Guitar players: name that tune.

[Short Guy]

There's this (as far as I can tell) pretty famous piece of (classical?) guitar music which, over here in Belgium, was used in a radio commercial recently. I figured out how to play it (yay!), but I have no clue what the name of the piece is, or who wrote it. So I'll be needing your help. :)

It's played on the three high strings (at least the way I play it): the G and B strings are open. The tab for the high E, which should be enough to recognize the song, in the first part is:

7-7-7-7-5-3-3-2-0-0-2-7-12-12-12-12-10-8-8-7-5-5

All notes are the same length. So who can help me?

[WordMan]

Absolutely no clue - sorry.

Try searching for that number sequence in Google - maybe you'll locate the tab?

[jjimm]

I recognise it from your TAB (I can play it too) but I cannot for the life of me remember what it's called. IIRC, it was on an album by John Williams (the guitarist not the composer).

[jjimm]

OK, hook up your speakers and tell me if I've interpreted the notes right:

Click on 'Romance' on this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004T0P4/qid=1077198035//ref=pd_ka_2/102-2271468-0896927?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846) album.

[SentientMeat]

Romanza (http://www.all-good-tabs.com/guitar-tabs-bands-misc_traditional-romanza-13882.html)

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[KidCharlemagne]

I hear [b]aspects[b], only aspects, of [b]Ode to Joy[b]. It could be a variation on the melody but.... Anyway, tell us what the commercial is for; there are entire websites dedicated to answering "What's the song from that commercial?"

[KidCharlemagne]

Should have previewed all those interim posts.

[NoCoolUserName]

I just want to say that I'll answer this question--after I really wake up. Who can quote chapter and verse at 7 AM? I've been playing this puppy so long that I can't remember, right now, the author and title. Someone else will post before then with the proper information, but remember: I answered first!

[jjimm]

I just want to say that I'll answer this question--after I really wake up. Who can quote chapter and verse at 7 AM? I've been playing this puppy so long that I can't remember, right now, the author and title. Someone else will post before then with the proper information, but remember: I answered first!No you didn't! :confused:

[Short Guy]

Thanks guys! It was indeed "Romanza"/"Romance", and I knew the John Williams version. Now I can go label my tabs. :)

[NoCoolUserName]

Here we go, Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004U0ZV/qid=1077203980/sr=1-40/ref=sr_1_40/104-3846367-0499917?v=glance&s=classical) has a short snippet--click on the "Spanish Romance-Anonymous" link. I was thinking it was a Sor piece and that slowed me down.

[NoCoolUserName]

And here (http://www.mxtabs.net/tabs.php?path=Guitar,m,811,Misc,Intermediate+-+Spanish+Romance,80970&PHPSESSID=50e785d7c58182f3900ef8538e9c015d) is the first section in TAB. (But I don't know how accurate it is.)

[jjimm]

NoCoolUserName, are you bothering to read anyone else's posts in this thread?