Manuel de Falla - El amor brujo (1915) (Love, the magician)
1. Introduccion y Escena - Transcription for the guitar by Rafael Andia
The score is available on Rafael Andia's website -
https://www.rafaelandia.com/en/compositions.html
see Notes and Legend below
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbGO7qyRFo - Rafael Andia
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5yctGjGlvQ - Rafael Andia

tuning: D A D G B E       key: B minor       time: 3/4

 Fast, with fury, but not overly brisk (132 beats per minute - quarter notes)
    CII
      eami
1   > ///       > ///       >   >   >      > ///       > ///
e|--2--2---0-|--2--2---0-|--3-0-2-0-3-0-|--2--2---0-|--2--2---0-|
B|-----2-----|-----2-----|--------------|-----2-----|-----2-----|
G|-----3-----|-----3-----|--------------|-----3-----|-----3-----|
D|-----4-----|-----4-----|--------------|-----4-----|-----4-----|
A|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----4-----|-----4-----|--------------|-----4-----|-----4-----|
   ff  f

6   >   >   >      > ///    > ///       >        > ///       >   ///
e|--3-0-2-0-3-0-|--2--2---0-2--2-|----0-2---0-|--3--3---5-|--3----3----|
B|--------------|-----2--------2-|------------|-----0-----|-------0----|
G|--------------|-----3--------3-|------------|-----0-----|-------0----|
D|--------------|-----4--------4-|------------|-----0-----|-------0----|
A|--------------|----------------|------------|-----------|------------|
D|--------------|-----4--------4-|------------|-----4-----|-------4----|
                                                             1    2

11      >   >      > ///       >   >   >      >   >   >
e|----5-3-5-3-5-|--3--3---5-|--3-5-3-5-3-5-|--3-5-3-5-3-5-|
B|--------------|-----0-----|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|-----0-----|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-----0-----|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-----4-----|--------------|--------------|
                          p

15  >                    > ///       >                                 F.
e|--3---2p0-------0-3-|--2--2---0-|--2-----|-----0-|--2---0-|--2====|======||
B|----------3-1h3-----|-----2-----|--------|-------|--------|-------|------||
G|--------------------|-----3-----|--------|-------|--------|-------|------||
D|--------------------|-----4-----|--------|-------|--------|-------|------||
A|--------------------|-----------|--------|-------|-----<7>|-------|------||
D|--------------------|-----4-----|--------|-------|--------|-<4>===|======||
   ff   2     1 3                              dim.       p   pp


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Notes and Legend
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In both references, audio and video, Rafael Andia plays 1st mov. like this:

    CII
      eami
1   > ///       > ///       >   >   >      > ///       >   >   >
e|--2--2---0-|--2--2---0-|--3-0-2-0-3-0-|--2--2---0-|--3-0-2-0-3-0-|
B|-----2-----|-----2-----|--------------|-----2-----|--------------|
G|-----3-----|-----3-----|--------------|-----3-----|--------------|
D|-----4-----|-----4-----|--------------|-----4-----|--------------|
A|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
D|-----4-----|-----4-----|--------------|-----4-----|--------------|
   ff  f

6   > ///    > ///       >         > ///       >  ///         >   >
e|--2--2---0-2--2-|----0-2---0--|--3--3---5-|--3---3----|----5-3-5-3-5-|
B|-----2--------2-|-------------|-----0-----|------0----|--------------|
G|-----3--------3-|-------------|-----0-----|------0----|--------------|
D|-----4--------4-|-------------|-----0-----|------0----|--------------|
A|----------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
D|-----4--------4-|-------------|-----4-----|------4----|--------------|
                                               1   2

11  > ///       >   >   >      >   >      >
e|--3--3---5-|--3-5-3-5-3-5-|--3-5-3-5-|--3---2p0-------0-3-|
B|-----0-----|--------------|----------|----------3---3-----|
G|-----0-----|--------------|----------|------------5-------|
D|-----0-----|--------------|----------|--------------------|
A|-----------|--------------|----------|--------------------|
D|-----4-----|--------------|----------|--------------------|
           p                             ff

15  > ///       >                                 F.
e|--2--2---0-|--2----|-----2---|------0-|--2====|=========||
B|-----2-----|-------|---------|--------|-------|---------||
G|-----3-----|-------|---------|--------|-------|---------||
D|-----4-----|-------|---------|--------|-------|---------||
A|-----------|-------|---------|-----<7>|-------|---------||
D|-----4-----|-------|----<4>--|--------|-<4>===|=========||
                          dim.        p   pp

left hand fingering (LHF)     right hand fingering (RHF)
1 - index finger              p - thumb
2 - middle finger             i - index finger (forefinger)
3 - ring finger               m - middle finger
4 - little finger             a - ring finger (annular)
                              e - little finger

CII   barre on the 2nd fret

fortissimo     ff  - very loud
forte          f   - loud
piano          p   - soft
pianissimo     pp  - very soft

/// (rasg)   - rasgueado
dim          - diminuendo - a gradual decrease in loudness
F.           - Fermata - pause, notes held for longer than their value

h    - hammer-on
p    - pull-off
>    - accented, marked, stressed
===  - note held through the following measure

<x>  - natural (open) harmonic on the x fret

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tabbed by Vlad - checked by weed@wussu.com (7 August 2025)
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