This is shortened version of Mozart’s “Alla turca” in an arrangement for two acoustic guitars with TAB. It should be an easy piece to learn in that it one of the most immediately recognisable and popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire. It was Mozart himself who titled the piece “Alla turca” (Turkish March) as the music was intended to imitate the sounds of the instruments in the then familiar Turkish military bands. Understood to have been composed in 1783, a tempo in the range 110 – 120 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute is suggested. It is a very adaptable piece stylistically and in the repertoire of classical musicians, folk bands, jazz groups and café style ensembles. The score was reviewed in 2026 with the addition of accompaniments some changes to the voicing of the guitar 2 part and appended parts were added. Repeats are in place in both the realisation and the accompaniments and the music editor suggests missing out the small notes and the trill in the first stages of learning the piece.
