Etude No.22, Op.60 (Allegretto) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. Intermediate to Early-Advanced (Grade 5-9). 142 Pages. Here is the YouTube link if you want to watch it there.
Etude No.22 is at a technique level of around Grade 8 depending on your desired tempo and level of musical refinement. This etude presents study opportunities for scales and arpeggios in an active texture along with some slurs. The necessity of playing across all six strings and the amount of movement and shifting around the fretboard puts a particular emphasis on accuracy and technique maintenance in both hands. Simply put, the opportunity for small performer error is high in part due to the constant sixteenth note rhythm. That said, outside of a few tricky measures there is nothing specifically awkward outside of overall technique coordination. Enjoy.
The twenty-five etudes in Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) are one of the most important pedagogical collections for classical guitar. The etudes are both enjoyable for their musical content and pedagogically beneficial for their very clear technical objectives. Compared to other etude collections, both period and modern, Op.60 excels in its tightly focused compositional adherence to didactic goals. For this reason the etudes are excellent studies for students to test their skills in a controlled musical setting and a rite of passage from the intermediate to upper playing level.
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