Guitar Challenge: Malagueña

Guitar Challenge: Malagueña

Published: Oct 20, 2025

In this musical challenge, I took on learning an easy version of “Malagueña”. Malagueña is a Spanish folk tune that is one of the most well-known in the world. It sounds quintessentially Spanish. It evokes images of matadors and flamenco dancers. Its origins are a little unclear, but it is thought to have originated in Málaga, Spain and has been transformed through the years into countless variations performed by many different musicians around the world.

I learned a version of the song from the following video tutorial:

Here is me playing through the song: