Latinitas for Solo Guitar - 9. Merenguito - Alfonso Montes (1955-) edition: Mel Bay MB20995B (Pacific, USA, 2008) see Notes below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 29 September 2026 MIDI: https://www.classtab.org/montes_latinitas_07_merenguito.mid video: https://youtu.be/ahQLjPBAzHk?t=12 - Irina Kircher standard tuning: E A D G B E key: E minor time: 5/8 1 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|--3==============|-3==============|-3==============|-7==============| B|-----------0-----|--------0-------|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|*-------0-----0--|------0---0-----|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--| D|*----2-----------|----1-----------|----0-----------|----------------| A|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----4-----------| E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| mp 4 cresc. mf f 4 1 5 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-3==============|-2==============|-0==============|-0==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------2-----2--|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--| D|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|----0-----------| A|----3-----------|----2-----------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| decresc. mf 9 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-0==============|-0==============||-3==============|-3==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----||----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------2-----2--||-------5-----5--|-------5-----5--| D|----------------|----------------||----------------|----0-----------| A|----3-----------|----2-----------||----0-----------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------| mf 1 3 13 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-2==============|-2==============|-0==============|-0==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----3-----------|----------------|----2-----------| E|----3-----------|----------------|----2-----------|----------------| mp 1 2 2 mf 17 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-0==============|-0==============|-7==============|-7==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|-------5-----5--|-------5-----5--| D|----2-----------|----0-----------|----------------|----0-----------| A|----------------|----------------|----0-----------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| p mf 4 1 mp 21 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-5==============|-5==============|-0==============|-0==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----3-----------|----------------|----------------| E|----3-----------|----------------|----1-----------|----1-----------| 4 1 1 1 2 25 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-0==============|-0==============||----------------|----------------| B|----------0-----|----------0-----||-0==============|-0==============| G|-------2-----2--|-------2--------||----------0-----|----------0-----| D|----------------|----------------||-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--| A|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------| E|----2-----------|----2-----------||----3-----------|----2-----------| 1 3 2 cresc. f p cresc. 29 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|----------------|-0==============|-0==============|-0==============| B|-0==============|----------0-----|----------1-----|----------1-----| G|----------0-----|-------1-----1--|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--| D|-------0-----0--|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----0-----------|----------------| E|----0-----------|----0-----------|----------------|----3-----------| 1 33 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-3==============|-2==============|-3==============|-3==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------2-----2--|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--| D|----1-----------|----1-----------|----2-----------|----1-----------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| f 4 1 2 37 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-3==============|-7==============|-3==============|-2==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|-------3-----3--|-------2-----2--| D|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----4-----------|----3-----------|----2-----------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 4 2 3 4 2 3 41 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-0==============|-0==============|-3==============|-2==============| B|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| G|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|-------3-----3--|-------2-----2--| D|----2-----------|----0-----------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----3-----------|----2-----------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| p cresc. 4 2 3 4 2 3 45 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-0==============|-0==============|-0==============|-0==============| B|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------2-----|----------2-----| G|-------4-----4--|-------4-----4--|-------3------3-|-------3-----3--| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------| mf 2 1 2 1 49 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . e|-0==============|-0==============|----------------|-0--------------|| B|----------1-----|----------1-----|-------------0==|================|| G|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|----------2=====|================|| D|----------------|----------------|-------2========|================|| A|----------------|----------------|----2===========|================|| E|----0-----------|----0-----------|-0==============|================|| 2 1 f Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the sheet there is an opening repeat sign at the start of measure 11, but no closing repeat sign. Most recordings I've listened to don't repeat any of the sections (though one repeats measures 1-10). The sheet tempo is 145 beats per minute (eighth notes), but the Irina Kircher reference recording (and others) plays it at twice the speed, so perhaps the sheet is wrong and it should be 145 bpm (quarter notes). Has anyone heard the Alfonso Montes CD which accompanied the sheet music? The sheet indicates that the notes in measure 51 are to be held (allowed to ring, not cut off), and are then repeated (along with the top E) as a chord in measure 52, but I haven't heard any recordings play the chord. left hand fingering (LHF) below the tab - 1 - index finger (forefinger) 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger (annular) 4 - little finger (pinky) === - note held, length of note, duration bpm - beats per minute (eighth notes) cresc. - crescendo - growing louder decresc. - decrescendo - growing softer f - forte - loud, strong mf - mezzo-forte - moderately loud mp - mezzo-piano - moderately quiet p - piano - quiet, softly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at https://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - thanks!