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||--------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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--------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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--------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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]
E|------------2--------0-----------------|B|---------2--------2--------2--------2--|G|------0--------0--------0--------0-----|D|---------------------------------------|A|---1--------------------------1--------|E|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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]
E|------------0-------------------------||B|---------0--------0-------------------||G|------1--------1---------------------*||D|---------------------2---------------*||A|--------------------------------------||E|---0----------------------------------|| | | | | | | | | | | | | LH 1 1 2
RH p i m a i m p
[9]
E||-----------2--------0-----------------|B||--------0--------0--------0--------0--|G||*----1--------1--------1--------1-----|D||*----------------------------2--------|A||--------------------------------------|E||--0-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|---------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | 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|--------------------------------------|| | | | | | | | LH 2 1 1 2 1 3RH 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
