2 tudes Esquisses For Guitar by Gerald GarciaMel Bay Presents Etudes Esquisses for Guitar by Gerald Gare 1234567890 ‘©1995 BY MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC., PACIFIC, MO 63069. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SECURED. 8.M.. MADE AND PRINTED IN U.S.A. 'No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form ‘or by any means, electronic, mechanical, phetocopy, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Visit us on the Web at www.melbay.com — E-mail us at email@melbay.comContents Foreword so s/2s'gs) 85's Peg SAS aC SER TSS RES See aS 5 Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No, Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No, Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Etude No. Btudé NOW 25 cies euescengeee ee eee ee ee eee eee ee ee 33 Gerald Garcia Summary Biography. . .... ..- 2-5 eee eee eee cee eee nee ee, 59 DISCOS TABU xcccce sno eorsem mame mim eene err rere ee ES 60Foreword These Etudes were written with the intermediate guitarist in mind, and are supposed to be graded from the third year of study upwards. Many techniques are covered, and the later etudes could also be used as concert pieces. In fact, the final five are a set in themselves, each showing a facet of Latin American music and dedicated to a particular composer. The Etudes as a set were written in a very short space of time (one a day!), but were extensively tested by friends and students, especially Alison Bendy, without whose expert editorial assistance this project would not have come to fruition. The set covers roughly the ground which Careassi’s 25 Etudes cover, but in a slightly more up-to-date idiom. They are meant to be fun to play, and it is my hope that they will provide a musically as well as technically nourishing diet for all aspiring guitarists. The emphasis in the first ten Etudes is on attaining a stable right hand through the use of different patterns for p, i and m. Slurs for the left hand are also introduced in Etudes 4 and 7, while Etude 6 affords the opportunity to practice portamentos and glissandi. The Etudes from 11 to 20 exercise the afinger of the right hand, especially in combination. with iand m (Etudes 11, 13, 15 and 17), and also concentrate on more advanced left-hand slurs (Etudes 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20). The tamboras in Etude 15 may be played at the bridge or on the fingerboard (slapping the strings against it) according to taste. Etude 12 is a study for balancing chords under a melody, and Etude 19 is for the alternation of i and m on adjacent strings. My fingerings are offered only as suggestions throughout the Etudes, but students are urged to consider the rationale behind them before throwing them out! Gerald Garcia, Oxford 1995 These studies are what all students should be but usually are not: they use and develop specific areas of technique in a most musically imagi- native and pleasurable way. The more traditional study collections usually take a single technical pattern for each study which then become like extended exercises. Garcia’s studies give the same benefit and also give you pieces of musie John Williams, July 1992 Music Typesetting: Ian Baldwin and Gerald Garcia General Editor: Alison BendyEtude No. 1 Marcato Gerald Garcia 1992 simile oO Dolce ¢ sostenuto ‘4 3 SSS r Allargando om rall. A subito a Tempo PF crescendo FrNo tt, : + = rine ort cae cresc. sempre L'Amour Soucoupier Etude No. 2 Moderato Gerald Garcia 1992 ms fT SB os s & Pavane pis-allerEtude No. 3 Mesto Gerald Garcia 1992 ao ?aug v s Calando —__——_ f Subito energico ¢ forte o-t =3 0-1 fa fa “on ~g 0-1 > Flocon de NeigeEtude No. 4 Moderato Gentile Gerald Garcia 1992i = = Ane i st “2 1 22 de ig ahs, be Las => Les Ajoncs d'OrEtude No. 5 Allegro assai marcato il basso mf Gerald Garcia 1992 a ¥ fe P ~F | Gy Fad ==> ee Te ee Sees = ot.. Voiles rougesEtude No. 6 Vals Triste Gerald Garcia 1992 SSS SS P g rT P FEtude No. 7 Allegro vivace Gerald Garcia 1992 Pp Pp a a Ls = zi = —— : ee " fad s es wy Sr ae I 1 | ==== = cere iiEtude No. 8 Tranquillo Gerald Garcia 1992 oe == Ptr mPa CP ae dim.Etude No. 9 Allegretto pig Gy de Et Gerald Garcia 1992 2...Les Grandes JaunesEtude No. 10 Andante Mosso Gerald Garcia 1992 LM sempre t t tT T ; ee f.Les Avocats Mystérieux 21Etude No. 11 Allegro comodo Gerald Garcia 1992 ee it fg = ig te - ayitihmareate il basso —_ = ee 2 = eT 7 4 d o 0 lor* —— so rit.molto 23 A dim.sempre ... Vert dansantEtude No. 12 Gerald Garcia 1992 Lento piacevole 1 a) J J [7d = Mj 5 3 a tempo Ji 7 z= | Hoy oF ={Ae do roirrretre E -. 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Te F Tt ioe — wremolto rit. . @ tempoEtude No. 19 Giocoso ' ° Gerald Garcia 1992. a0 iL mimi oeete va 4 == Les Moulines MariniéresEtude No. 20 Allegretto Gerald Garcia 1992 2025202, Jr J J | ! a LTT os € = = - s = z = 2 mi a me SS Q — JyPres de luiEtude No. 21 Valse Lente Gerald Garcia 1992 D.S. % al Segno § La Ultima volta al Coda } — § Segno fe a 6———Etude No. 22 Allegro di Antonio % Gerald Garcia 1992 OxfordD.S.% al Coda rit, Cafe VenezolanoEtude No. 23 Gerald Garcia 1992a tempo —3— —LV. vil te #2 € : 4 1 o - he ko £ — oe SS =—— = accelerando Vivace con fantasia > 3 > >_ 3 >_3 >i 3 3 Pe) ye fee — = rt 3 tempo primo 2 41! ip Pom tp etEtude No. 24 Gerald Garcia 1992 Lento di Milonga nto di Milonga - EP aenireBo eee. reog 24 4 1204 ‘ 2.0 14 rit. molto rep rE ee a tempo poco a pocoet DS.& al Coda a aEtude No. 25 Gerald Garcia 1992 Fugatango aot 1s ir re at.> se Tag Daeg IE ——— Fe) owl) fay dy Soe pot! Pip gtt fits a an aa x aa a i —FTpizz. sempre --