Pastorale, Studi Facili No.15 by Angelo Gilardino

ByBradford Werner
2023

Pastorale, No.15 from Studi facili per chitarra by Angelo Gilardino (b.1941-2022). Published by Edizioni Curci. The subtitle or etude description is: Monodia con suoni armonici sui tasti VII, IX, XII e polifonia (Monody with harmonics on the VII, IX, XII frets and polyphony).

I found this nice piece in a collection I ordered for students and thought I’d take a moment away from my own content and play this study published by Edizioni Curci. Many people know of Gilardino’s advanced studi but this etude is from his collection for intermediate students (which he is calling facili: easy). The edition can be found here but beware that the other works, although just as educational, do not all sound as traditional in terms of musical language as this one.

Here’s the YouTube link if you want to watch it there.

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.