Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00 Why Not Barrios?
00:53 Opening Chords & Dreamlike Colors
03:09 Finding the Mazurka Pulse
03:52 When the Stretch Doesn’t Fit Your Hand
05:23 Letting the Bass Line Answer
06:27 Bringing Out Barrios’s Motifs
07:43 Singing Above the 12th Fret
08:53 Chopin-Esque Rubato
09:42 Harmonics & Guitar Color
10:37 The Neapolitan Sixth & “Searching” Phrases

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Agustín Barrios Mangoré wrote some of the most beloved music in the classical guitar repertoire — but for decades, his music sat outside the Segovia-approved canon. In this lesson excerpt, Samrat Majumder explores Barrios’s Mazurka Appassionata, revealing its Chopin-esque rhythm, dreamlike colors, unresolved harmonies, and the relaxed intensity needed to make the piece truly sing.

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