Abel Carlevaro Slurs Exercises Formulae

Execute in the 1st position then repeat up until the 5th position then back down to 1st position.
Remember to articulate the downbeats unless otherwise noted (ex. 30-32)

LH: Start with È and continue with Ç Æ Å Ä Ã then Ä Å Æ Ç È.

RH: Use p for the bass strings and ima for the treble string unless alternate i-m is indicated.

Ascending Slurs
Adjacent fingers (pima) Non- Adjacent (pima)
1) 1-2 4) 1-3
2) 2-3 5) 2-4
3) 3-4 6) 1-4
Combinations (alternate i-m or m-i) Three and four notes slurs (i-m)
7) 3-4 2-4 1-4 10) 1-3-4 1-2-4
8) 1-2 1-3 1-4 11) 1-2-3-4
9) 2-3 1-4 (2x)

Descending Slurs
Adjacent fingers (pima) Non-Adjacent (pima)
12) 2-1 15) 3-1
13) 3-2 16) 4-2
14) 4-3 17) 4-1
Combinations (i-m) Three and four note slurs (i-m)
18) 4-3 4-2 4-1 21) 4-3-1 4-2-1
19) 2-1 3-1 4-1 22) 4-3-2-1
20) 3-2 4-1 (2x)

Mixed Slurs (i-m)

Adjacent Non-Adjacent
23) 1-2-1 2-1-2 26) 1-3-1 3-1-3
24) 2-3-2 3-2-3 27) 2-4-2 4-2-4
25) 3-4-3 4-3-4 28) 1-4-1 4-1-4
Combinations 31) 31-2 31-4 (2x) ( xxe - xxe )
29) 3-4-3 2-4-2 1-4-1
30) 21-3 21-4 (2x) ( xxe - xxe ) 32) 41-3 41-4 (2x) ( xxe - xxe )

Continuous Slurs (i-m)

33) x-1-2-3-1 4-1-2-1-3-1 4-1-2-1-3-1 35) 1-2-1-0 3-4-3-0 then up one fret
34) x-1-2-3-1 4-1-2-1-3-1 4-1-2-1-3-1 36) 1-3-1-0 2-4-2-0 then up one fret
(same as previous but with barre/capotasto) 37) 1-4-1-0 2-3-2-0 then up one fret
I. Fojas 8/21/2013 (Tucson AZ)