Archive for November, 2009
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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 [...]
November 30th, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), 4.GRADES, Grade 1, Matteo Carcassi | 2 Comments
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, [...]
November 27th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Grade 4, Johann S Bach | 5 Comments
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 [...]
November 25th, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), 4.GRADES, Grade 1, Matteo Carcassi | No Comments
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 [...]
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Fernando Sor, Grade 2 | 2 Comments
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 [...]
November 22nd, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), 4.GRADES, Grade 1, Grade 2, Matteo Carcassi | 2 Comments
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 [...]
November 20th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Ferdinando Carulli, Grade 2 | No Comments
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 [...]
November 18th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Fernando Sor, Grade 2 | 1 Comment
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 [...]
November 16th, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), Grade 1, Matteo Carcassi | 1 Comment
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 [...]
November 13th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, Johann S Bach | No Comments
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 [...]
November 12th, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), 4.GRADES, Grade 1, Matteo Carcassi | No Comments
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.
November 10th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Grade 1, Napoleon Coste | No Comments
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 [...]
November 9th, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), 4.GRADES, Grade 1, Matteo Carcassi | No Comments
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 [...]
November 6th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, Francisco Tarrega | No Comments
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 [...]
November 4th, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Gaspar Sanz, Grade 1 | No Comments
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 [...]
November 3rd, 2009 | Posted in 3.EXERCISES (pima), Matteo Carcassi | No Comments
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.
November 2nd, 2009 | Posted in 1.SONGS, 4.GRADES, Ferdinando Carulli, Grade 1 | 2 Comments