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Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: Mar. 29 2007, 11:41 I was merrily driving along today and slipped the Station onto the Classic FM when suddenly this Fantastic "Guitar Solo" of Etude started up.. Its a lot nicer than the MO version as well IMO .. Played by "John Williams" the Official title of the TK is "Recuerdos De La Alhambra" composed by Francisco Tarrega. I never realised that Mike had changed the name of the Music but hey well live and Learn...  Deff worth a listen if you like the "Etude" Tk.. I might try and get a MP3 of it somewhere .. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Mar. 29 2007, 17:54 Well... I thought that Mike's "Etude" being really Tárrega's "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" was common knowledge among fans... evidently it's not. And BTW the title wasn't the only thing Mike changed ... he also changed the performing style of the music itself... -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Harmono Group: Members Posts: 759 Joined: May 2005 Posted: Mar. 29 2007, 18:17 The original is a tremolo piece, the melody is all tremolo and the thumb plays the arpeggio which is in mike's version played on some kind of vibraphone i think. It's a wonderfull virtuoso piece and yes it's more memorable than Mike's Etude. I remember Mike saying that he can play the original. It's called Etude because it's made for practicing tremolo playing on  classical guitar. Many classical guitarists play it constantly. Back to top

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