El Recuerdo
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El Recuerdo (The Memory) by Gustavo Santaolalla, is from the soundtrack for Narcos: Mexico. The whole thing is a treasure trove of gorgeous, minimalist pieces by Santaolalla. I can’t wait to dig into to even further. I’m already a few episodes into Narcos: Mexico — and I’m quickly reminded that Narcos is one of the best series ever created.
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(a few other pieces by Gustavo Santaolalla)
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Gear used
This is a pretty crazy one-of-a-kind Taylor guitar; sinker-redwood and bloodwood. It belongs to a collector friend mine. It’s about $7000. I’m being REALLY careful with it :) You can find a current list of my personal gear here.
My music
You can find my personal music on Spotify, Apple, and all streaming services:
The Intellimusica Spotify Playlist: Ethereal & Cinematic Guitar
Deep cuts from artists like Gustavo Santaolalla, Hans Zimmer, Jeff Buckley, and Radiohead – combine to create a heady flow of music for focus, meditation, and self-reflection. This is a Guitar focused (but not exclusive) playlist that elicits the emotional, captivating quality of modern film scores.
How to play El Recuerdo | fingerstyle guitar
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The guitar tab for this piece is beautifully written across two pages. It may look easy, but due to the stretched-out chord positions, I recommend this song for intermediate guitar players and up. I hope you enjoy playing this as much as I do! The guitar tab is available below:
My order of play for El Recuerdo look like this:
Verse 2x, Bridge
Verse 1x, End
Narcos: Mexico – El Recuerdo (Gustavo Santaolalla) fingerstyle guitar
This arrangement is played in a double Drop-D tuning. You’ll drop both E strings to D. It looks like this (from low to high): D A D G B D
