classical guitar basic repertoire

session 6, 2026

• Technique:

  • CAGED Scale handout

  • Rhythm Reading handout

• Repertoire

  • Allegro, op 39. no 8 - Anton Diabelli

session 5, 2026

• Technique:

  • Exercises 101 - 110 from Giuliani’s 120 Right Hand Arpeggios

• Repertoire

  • Malaguena - Trad. Spanish Melody, arranged by Robert Lunn

    • Click here for a version that is only 2 and a half pages instead of 5!

  • Etude in A minor - M. Giuliani (From the Duncan method, book 2)

  • Scarborough Fair - Trad.

session 4, 2026

• Technique:

  • Scale work etude by Tarrega

  • Right hand arpeggio work.

• Repertoire

  • Steurischer - J. Kuffner (1176-1856)

  • La Paloma - Sebastian Yradier

  • Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones

session 3, 2026

• Technique

  • Major Scale Mania!

    • CAGED System workout in 1st and 2nd position

• Repertoire

  • Forgotten - Catherina Pratten (1825-1895)

  • Arietta - Joseph Kuffner (1776-1856)

  • Celeste Y Blanco - Hector Ayala

session 2, 2026

• Technique

  • Giuliani 120 Right Hand Exercises - Selections pertaining to the use of thirds

• Repertoire

  • Sheep May Safely Graze - J.S. Bach (This tab was produced by our very own Bob Neustadt!)

    • Some cool quotes about Bach

  • Catalonian Folk Song - from the Christopher Parkening Method book

  • Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen (1939)

    • Simplified Version with no bar chords :)

session 1, 2026

• Technique

  • Triplet Tremolo Handout

  • Left Hand Slur workout

• Repertoire

  • Omaggio a Tarrega, Neuvos Estudios Sencillos, no. 5 - Leo Brouwer

    • It is hard to overstate the importance of Leo Brouwer to the world of guitar repertoire, particularly in the classical world. Here is a lovely short article from 2017 that NPR did about Leo Brouwer.

  • Estudio No. 17 - Fernado Sor (no. 6 From the Segovia 20 studies)

  • Study no 1 from “25 Melodic and Progressive Studies” - Matteo Carcassi

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