20 Essential Guitar Studies for Beginners & Advanced Players – Perfect for Practice, Performance & Skill Improvement
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(Guitar). 20 studies for the classical guitar written by Beethoven's contemporary, Fernando Sor, revised, edited and fingered by the great classical guitarist Andres Segovia. These essential repertoire pieces continue to be used by teachers and students to build solid classical technique. Features 50 minutes of demonstration tracks accessed online for download or streaming.
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Segovia gleaned the most effective studies from Sor's extensive canon, compiling them into one album. Contrary to expectation, and common misconception, the album does not follow a graded progression: the album begins with Sor's polyphonic study Op. 6, No. 8, which corresponds to RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music) 7. Admittedly, the first few studies following the first are not exceedingly difficult, but before you decide to shell out your hard-earned cash, bear in mind that this album was never intended to be a beginner's introduction to Fernando Sor, as the easiest studies require an intermediate level of guitar proficiency roughly corresponding to RCM 5. The studies are all challenging, some exceptionally so. There's the finger killing study in barre, Op. 29, No. 13. The study in sixths, Op. 6, No. 9. The study in thirds, Op. 6, No. 6. Studies in arpeggios, legatos, chords, etc. All the most effective, and beautiful, studies written by Sor in one album. It's often stated, with good reason, that if you make it through this album unscathed, you can play anything.*update 2016* Looking back upon this collection of studies many years later, I can say-without hesitation-that 90% of my technical proficiency came as a result of following the Segovia fingerings religiously. I approached the studies much as a gymnast approaches a front lever: the studies seemed impossibly difficult at first, but through patient and diligent work, eventually became effortless. Having said this, it was no mean feat to work my way through this collection, and the album was so worn and ragged towards the end that it was almost a pile of mashed pulp. My advice to anyone just embarking into the guitar world is to steel oneself to the concept that it isn't uncommon to devote a minimum of a year to a difficult study in order for the piece to be concert ready. Another piece of advice: practice slowly. So slowly that it is almost maddening.
