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SA YO LAMANG (Manoling Francisco, SJ) by RAFFY LATA

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SA 'YO LAMANG Manoling Francisco, SJ performer: RAFFY LATA In this video, I'm playing my kids' small half-size Excel classical guitar (made in China) which I used to teach them with a long time ago. I found it laying around their old room with worn out strings, so I dusted it off and put on new strings. My fingers could barely fit in the small frets, but I managed to play this classic worship piece. This is just a DEMO performance and I just played the chords then inserted the melody with some accompanying arpeggio. It's not really an arrangement that can be written down and/or shared. Follow my page facebook.com/gitarasakanto and subscribe to my YT channel youtube.com/pasigenyo for more Philippine Guitar Music. Follow me also on popular music streaming services such as Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora and many more. Thanks for watching. #raffylata #classicalguitar #pasigenyo #harana #kundiman #filipino

DIYOS LAMANG ANG NAKAKAALAM (Leopoldo Silos) by RAFFY LATA

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MINSAN LANG KITANG IIBIGIN (Aaron Paul Del Rosario) by RAFFY LATA

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                    Please follow my Artist Profile (RAFFY LATA) on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. READ ON... You've probably already seen the video preview I posted a couple of days ago, so this rendition should sound familiar already. I didn't plan to use my "Antonio Loriente Angela" guitar for this recording, but I just grabbed the guitar that was closest to me when I sat down to record this piece. I really like the sound of this spruce top guitar that has served me for the last 15 years, but I need to change the strings the next time I use it to record. This guitar arrangement is by Filipino virtuoso guitarist, Monching Carpio, and it was based on a 1993 song which was popularized by Filipino balladeer Ariel Rivera. Monching provides the tab for free here https://www.patreon.com/file?h=52204114&i=8375225 . There was a movie of the same title that was made a year later. In 2011, a TV series (again with the same title) was create

Paano Unang Natutong Tumugtog ng Gitara si RAFFY LATA?

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I'm starting a series of Q&A videos wherein I will cover my guitar journey from the beginning. In short, it's my way of telling my personal guitar story so that if anyone asks, they can just watch this video series. Here's the first of many and I hope people appreciate it. It is done in Tagalog because I've been criticized for delivery my tutorials in English...trying hard daw. Please follow me on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes, Pandora and look for my Artist Profile: RAFFY LATA. Salamat po sa inyong suporta. RAFFY LATA

KAHIT IKAY PANAGINIP LANG (Ryan Cayabyab) by RAFFY LATA

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KAHIT IKAY PANAGINIP LANG Ryan Cayabyab performer: RAFFY LATA SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/0GWGNVziAK3C5p1zketeuo ITUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1657174659?ls=1&app=itunes APPLE MUSIC: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1657174659 If you've already guessed that this is another guitar arrangement by Monching Carpio, then you are absolutely correct. It's one of his simpler arrangements and yet it's full of harmony and life. It's a very short piece without any repeats, so I played the entire piece twice to align with the original song's sequence. The song from which this arrangement is based on was composed by Ryan Cayabyab. It was recorded and released by Basil Valdez in 1994 (I think). I've watched many singers cover this song, but the one that stands out is Regine Velasquez's version. There is not enough room in this video description to write Ryan Cayabyab's biography and list his achievements in music, so I’m not even going

KANLUNGAN (Rom Dongeto) by RAFFY LATA

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  KANLUNGAN  Rom Dongeto \ performer: RAFFY LATA  SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/0GWGNVziAK3C5p1zketeuo  ITUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1657174659?ls=1&app=itunes  APPLE MUSIC: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1657174659  Another masterful arrangement by Filipino virtuoso classical guitarist Monching Carpio. He offers the tab for free in this link https://www.patreon.com/file?h=38406769&i=5826009 . I was looking for my next piece and chanced upon this one which I had wanted to play for so long. It took me about three days to learn this, with some breaks in between due to a busy work schedule. This guitar only version is played a bit slower than the original song because of the intricacies of some passages that only works when executed at a slower tempo. I also need to change the strings before I record my next piece because the intonation on the current strings have drifted a little. The song from which this guitar arrangement was based on was popularized by N