Master the iconic Spanish guitar piece Maria Luisa by Julio S. Sagreras in this lesson. Learn the sheet music and tabs, and elevate your guitar skills with this timeless classic. Let’s get started!

Music symbols used in the piece

• D.C. al Fine – Go back to the beginning of the piece until the “Fine” sign.
• Fine – End (in Italian). Sometimes written as Fin (in French).

If needed, you can check out this guide on understanding music symbols.

Note on barre chord symbols 

You might see barre chords written as C.1, C.2, etc… to represent the Spanish word “cejilla” which means barre. I replace this with B.1, B.2, etc… to represent a barre on a certain fret. 

Note that these symbols don’t always require barring all strings, so check the notation to see which string the barre starts on. The dashed lines indicate how long to hold each barre.

Maria Luisa guitar tabs

The numbers next to some notes on the top staff indicate which fingers to use on the fretting hand. If needed, check out this lesson to learn how to finger pick on guitar. 

By the way, you can get all the PDFs of this piece below.

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JG

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