Prelude in F by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Exercise (pimamii)
Time 0:22sec
Matteo Carcassi produced many valuable classical guitar lessons and exercises. Here’s another pattern in form of a short 8 bar prelude. You will learn how to pluck separate strings with a sweeping feel using the pattern (pimamii).
E Minor at Midnight by Fernando Sor
Grade 2Early Intermediate
Time 1:10
Merry christmas, everyone! This short song by Sor, E minor at Midnight is a fine example how expressive a simple tune can be. Fernando Sor is considered to be a key composer from the 19th century. Spanish born in barcelona in 1778. Fernando’s was bought up [...]
March of the wooden soldier by Fernando Sor
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 0:55
Most historians often refer to the first half of the 19th century as “the golden age of the guitar”. During this time the guitar enjoyed an unprecedented popularity. Among the most-praised musicians of the golden age of the guitar was Fernando Sor. Audience assembled [...]
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-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 (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 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 [...]
Study in G Major by Napoleon Coste (1806-1883)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 0:29
Study in G Major is an easy peice by the french guitar composer Napoleon Coste. This piece is a great practise for a beginner. Napoleon Coste was born in France in 1806 and was taught the guitar by his mother. As a teenager he [...]
Andantino in A minor by Ferdinando Carulli
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Time 1:00
Andantino in A minor is an early intermediate song ideal for beginners. This song is easy because the rhythm is constant, there are no barre Chords, and only a few chord shapes to remember. For the right hand, all pima will be used so you [...]
Minuet by Dionisio Aguado
Level 2 – Early intermediate
Time 0:45
Aguado studied music at a college in Madrid where a monk named Basilio taught him how to play the guitar. Dionisio Aguado’s Minuet is a good introductory song for the classical guitar. A minuet is a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and [...]
Grade 2-Early Intermediate
German Dance (WoO42) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Time 0:43
German Ludwig van beethoven was a crucial figure during the period of the Classical and Romantic eras. Ludwig van Beethoven is a key person in the western classical music. His works are timeless and emotionally charged. It is no surprise, Ludwig is one of [...]
Gavottes II (BWV 1012) by JS Bach (1685-1750)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Time 1:10
Gavotte 2 can be played either on it’s own or together with Gavotte 1 in this order: (Gavotte 1 – Gavotte 2 – Gavotte 1). Gavotte 2 is the middle interlude of this dance song. To me this section is easier than previous (2 [...]
Orlando Sleepeth by John Download (1563-1626)
Grade 2 Intermediate.
Time 0:49
John Dowland is considered the geatest lutenist/composer of the late Renaissance. Dowland wrote many beautiful songs for the lute during the late 16th to early 17th centuries. Many Elizabethan lute pieces bear the names of the persons of nobility to whom they were dedicated. Dowland came before [...]
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Andante by Ferdinando Carulli (1770 – 1841)
Time 1:35
Italian born Ferdinando Carulli is one of the first composers for classical guitar. When he was born, the guitar as we know it today didn’t exist. Guitar dervies from lute and Carulli helped change the guitar into the larger, more resonant instrument we are all [...]
Estudio-Moderato in Am Dionisio Aguado (1784 – 1849)
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Exercise (pimi)
Time 0:52
Aguado was a Spainard born in Madrid. Aguado was a contemporary and friend of Fernando Sor. Aguado was a guitar tutor and he produced a body of work called the Escuela de Guitarra or School of guitarists. Estudio is a good beginner song [...]
Grade 2 Early Intermediate
Allegro Etude by Mauro Giuseppe Giuliani (1781 – 1829)
Exercise: ( p i m i a i m i )
“Allegro Etude” is one of Giuliani’s fine example of his Right Hand Arpeggio Studies. Mauro Giuliani was a gifted guitarist and composer of an Italian heritage. The song title “Allegro Etude” means “Rapid [...]
Grade 2- Early Intermediate
Etude – Fernando Sor
Exercise (pim)
Time 0:55
This song is a study exercise for students. This piece consists of arpeggios in the pattern of pim. You can get the guitar flowing by playing this pattern on a loop. The thumb plays alternate bass strings on a chord, while the fingers fill in the gaps [...]
