classical guitar basic repertoire
session 6, 2024
Technique
Left hand finger independence exercises
Repertoire
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen - arr. by me :)
Etude Simples, no VI - Leo Brouwer
Canario - J. Kapsburger (1580-1651)
Scarborough Fair - Traditional arr.
session 5, 2024
Technique
Repertoire
Is There Anybody Out There? - Pink Floyd
Nights in Venice - F. Minicetti (arr. by Kovacs Beatrix)
Romance (1978) - Frantz Casseus (1915-1993)
session 4, 2024
Technique
Fun with tuplets! Fun with Harmonics! Fun with reverse rasqueados!
Repertoire
Homenaje “Pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy” - Manuel de Falla -
Orig score (if you’re interested)
The full TAB score to purchase if you are interested.
Bianco Fiore - Cesare Negri (1535-1604)
Etude in G - Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
Check out the one and only Julian Bream playing this piece. Amazing!
session 3, 2024
Technique
Repertoire
Study No. 3, Opus 60 - Matteo Carcassi
Study in Bm, Opus 35, no. 22 (Also known as Segovia Sor Study, number 5) - Ferando Sor
Etudes Simples - no. 2 - Leo Brouwer
session 2, 2024
Preludio no. 4 by Heitor Villa Lobos - One of the all-time classic pieces of repertoire by one of the guitar’s greatest composers.
Complete Piece! (three parts)
Estrellita - Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) - Ponce is one the greatest composers of the 20th Century, was a close friend and collaborator of Segovia, and much like Villa Lobos, was a master at incorporating his country’s folk music into his works.
Estrelita - Melody only (sounds lovely by itself!)
session 1, 2024
Technique work:
Melodic and Natural minor scales, the Segovia fingerings.
Repertoire:
Easy and Progressive Pieces by Catherina Pratten (1824-1895)
Cello Suite No. 4, Bouree no.II - J.S. Bach
Pavane - Luis Milan (1500-1561)
Wilson’s Wilde - John Dowland (1563-1626)