Suite Del Recuerdo - Guitar

By Jose Luis Merlin

I searched for the sheet music a long time. I am so happy I found it on sheetmusicplus. My favorite is Carnavalito. I practice it every day.

This is one of my favorite suite. Great music.

II am an intermediate level player, (maybe a 6 out of 8). I'm still learning the pieces, but I can already see that I WILL be able to learn them. Four of the five pieces are in the key of G or Em, and so are easy to read...

. The Joropo is in E. They are extensively annotated, so it really helped me to sharpen my sight-reading skills. The suite has a lot of great guitar "tricks" that are good tools to have in your toolbox. Although there is no tremolo in any of the pieces, there is a technique used that I would describe as "pre-tremolo". After practicing it for a while I discovered my tremolo had improved, seemingly with no effort on my part. Rasgueado, fast planting, reflex arpeggios, and fast p-i-p-i-p-i runs are used in ways that allow you to easily practice these techniques. The music is very guitaristic with lots of open strings and used. It is fun & exciting to play. I'm convinced that taking the time to learn these pieces is just what I need to get to the next level.

I bougt the whole Suite just for this one peace Evocation, which I found on a CD by Norbert Kraft. A really wonderfull music, I´m very happy, that I found it at all.

Suite del Recuerdo is a beautiful and awe-inspiring piece. The movements aren't too difficult once looked at closely, and sound amazing in the end. My favorite is definitely Carnavalito, but Evocacion is nonetheless just as nice. Ultimately, a collection is not complete without this composition.