The Guitarists Guide to Counterpoint

By Gustavo Assis-Brasil
premierguitar.com

Ex. 1
Moderately slow q = 90

4
& 4 bb
b bw
w
b
mf

2 1
0 3 3 1
2 1 4
3

Ex. 2
Moderately slow q = 90

4
&4 b w
w

mf

3 1
0 2 1 0
2 2 3
3

Ex. 3
Moderately slow q = 90

4 w
& 4 # w
b b
mf

1 1
0 0 1 2
2 3 3 2 0
3 2 1 3
4 3
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By Gustavo Assis-Brasil
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Ex. 4
Moderately slow q = 90

4
& 4 w
#

mf

0 1
0
2
3 3 0
1 0 4

Ex. 5
Moderately slow q = 90

#
3

n
3 3

sim.

b
b 4 . 3. . . 3. . n # n #
3 3

b
& 4 n # n #

mf

8 10 12 14 15 17 18

7 8 10 11
2 3 5 7 9
2 4 5 7 8 10 12 14 16 17
1 3 5 1 3 5 7 9 10
3 5

Ex. 6

. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
Moderately q = 100

b 4
w
& 4
b
. . . . . # . . .
mf
. . . . . . .

8 10 8

8 10 11 11 10 8
7 8 10 10 8 7 5
10 8 7 7 8
10 8 6 6 8 10
10 8 6 8 9
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Ex. 7
Moderately q = 100

4 b n # # # b n b # n # n
# bn nb
& 4 b # n # n b # n # # n # #
mf

3 4 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 5 4 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
5 4 3 2 2 3 4 5
6 5 4 3 3 4 5 6
7 6 5 4 4 5 6 7
8 8

Ex. 8

. .
Moderately slow q = 96
. .

4 w
&4
w
mf

12 10 10 8 7 8 7 5 7 5 3 5

13 12 10 10 8 8 6 3 6 5
12 10 9
8 10 7 8 5 7 3 5
8 10 12 7 8 10 5 7 8 3 5 7 1

Ex. 9
Moderately q = 110

4
&4
mf
w/ pick & nger

8 10 8 7 8 7 5 7 5 3 5 3 1 3 1 0

10 8 8 6 5 5 3 3 1 1
10 9 10 9 7 7 5 5 4 4 2
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Ex. 10

Fast q = 150
. . . sim.

3
&4 .
. .
mf sim.

3 5 7 8 7 5 7 8 10 12

5 6 8
5 7 9
5 7 9 10

Ex. 11

b
Moderately q = 120

b



3
&4
mf

1310

12 10 8

13 11 10 8 10 11 8 6 10 8 6 5 5 6 8
12 10 9 10 9 7 5 7

Ex. 12
Moderately q = 110

w
4 w
&4
mf

8 7 8 10 8 10 12 10 12 13 12 10 12 10 8 10 8 7 8

5 6 8 6 8 10 8 10 12 10 12 10 8 10 8 6 8 6 5
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Ex. 13
Slow q = 68

. let ring . let ring sim.

b
4
& b b4 w w
mf

8 6 4 3

8 9 11 11 9 8 6 8 9 9 8 6 4 6 8 8 6 4 3 4 6 6 4 3 4
8 8 7 7 5 5 3 3
12 10 8 10 8 6 8 6 5 6 5 3 5

Ex. 14

. .
Moderately q = 110
. . .
.
w
4 # w
w
&4 #
w
mf

12 10 9 10
10 9 12 9 7 10 7 5 9 9
12 10 9 12 10 9 7 10 9 7 6 9 10
12 10 10 8 8 7 0
10 8 7