta learn the big boy version 🤭

[@DavidChiriboga]

Awesome! I also love making simplified versions for beginners to start with, so that you can enjoy the journey from the start. But eventually it’s great to take the challenge and go for the full version. 😉

[@Rockyjeeper]

Asturias is one of my favorites. I would love to play it.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Same here, one of my top favorites 👌🏼 Have you tried to learn it before?

[@Rockyjeeper]

@@DavidChiriboga no I’ve been playing by ear for years but now I would like to try something a bit more difficult like this. For this song though I may have to wait till I get hand surgery. Ganglion cyst, putting pressure on my wrist. I had one removed on the left hand, now I have to have the right hand. After I recover, I will definitely be practicing for this.

[@VishaKim]

Same, after hearing John Arcilla the actor for Heneral Luna play it, I just fell in love with the piece.

[@zenuxlg3127]

I'm waiting for my new classical guitar and these are great recommendation

[@DavidChiriboga]

Awesome! Which one do you think you’ll try first? If youve never played this style, then they might be a little challenging, since they’re not for complete beginners. But parts of Malagueña and Lagrima are a little more manageable to try out. 😉

[@ch.ku.4310]

Nice guitar and sound sir very cool sound I liked ❤❤❤

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏼

[@ghaidaal-zarmagi4215]

Listening to him ❌ Enjoying malagueña at the background ✅

[@blahblahopper]

I like to play these pieces or at least try! Amazing choice

[@DavidChiriboga]

Awesome! Classic choices for many levels…

[@Electric_Funeral]

I would love a tutorial on malaguena. I also liked astudias

[@DavidChiriboga]

I do have a basic tutorial going over some of the foundations to play it up. Here is a link. Hope it helps… 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZi4aYqYeNJmmbssi=bL2Atf355uqfd1iz

[@luisandraschnik3001]

Asturias es parte de la suite Iberia, original para ´piano. Asturias fue transcripta a Guitarra por el famoso guitarrista español Andrés Segovia.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Si claro 👌🏼

[@Baghdadmylove]

Clever collection. Magnificent !

[@DavidChiriboga]

Classic timeless choices 👌🏼

[@Yukalitlee]

These are all so beautiful

[@DavidChiriboga]

Some of my favorites… ❤️‍🔥

[@ShipleyConcrete]

Agreed love your picks

[@DavidChiriboga]

👌🏼

[@neilaspin008]

Beautiful and inspiring.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks! Hope it inspires you to play one of them… 😉

[@nickrkr]

I have been looking for the name of the third song for a very long time... Finally found it herr😊

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks great! I know how that feels, there’s a tune a I learned when I started playing and just barely remember the main melody, and would love to re-visit it for nostalgic sakes but don’t know the name. 😅

[@nickrkr]

@@DavidChiriboga wish I could return the favour 😅

[@kevinpatrick4670]

EXCELLENT CHOICES!!! 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach..... The Capricho A'rabe by Tarrega, And this one particular piece by Villa Lobos that I cannot remember at this moment, are also beautiful pieces. You've reminded me of just how beautiful Recuerdos de la Alhambra really is!!! I tried that back in the day, but I had not developed my tremolo. IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS!!💯🔥🎶🎵🎶🎶 Thanks for the INSPIRATION, and MOTIVATION!!!🙏🏽

[@DavidChiriboga]

Good selections to add to the larger list! 👌🏼 Recuerdos is just feels so good to play and so nice to hear, especially given the connection to one of my favorite majestic places I’ve visited. ❤️‍🔥 Glad I can inspire you! Just trying to give back and inspire, as many others have for me!

[@TheHesseJames]

I‘d put also the Concierto de Aranjuez in.

[@DavidChiriboga]

💯 Yes, that’s a masterpiece and that melody is also very widely recognized.

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

my son might get a cordoba...thx.

[@DavidChiriboga]

That’s great! I stand behind them for great, yet affordable guitars in various price ranges.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Which one is he thinking of getting? Is he a complete beginner?

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

@@DavidChiriboga c3m.... Or a Yamaha. What's annoying Is the company like Sweetwater they're not listing where they're made. So I'm going to go back to the original website I guess. Yeah my son my oldest place by ear but this sun is able to read music better. Yeah I still listen to Andre Segovia. Now I'm enjoying the hermanos Gutierrez.

[@vincentmartino3626]

Ok.....my favoirites are Tango in D albenez, capricho arabe terrga....

[@DavidChiriboga]

I love Capricho Árabe ❤️‍🔥 I actually have a video with that piece on my channel too. I’ll have to check out Tango in D, not sure if I’m familiar with it.

[@vincentmartino3626]

@@DavidChiriboga im sure both pieces are in a Drop D, yeah real nice learned them in lockdown, i need to dus offt my muscle me.mory for sure.

[@IamKeennny]

What you call Romance is a work by Francisco Tárrega - Romance de amor. This is not anonymous, but the founder of the modern classical guitar

[@DavidChiriboga]

Hi! Thanks for chiming in, but Romanza is definitely famously known for being an anonymous composition. To my knowledge, nobody knows the composer of this very famous melody. I am very aware of Tarrega, as he’s one of my favorites for Spanish classical, but he’s definitely not the composer of that piece. Maybe he made an arrangement of it, but that would be as far as that goes.

[@IamKeennny]

@@DavidChiriboga I apologize. I decided to clarify, this is really not a Tarrega. I'm learning adelita by F.tarrega and for some reason I noticed that tarrega also wrote the romance. It seems like the author of the romance is v.gomez

[@ruthnash8486]

Hi David Back to San Francisco maybe you would like to teach part of this

[@DavidChiriboga]

Which one from here?

