Transcription of Carcassi’s Scale Exercises. - OpenGuitar.com
1 carcassi ' 1 IntroductionMatteoCarcassiwas a successfultouringconcertguitarist,compos er,andteacherworkingin Europe andEnglandintheearly19thcentury. His\CompleteMethod fortheGuitar"hasbeenin print theseexercisesaretaken fromthe rstpartof themethod handpositionandsteadinessforspeedandaccu racy. Theyavoidor undodamagecausedby a variety of tempos,notat dailyroutine,aboutsixtimeseach of the rstnineis plenty fora accomplishedplayerscanbene tfrompracticingtheseif theynever have donethelike. Whenyouplay themverywell,move on,don't\adapt" be played in a certainway, to haven'tmadesubstantive changes,butconsiderable nottomake upforanyde ciencyin carcassi 'swork,insteadit is to make upforde cienciesin ,many guitariststoday donotlearnsoonenoughthatnoteshave endingsas wellas carcassi 'spiecesforbeginners,thatis a centralissue, have appliedto these\scales",as Carcassicalledthem,thatwhich was explicitin hand ngernails,as don'tknow why anyonewouldvoluntarilybearsuch ,if yourlifestyledoes notpermit ngernails,suck it Keepyour ngerswherethestringsare,never onthetop.
2 Keeptheindexto theright of thethumb, so thattheynever meet. Thethumb sideof thehandshouldbe closerto thetopof theinstrument thanthesmall thelanguageof anatomy, yourhandshouldbe somewhatpronated,andnotsupinated. Youshouldnothave to move much to lay yourthumb downacrossthestringsto dothatto be a forthatis a much moreusefulandsometimesanessentialtechniq ue. Bendthewristless,or notat all,by bringingtheheadof a cto theseExercises Allof \trapstroke" meaningthatthedigitcomesto leanagainstthenextstringas it leaves thestringjustplayed. Allof thesolonotesonthethreetreblestringsarepl ayedwiththeindexandmiddle ngersalternating,playingallnoteswithanes cape stroke. The ngerplayinganescape stroke does notmake contactwithany otherstringaftersoundingthenote. Thestarting ngeris indicated,andthealternationis ,accuracy, anda rich powerfultonearegreatlyenhancedby keepinga you. c thisdocument Keepthethumb straight acrosstheneck, never alongit, to supportbothsidesof thehandequallyor the4th ngerside,which is weaker,a bitmore.
3 Thewristmay bendoutwardbutit timeit willbendless,as cto theExercises \To facilitatetheexecutionof thescales,it is necessarythatthe ngersof thelefthandshouldbe heldsu cientlyseparatedandso placedthattheymay be putonandtakeno thestringswithoutmovingthehand."That'sag ood ideafornow, butdon'toverdoit. Allnoteswhich canbe played withanopen stringshouldbe. If thereis a lefthand ngerindication,it can'tbe. Assumeposition,untilyoumeeta in thesamepositionuntilyoumeeta amintroducingsomethingcompletelynewin \s"placedbeforea ngerindication,whetherthat ngerbe leftor right hand,indicateswithwhich ngerthenotein questionis to besilenced. Thevarioustechniquesinvolved areextremelyimportant. It is ironicthattheyareeven moreessentialto playingeasymusicthanto playingmoredi cultmusic,butthatis simplybecausetherearemoreopenstringsin ScaleStudiesof C Major 8 sti i i 85 a a i G Major 8 m m sm isi 85 i st st D Major 8 m m 85 st m i st m A Major 8 i i i 85 st E Major8 m sm m i 58 F Major 8 i i 84 i A Minor(Melodic) 8 i i i 85 st i E Minor 8 i isi 84 i st D Minor 8 i i s1 84 st st i B Minor 8 m 85 sm m m B[Major 8 i 85 i E[Major 8 i i 85 i 5 AfterwordWhenever thereweretwo simultaneousnotesin themusicit is seldomthatplayingbothwitha trapstroke is a , if it is possibleto doeithertheupper or lower notewitha trapstroke a choicemustbe the\classical"playerschoseto play thelower noteapoyandoratherthantheupper note,becauseit madea farmorepositive di erencein stilldoes today.]]
4 Learningthetrapstroke withthethumbis a learnit is whenyouarea beginner,becauseit soonbecomesmuchmoreof a helpthana hindrance,andbecauseit'snever too soonto theexerciseslegato,which does notmeanthata notecontinuesto soundafterthenextnoteis played,anddoes meanthata notedoes notceaseto soundbeforethenextnotebeginsto usethisdocument in is copyrighted,themusicin it is obviouslyalmostentirelyin to any recordingsof thesepiecesor midiversionswhich may accompany thisdocument. Thisdocument was producedusingGNUsoftware, thisdocumentdoes notconferonthebearerany rights at any payment forcopiesof thisdocument, youwillremitto Amnesty International$ 50%of thesaleprice,whichever is larger,foreach copy erappliesonlyto thelatestversionof thisdocument, andisrescindedforolderversionsof thisdocument, which may notbe
