Malagueña Easy Fingerstyle Guitar (Notes+Tabs)

Malagueña Easy Fingerstyle Guitar (Notes+Tabs) "Malagueña" (Spanish pronunciation: [malaˈɣeɲa], from Málaga) is a song by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. It was originally the sixth movement of Lecuona&Suite Andalucía (1933), to which he added lyrics in Spanish. The song has since become a popular, jazz, marching band, and drum corps standard and has been provided with lyrics in several languages. In general terms Malagueñas are flamenco dance styles from Málaga in the southeast of Spain (see Malagueñas (flamenco style)). The melody that forms the basis of "Malagueña" was not of Lecuona&invention. It can be heard in 19th century American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk&solo piano composition "Souvenirs d&Based on Gottschalk&international renown, it is reasonable to assume Lecuona heard it and either wittingly or unwittingly co-opted it in composing his most famous piece. Further research is required to determine if Gottschalk&composition and the melody popularized as "Malagueña" is itself a based on a folkloric Spanish tune