Etude in A minor

Johann Kaspar Mertz · Level 5 (Advanced) · Romantic · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A solo guitar piece by Johann Kaspar Mertz, in A minor and 4/4 time: a continuous line of notes (runs and broken chords). 16 bars. Complete transcription from the Mutopia Project edition (source: Unknown).

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Strictly alternate i-m (or p for the basses) and spot the chord shapes hidden behind the notes; start slowly with the metronome. Settle all fingerings first (both hands), then raise the tempo step by step. It climbs high up the neck (beyond the 7th fret): the tab shows the lowest position, so adapt the fingering.

More pieces by Johann Kaspar Mertz

• Andante (A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, No. 4)
• Andantino (A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, No. 5)
• Andante (Studies in Style No. 3) (A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, No. 7)
• Adagio (A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, No. 9)
• Cantabile (A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, No. 12)
• Tempo di marcia (A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, No. 21)

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain