Asturias (Leyenda) by Albeniz for Guitar (PDF)

Asturias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) from Suite Española, No.5, Op. 47. PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level is advanced, around Grade 10. This is a PDF Download. 

I’ve based this arrangement mainly on the piano score and my own ideas but I mention in the score and the video lesson a few changes you can make to either follow my edition or choose popular ideas such the use of harmonics in the middle section.

Video Lesson & Performance of Asturias

Here’s the YouTube Link if you want to watch it there.

More info

Asturias (Leyenda) is one of the most famous works in the classical guitar repertoire. It was composed by Isaac Albéniz in 1892 as a piano prelude in the collection Chants d’Espagne. Although it is now known as Asturias (Leyenda), the title Asturias was added later by a publisher after Albéniz’s death and was later republished posthumously as Asturias (Leyenda) in Suite Española, Op. 47. Despite its name, the music is inspired by the flamenco traditions of Andalusia in southern Spain rather than the northern region of Asturias. The piece became a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire through early guitar transcriptions and due to its driving rhythms, dramatic contrasts, and lyrical middle section which have made it one of the most recognizable and frequently performed works for classical guitar.