Archive for November, 2009

Prelude in C by Matteo Carcassi

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Exercise (pim)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 0:23
Matteo Carcassi wrote numerous music for the guitar and plenty of exercises too. During his life, the guitar was still in development so carcassi composed numerous exercises to [...]

Bwv1007 prelude in D Cello Suite No.1 by JS Bach

BWV1007 Prelude in D by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Grade 4- Late Intermediate
Time 2:08
Johann Sebastian Bach will be forever revered for his intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty. In his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, you can hear some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello. The Prelude, mainly consisting of arpeggiated chords, [...]

Prelude in D by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in D by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Exercise (pimi-aimi)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 0:23
Matteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. During Carcassi’s life, the guitar was fairly new. Carcassi began to wrote many lessons and exercises to introduce the guitar to musicians. In Prelude in D, you will get to play the pimi-aimi 8 [...]

Lesson in C by Fernando Sor

Lesson in C by Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 1:09
Fernando Sor is considered to be a key composer from the 19th century. Spanish born in barcelona in 1778. Fernando’s was bought up in a monastery. Sor wrote his first opera at 18. Some called him the beethoven for the guitar. Lesson in C is [...]

Intro in A by Matteo Carcassi

Intro in A-Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
Grade 2- Intermediate
Exercise (pimi)
Time 0:24
Matteo Carcassi (Florence, Italy, 1792 – Paris, France, January 16, 1853), was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar (melodic and progressive studies) that remains valuable, relevant and interesting. His most famous works are collected in his 25 Studies, op.60. Intro in [...]

Andantino by Ferdinando Carulli

Andantino by Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 1:09
Ferdinando Carulli was born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples on February 9, 1770. Like many of his contemporaries, he was taught musical theory by a priest, who was also an amateur musician. Carulli’s first instrument was the cello, but when he was twenty he discovered the guitar [...]

Easter Hymn Fernando sor

Easter Hymn by Fernando sor
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 1:05
Born in Barcelona to a fairly well-off family, Sor was descended from a long line of career soldiers, and intended to continue that legacy, but was distracted from this when his father introduced him to Italian opera. He fell in love with music and abandoned a military [...]

Arpeggio in G by Matteo Carcassi

Arpeggio in G by Matteo Carcassi
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise (pmam-imam)
Time 0:24
Matteo Carcassi developed countless studies for the instrument still taught in school worldwide. Carcassi wrote plenty of easy to play guitar tunes such as this one. In Arpeggio in G, you will play 4 strings using this (pmam-imam) 8 note pattern. An Arpeggio the notes of [...]

BWV1006a Minuet I (Lute Suite No.4 in E) by JSBach

BWV1006a Minuet I-Lute Suite No.4 in E Major by JSBach
Time 1:12
This minuet is taken from Bachs Lute Suite No.4 in E Major which is a transcription from Bach’s Partita III for the solo violin. BWV1006a is a graceful and formal french dance in vogue during the middle 1600’s to 1800 – when it was replaced [...]

Arpeggio in A by Matteo Carcassi

Arpeggio in A by Matteo Carcassi
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise (pimi-aimi)
Time 0:35
Matteo Carcassi (Florence, Italy, 1792 – Paris, France, January 16, 1853), was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar (melodic and progressive studies) that remains valuable, relevant and interesting. Arpeggio in A is a short study for the right hand. You [...]

Study 3 in C by Napoleon Coste

Study in C by Napoleon Coste
Grade 1- Beginner
Napoléon Coste was born in Amondans (Doubs), France. He was first taught the guitar by his mother, an accomplished player herself. Study in C is another beginner song to get you better acquainted with the instrument.

Arpeggio in D by Matteo Carcassi

Arpeggio in D by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise (pmamim)
Time 0:35
Matteo Carcassi produced many valuable classical guitar lessons. For this right hand exercises, you will pick with the 6 note pattern (pmamim). Carcassi wrote a method for guitar (melodic and progressive studies) that remains valuable, relevant and interesting. Arpeggio in D is a [...]

Malaguena by Francisco Tarrega

Malaguena by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
Time 2:46
This version is arranged for the guitar by Francisco Tarrega. Originally the 6 movement of the Suite Andalucia by Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963). The Cuban composer Lecuona first introduced Malaguena at the Roxy Theatre in New York in 1927. Written for the piano, it is the sixth and final piece [...]

Las Hachas by Gaspar Sanz

Las Hachas by Gaspar Sanz (1640 – 1710)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 0:31
Las Hachas is a easy piece by Gaspar Sanz, an Aragonese Spanish composer and priest born in Calanda in the area of Bajo Aragón. Sanz became the dominant figure of Spanish baroque music, and has influenced several composers well into the twentieth century. This is [...]

Arpeggio in E by Matteo Carcassi

Arpeggio in Eby Matteo Carcassi
Grade 1 Beginner
Exercise (pmiami)
Time 0:20
Matteo Carcassi (Florence, Italy, 1792 – Paris, France, January 16, 1853), was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar that remains valuable, relevant and interesting. His most famous works are collected in his 25 Studies, op.60. Arpeggio in E is an exercise [...]

Waltz in D by Ferdinando Carulli

Waltz in D by Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Grade 1- Beginner
Time 1:11
Ferdinando Carulli was an extremely prolific writer for guitar, writing over 400 works for the instrument in the space of 12 years. Carulli was born in Naples. In Waltz in D, is a great beginner song using 4 fingers on the right hand.