[@benlivneh4283]

wonderful playing. is the sheet music available for your version of malaguena?

[@DavidChiriboga]

Thanks so much! I actually just created a version for my upcoming e-course. Havnt figured out if I will have it available on a platform outside of the course yet. Keep you posted.

[@RabindraDahal-ie7sb]

I have just started to learn acoustic guitar but I also want to play classical guitar. So please advice me some good method /technique books that are relevant to me for learning classical Guitar. Austurias is my all time favourite. Thanks.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Hi! Thanks for sharing… Asturias is also one of my favorites too, I never get tired of it. 🙂 So I actually just launched my new e-course/program for beginners. It teaches the fundamentals to start playing classical and flamenco guitar. Plus I’m currently adding in a monthly group coaching zoom call for six months to help students that enroll. Check it out and see if it looks like a good fit for you… lmk if you have any questions.

[@DavidChiriboga]

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[@thewoodstrider]

Amazing David !!!! I am a grandson of Spanish parents and I would like to know more about flamenco, what is the best guitar to start with, do you teach online?

[@DavidChiriboga]

Hey, sounds great man! I’m glad you want to start learning this style. Feel feee to shoot me a DM on Instagram or email me with any questions about starting your journey or picking a guitar. I’d have to hear a little more about where you currently are with guitar what you have, to help a bit more. So I’m actually about to launch a full immersive Spanish Guitar e-course which crosses over Flamenco and Spanish Classical techniques and beginner songs. I havnt announced it yet, but it will be out for the new year. There’s going to be group coaching lessons to go along with it and optional add on private lesson check-ins to go along with the course. Very step by step with my help along side. I’d be happy to have you on board. If you’d like to be in the mix please sign up to my emailing list which I only use for important announcements and monthly updates.

[@thewoodstrider]

@@DavidChiriboga Hey David , actually I don’t have instagram but I have email and WhatsApp , I’ll be glad to talk to you if you want ! My name is Ricardo and I’m a Brazilian Spanish/Portuguese living in Japan for 20 years already , I’ve search about some flamenco guitars and there is a lot of Spanish guitars here but I don’t know if they truly are Spanish made traditional or if they are fake cuz I don’t know much about spanish flamenco guitar brands just Cordoba , Alhambra and Jose Ramirez. I’ve searched here in and I found some cordobas , like the F7 , C5, F7 Paco and used Manuel Rodriguez e Hijos C3 , La Flamenca , Amalio Burguet 2F , Jose Antonio 7FC , Antonio Sanchez FL1 and others. But I’ll be waiting for contact ! Thanks again David ! Gracias hermano !

[@timothyhackler8622]

David, what do you think of the guitar overall? My wife bought one for me over a year ago. It was on sale for less than $200.00 at the time. I took some of the relief out of the neck. Then bought a bone saddle. I set the string height at 2.5 mm. The last thing I did was to install a golpeador. I’ve been playing on it to learn flamenco techniques. I am really enjoying having it for many reasons. l still want to get a Blanca because the woods used in the Protege C1 give it a darker sound than I hear with a Blanca. ]What are your thoughts?

[@DavidChiriboga]

Hey Timothy! That’s cool, didn’t know you had one. So, yes, first I think when possible, it’s great if a guitar tech can asses it and make some adjustments and a proper set up to the players comfort, when someone wants to throw that in their budget. The one I received luckily feels good as is. That’s what I liked about it off hand. The only drawback I found as a budget guitar is that you have to add a golpeador for Flamenco playing if you want to take care of it. In terms of really assessing the quality, of course it’s not going to hold up to high end guitar, but what blew me way was that usually for that price range, the guitars are not that great in terms of sound quality and the playability is rough. So that why I’m digging recommending this model for budget beginner friendly students. The playability is so important for beginners. So that’s my main angle on it… And also for many beginner ears, they wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between this and higher end models. But it sounds like you can hear those differences and are itching for a Blanca. 😉 The tone doesn’t bother me. I usually tend to like warmer darker tones

[@777xino]

What about Concierto de Orangejuice?

[@DavidChiriboga]

lol, that one too of course…

[@muhemmedabdalmejid7577]

My friend this is flamenco guitar 🎸 or classical?

[@DavidChiriboga]

This model by Cordoba is sold as a classical, but really I think it’s set up like a hybrid that works for either style. It’s doesn’t feel like a pure classical or flamenco. That’s why I think it’s a great guitar for beginners to experiment on. It’s a comfortable guitar to play…

[@evetdelarue8003]

How do we play it no tutorial

[@DavidChiriboga]

Which song? Which would you like a tutorial on?

[@Adam-adyo]

Great choice of music but I have to say, all those are classical music, only Malaguena is flamenco.

[@DavidChiriboga]

Yup, actually all are from Classical origin, even that Malagueña. That malagueña is different from the traditional flamenco malagueña palo.

[@gR22401]

He didn't say they were all flamenco. He said they were all Spanish, which is accurate since they are since they were all composed by Spanish guitarists.

[@user-mp7jk6qo2c]

No one plays guitar better than carlos Santana Europa.

[@DavidChiriboga]

He’s awesome, one of my first favorites. 👌🏼 But he’s doesn’t play much Spanish Guitar. So I wouldn’t have included his tunes here.

[@yupip8847]

I played a german song on classical guitar as a one year guitarist and i felt really weird...additionally when i played or listen romance music i feel sexually raised...why so??

[@DavidChiriboga]

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