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- One of Spain's most celebrated 19th century
guitarists, Aguado was born in Madrid, April 8, 1784 and
died there December 20, 1849. His early musical training
began with Padre Basilio and later with Manuel Garcia,
the noted Spanish tenor. Aguado is mainly known for his
guitar tutor, Escuela de Guitarra' and numerous studies
and pieces written for solo guitar. He is considered one
of the most innovative teachers of the 19th century. In
fact, his method of 1843 is considered the forerunner of
methods being published in the 20th century.
- The present site contains the studies of Aguado's
guitar method. Pieces in Part 1 have been selected as
follows:
- Studies developing plucking (lessons 1-9, 17,
25-31)
- Thumbplucking (lessons 10-13, 18-19, 27-28
- Studies practicing appogiatura (lessons 14-15)
- Dotted rhythm (lesson 16)
- Positions (lessons 20-24)
- Certain pieces of the latter (lessons 23-24) are
also suitable for practicing slurring
- Small performance pieces, ornaments, glissando
(lessons 32-40)
- In Part II the technical tasks appear on higher
level. The rhytm of the studies is more complicated and
the music itself is more demanding than in Part I
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8 lessons selected by Segovia