Archive for the '3.EXERCISES (pima)' Category

Etude in E Minor (Allegro Moderato) by Fernando Sor

Etude in E Minor (Allegro Moderato) by Fernando Sor
Exercise (Paimimim-Paim-Paim) (Paimimim-Paimimim)
Time 2:28
Grade 3- Intermediate
Etude in E Minor is a fine example of one of many Fernando Sor’s studies which focus on the right plucking hand. A study in the key of E minor at (Allegro Moderato) , played at a moderate to fast pace. [...]

Dee by Randy Rhoads

Dee by Randy Rhoads
Grade 3 Intermediate
Time 0:51
Randall William “Randy” Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. A teacher of classical guitar, Rhoads mixed his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. “Dee” was written for Rhoad’s mother [...]

El Ultimo Tremolo (Una Limosnita por el Amor de Dios) by Augustin Barrios

El Ultimo Tremolo (Una Limosnita por el Amor de Dios)
Exercise (pami) Tremolo
Time 2:49
El utimo tremolo is 1 of 2 tremolo songs by Augustin Barrios. The other being “Un Sueño En La Floresta” which I hope to cover in the future. El ultimo Tremolo is barrios’ swan song, he wrote this piece shortly before he died. [...]

Grand Waltz (nokia ringtone) by Francisco Tarrega

Grand Waltz (Grand Vals) by Francisco Tarrega
Grade 4 Late Intermediate
Time 3:03
Tarrega actually wrote the Nokia ringtone jingle as heard in this song. In Grand Waltz, you will play along the entire neck. You will also play certain parts with the melody in a fixed barred position for multiple measures. Be sure to hold double notes [...]

Prelude in F by Matteo Carcassi

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).

Prelude in Dm by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in Dm by Matteo Carcassi
Exercise (pi)-mam Right hand 4 note pattern
Time 0:26
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 Dm deals with [...]

Etude in A Minor by Mauro Giuliani

Etude in A Minor by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Grade 3- Intemediate
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (July 27, 1781 – May 8, 1829) was an Italian guitarist and composer, and is considered by many to be one of the leading guitar virtuosi of the early 19th century. His first instrumental training was on the cello—an instrument which [...]

E minor at Midnight by Fernando Sor

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 [...]

Waltz of the Robin by Fernando Sor

Waltz of the Robin by Fernando Sor
Grade 3 Intermediate
Time 0:55
Fernando Sor (14 February 1778 – 10 July 1839, Paris) was a Spanish guitarist and composer. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled Cendrillon. Sor’s works for guitar range [...]

Prelude in A Minor by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in A Minor by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise p, (aim), (aim), (ami), p,i,m,a
Time 0:19sec
Matteo Carcassi produced many valuable classical guitar lessons and exercises. These exercises plays with another pattern For this right hand. You will learn how to pick with the pattern. p, (aim), (aim), (ami), p,i,m,a.

Prelude in G by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in G by Matteo Carcassi
Exercise (pimi)
Grade 1 Beginner
Time 0:22
Matteo Carcassi developed countless studies for the instrument still taught in school worldwide. He also composed plenty of easy to play guitar tunes such as this sort prelude. In Prelude in G, you will play the strings using this (pimi) 4 note Right hand pattern. There [...]

Prelude in C by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in C by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
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 introduce musicians to the instrument. Prelude in c is an easy exercise dealing with chord [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Prelude in A by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in A by Matteo Carcassi
Grade 1- Beginner
Exercise (pimami)
Time 0:20
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 Prelude in A, you will play 4 strings using this (pimami) 6 note pattern.

Prelude in B minor by Matteo Carcassi

Prelude in B minorr Matteo Carcassi
Exercise (pima-mima-pima)
Time 0:24
Prelude in B minor is another exercise from Matteo Carcassi one of the first composer for the guitar. I will be posting several Carcassi exercises which are short (8-16 bars). Each exercise (prelude or arpeggio) are devoted to a particular right hand fingering. Not only do the songs [...]