Study in C Major - Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
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Study in C Major by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)

[see below tab for alternative LH for measure 3]

[1]
E|-------0-----3-----0-----|-------0-----3-----0-----|
B|-----1---1-----1-----1---|-----1---1-----1-----1---|
G|---0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 3   1   1   4 1     1     3   1   1   4 1     1
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

[3]
E|-------5-----3-----1-----|-------0-----3-----0-----|
B|-----0---0-----0-----0---|-----1---1-----1-----1---|
G|---0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 1     4     2     1       3   1   1   4 1     1
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

[5]                          V
E|-------0-----4-----0-----|-------5-----8-----5-----|
B|-----3---3-----3-----3---|-----5---5-----5-----5---|
G|---4-------4-----4-----4-|---5-------5-----5-----5-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH   3 2   2 3 4 2 3   2 3     1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

[7]
E|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------3----------------||
B|-----1---1-----1-----1---|-----0---0--------------||
G|---2-------2-----2-----2-|---0-------0------------||
D|-0-----------------------|------------------------||
A|-------------------------|------------------------||
E|-------------------------|-3-----------3----------||
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH   2 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 2   2     3     2
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i p

[9]                                      I....
E|-------1-----3-----1-----|-------0-----1-----0-----|
B|-----0---0-----0-----0---|-----1---1-----1-----1---|
G|---0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 3     1     4     1       3   1   1   1 1    1
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

[11]
E|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------0-----2-----0-----|
B|-----0---0-----0-----0---|-----0---0-----0-----0---|
G|---2-------2-----2-----2-|---0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 2 3   4   3 4   3 4   3               3
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

[13] I                                   I....
E|-------1-----3-----1-----|-------0-----1-----0-----|
B|-----1---1-----1-----1---|-----1---1-----1-----1---|
G|---2-------2-----2-----2-|---0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-1-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 2   3   1   1   1 1     1
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

[15]
E|-------5-----3-----1-----|-------0----------------||
B|-----0---0-----0-----0---|-----1---1--------------||
G|---0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-------0------------||
D|-------------------------|------------------------||
A|-------------------------|-3-----------3----------||
E|-3-----------------------|------------------------||
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 3     4     2     1       3   1   1   3
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i p

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alternative left hand fingering -

[3]
E|-------5-----3-----1-----|-------0-----3-----0-----|
B|-----0---0-----0-----0---|-----1---1-----1-----1---|
G|---0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
   | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | |
LH 2     4     3     1       3   1   1   4 1     1
RH p i m a m i a m i a m i   p i m a m i a m i a m i

this is not easy to play, but it allows the G (6th string, 3rd fret) to be held
throughout the measure -- (it would be easier to play measure 3 with a barre on
the 3rd fret, but this would change the pattern of the right hand fingering)

info from Christian Liang - 16 November 2009