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Douze Etudes - Etude No. 1
Heitor Villa-Lobos
12
5
X
Medium-Short
Modern
Villa-Lobos Solo Guitar, Collected Works
Editions Max Eschig
This is one of the most famous etudes of all guitar literature, and it has some bite. It is a very complex right0hand arpeggiating pattern, with chords that are relatively easy to play and switch around. The biggest difficulty comes when the pattern changes, for the couple bars where there is a fast arpeggio up the neck and then it slurs its way back down. As for reading, there is a very tricky section beginning in measure 12, until one notices it's the same diminished chord shape all the way down the neck for the next ten measures or so.