E-|---Song:-Etude-in-A-(opus60-no3)----------------|
A-|---Composer:-Matteo-Carcassi--------------------|
D-|---Transcription-by:Christian Liang-------------|
G-|---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com-------------|
B-|---http://www.chrisliang.com--------------------|
E-|---Enjoy!---------------------------------------|
Etude in A (Opus60 No3)
Grade 4- Late Intermediate
[1]
E||-----------2--------0-----------------|
B||--------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G||*----2--------2--------2--------2-----|
D||*-------------------------------------|
A||--0--------------------------0--------|
E||--------------------------------------|
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LH 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[2]
E|------------2--------0-----------------|
B|---------3--------3--------3--------3--|
G|------4--------4--------4--------4-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---4--------------------------4--------|
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LH 3 4 2 1 4 2 4 2 3 4 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[3]
E|------------5--------4-----------------|
B|---------3--------3--------3--------3--|
G|------4--------4--------4--------4-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---0--------------------------0--------|
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LH 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[4] V------------------------------------|
E|------------7--------5-----------------|
B|---------5--------5--------5--------5--|
G|------6--------6--------6--------6-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0--------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[5] II....................................
E|------------4--------2-----------------|
B|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G|------2--------2--------2--------2-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0--------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[6]
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B|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G|------0--------0--------0--------0-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---1--------------------------1--------|
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LH 1 3 4 3 3 1 3
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[7] II..................................
E|---------------------------------------|
B|------------5-----------------4--------|
G|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|
D|------4--------4--------4--------4-----|
A|---2-----------------2-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 3 1 4 3 1
p i m a i m p i m a i m
[8]
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B|---------0--------0-------------------||
G|------1--------1---------------------*||
D|---------------------2---------------*||
A|--------------------------------------||
E|---0----------------------------------||
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LH 1 1 2
RH p i m a i m p
[9]
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G||*----1--------1--------1--------1-----|
D||*----------------------------2--------|
A||--------------------------------------|
E||--0-----------------------------------|
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LH 1 4 1 1 2 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[10] II..................................
E|------------4--------2-----------------|
B|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G|------2--------2--------2--------2-----|
D|------------------------------2--------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---0-----------------------------------|
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LH 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[11] .....................................
E|------------3--------2-----------------|
B|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G|------3--------3--------3--------3-----|
D|------------------------------2--------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---0-----------------------------------|
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LH 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[12] II..................................
E|------------5--------4-----------------|
B|---------3--------3--------3--------3--|
G|------4--------4--------4--------4-----|
D|------------------------------2--------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---0-----------------------------------|
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LH 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 1 3 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[13]
E|------------5--------4-----------------|
B|---------3--------3--------3--------3--|
G|------4--------4--------4--------4-----|
D|---3--------------------------3--------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 1 3 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[14] II...................................
E|------------5-----------------5-----2--|
B|---------2--------2--------2-----2-----|
G|------2--------2--------2--------------|
D|---4-----------------4-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1
RH p i m a i m p i m a i m
[15] II..................................
E|------------7-----------------8--------|
B|---------7--------7--------7--------7--|
G|------7--------7--------7--------7-----|
D|---0-----------------0-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
RH p i m a i m p i m a i m
[16] IX.................
E|------------9-----------------0--------|
B|---------9--------9--------0-----------|
G|-----10--------10----------------------|
D|---------------------11-12-------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---9-----------------------------------|
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LH 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 4
RH p i m a i m p p i m
[]
E|------------2--------0-----------------|
B|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|
G|------2--------2--------2--------2-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0--------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[18]
E|------------5--------4-----------------|
B|---------3--------3--------3--------3--|
G|------4--------4--------4--------4-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0--------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[19]
E|------------2--------0-----------------|
B|---------0--------0--------0--------0--|
G|------1--------1--------1--------1-----|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0--------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 3 1 1 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[20] V....................................
E|------------7--------5-----------------|
B|---------5--------5--------5--------5--|
G|------6--------6--------6--------6-----|
D|------------------------------7--------|
A|---0-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[21]
E|------------7--------6-----------------|
B|---------5--------5--------5--------5--|
G|------6--------6--------6--------6-----|
D|---4--------------------------4--------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 1 3 2
RH p i m a i m a i m p i m
[22] VII..................................
E|------------9--------7--------10-------|
B|---------7--------7--------7---------7-|
G|------7--------7--------7---------7----|
D|---0-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1
RH p i m a i m a i m a i m
[23]
E|------------1-----------------0--------|
B|---------0--------0--------3--------0--|
G|------2--------2--------1--------1-----|
D|---1-----------------2-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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LH 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 1
RH p i m a i m p i m a i m
[24] V..................
E|------------5-------------------------||
B|---------5--------5-------------------||
G|------6--------6---------------------*||
D|---------------------7---------------*||
A|---0----------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------||
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LH 2 1 1 2 1 3
RH p i m a i m p
Tips
Matteo Carcassi (Florence, Italy, 1792 - Paris, France,
January 16, 1853), was a famous Italian guitarist and
composer. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar that remains
valuable, relevant and interesting. His most famous
works are collected in his 25 Studies, op.60. This song
Etude in A or Study in A is the 3rd song of his famous 25
studies.
Technique
I would say Etude in A is a left hand (chord) predominant
song. Once you get the basic plucking pattern (right hand)
pim-aim-aim-pim, you will spend most of the time
familiarizing with the chords (left hand). Make sure the
song flows and vary the volume throughout. In general,
you have license to play with level of volume in all songs
with a uniform plucking pattern.
Tip
The right hand plucking is straight forward. Watch for Bar
2 chord and chord transition from Bar20-21.
AABB.
mostly
p i m a i m a i m p i m
variations
p i m a i m p i m a i m
p i m a i m a i m a i m
