EVA own i rmacx 7 Rondo Alla Turea Learn this masterpiece by one of the greatest composers ofall time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. \ Bridget Mermikides is your guide this way can be helpful in terms of practising and memorising asit beaks the pile doven into clear sections on which ‘to focus. Being originally written for piano, this piece needs afairamount ‘of modifying to make itphysically possible for solo guitar. The transcription here isone solution, and itmaintains the melodyin fall while outlining the essentia) hharmony in the ass notes. Allthe fingering in our ‘ranseription is designed to help youachieve maximum technical ‘ase and fluency and thereforea ‘musical sounding rendition of the piece. The fretting hand fingeringisshown with numbers © © OO ®@ Advanced KEY: Am Tednqueadstaninn ‘TEMPO: 12pm Arion CD:TRACKT7——_Fretinghandlegsas THIS MONTH'S CLASSICAL guitar piece isa transcription of the last movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata no, 14 in A major: Alla Turea, Popularly known as the Turkish Rondo, itis believed to have been written somewhere between 1778 and 1783 andis often heard on its ‘onmas one of Mozart's best- bythe noteheads. 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