Grade 3 Lesson: Allegro, Op.50, No.10 by Giuliani

ByBradford Werner
2019

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 3 – Seven pieces at the grade three level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece.

Allegro, Op.50, No.10 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – YouTube Video Lesson Link – This is a Classical Era work for classical guitar. It’s an excellent study for slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs), as well as muting the bass notes on rests.

Slurs – In previous grades the slurs have been infrequent but this etude will give you a true slur workout. Keep your left hand / knuckles aligned with the strings and all movements small and precise. Below are the various slurs from the piece written with the top voice only. Use i-m fingering in the right hand.

Muting the bass – Mute the previous bass note on every quarter note rest. Mute the string by placing the right hand thumb back on the string at the same time you play the upper voice. Alternate i-m for the upper voice.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.