This Allegretto from Op. 35 "Twenty four very easy
exercises" was written by the Spanish guitar composer
Fernando Sor (1778-1839), and its original title is
Study N°22 in b minor. According to Atahualpa
Yupanqui, the alternative title "La Gota de Agua" was
given by José de San Martín (1778-1850), an
Argentinian General who took guitar lessons from Sor in
France. Yupanqui also refers to it as "La Quitapenas"
or "El Arreglador". My transcription is based on the
version he recorded on the 22th o...(+)
This Allegretto from Op. 35 "Twenty four very easy
exercises" was written by the Spanish guitar composer
Fernando Sor (1778-1839), and its original title is
Study N°22 in b minor. According to Atahualpa
Yupanqui, the alternative title "La Gota de Agua" was
given by José de San Martín (1778-1850), an
Argentinian General who took guitar lessons from Sor in
France. Yupanqui also refers to it as "La Quitapenas"
or "El Arreglador". My transcription is based on the
version he recorded on the 22th of Juli 1967 in Japan
for the album "Alma de Guitarra" (1967). For the album
version Don Ata tuned his guitar to D# so that the
piece actually sounds in Bb. For the version he
performed on a live television program in 1988
(Argentina Televisora Color) he plays the piece in c#
minor with a capo in the second fret and in the
introduction to his performance he tells Antonio
Carrizo (1926-2016) details about the background of the
the piece and how José de San Martín got to study
with Fernando Sor. As far as fingering positions and a
few harmonies are concerned, both versions from 1967
and 1988 are slightly different and they vary from
Sor's original edition of the piece, but, inspite of
giving it his personal touch, his interpretations are
still quite close to the original.
