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These studies are relatively short, as this increases is the likelihood that they will be practiced frequently.
Once a principle of technique or musicianship is introduced, it's assumed that you will apply it where relevant to other studies.
STUDY OF THE WEEK
Classical Guitar Study No. 1
Study notes: The primary challenge of this study is to maintain even timing on every note. This will be most difficult when the left hand must shift up or down the fingerboard. Don't allow volume or tone to change significantly based on the string or right-hand finger being used.
Practice very slowly to achieve all the objectives above.
This study is an excerpt from the famous piano composition by CPE Bach, one of J. S. Bach's sons. Its name is derived from the concept of "solfege", a method of training singers through the practice of scales and skips up and down chord arpeggios.
Classical Guitar Study No. 2
Study 17, Opus 35: Fernando Sor
Study notes: Notes with stems pointing up are the melody, and should be played considerably louder than the accompaniment notes, whose stems point down. This is accomplished by right-hand fingers that push the string inward towards the sound hole before releasing it. Do not strain the right-hand fingers in doing so.
The melody plus accompaniment notes form arpeggios, or "broken" chords. For example, the first arpeggio consists of the first five notes of the study (a D chord); the following four notes form the next arpeggio (an A7 chord). Therefore, the typical interpretation is to keep the left-hand fingers on their notes for as long as possible during a particular arpeggio. This is not a rule, and if you wish, you can release each fretted melody note after its written duration has ended (unless it repeats).
Be sure, however, to sustain the dotted quarter-note melody notes for their full written duration. Also, it would be considered unusual to release accompaniment notes within an arpeggio, as these form the harmony for the melody notes.
Classical Guitar Study No. 3
Prelude in C, Opus 59: Carcassi
Study notes: This is the first "real" study I learned on the classical guitar, and reveals Carcassi's talent for composing charming music for students.
The study includes chord symbols, such as "C" and "C/E", to indicate what chords are being played in each measure. A chord symbol without a "/" represents a chord in root position. The "root" is the note upon which a chord is based, and gives it its name. "Root position" means that the root note is the lowest one in the chord in terms of pitch. A chord symbol with a "/"
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