Walz Guitar - Carcassi Prelude Lesson

Cacassi's Prelude in Am is a good piece for guitarists interested in fingerstyle, beginners who want chord reinforcement, or a simple warmup for both hands.

For fingerstyle, this piece uses p (thumb) for the bass notes and ami (index, middle, ring) together for the upper chord notes like a lot of blues and country fingerstyle. Also, a m i are used to arpeggiate the upper chord notes.

For beginners, the chord here are fairly basic and give you a different way to practice them. For this reason, this piece would make a nice addition to a warmup routine.

Using the trainer, link below, copy and paste the script under the link in the text area on the upper right of the trainer page. After pasting, click the play button. By changing the number on the tempo line you can make the script play faster or slower. Note the comment lines that begin with a colon.

Link (http://www.walzguitar.com/trainer/)


:Carcassi Prelude in Am
tempo 70
resolution 2
:1st bar-Am-A0 should ring for 2 beats
A0
G2 B1 e0
G2 B1 e0
G2 B1 e0
A0
G2
B1
e0
:2nd bar-E-E0 ring for 2 beats
E0
G1 B0 e0
G1 B0 e0
G1 B0 e0
E0
G1
B0
e0
:3rd bar-E7-E0 gets 2 beats
E0
G1 B3 e0
G1 B3 e0
G1 B3 e0
E0
G1
B3
e0
:4th bar-Am-A0 gets 2 beats
A0
G2 B1 e0
G2 B1 e0
G2 B1 e0
A0
G2
B1
e0
:5th bar-A7-A0 gets 2 beats
A0
G2 B2 e3
G2 B2 e3
G2 B2 e3
A0
G2
B2
e3
:6th bar-Dm-D0 gets 2 beats
D0
G2 B3 e1
G2 B3 e1
G2 B3 e1
D0
G2
B3
e1
:7th bar-Am-D2 gets 2 beats
D2
G2 B1 e0
G2 B1 e0
G2 B1 e0
:7th bar-E-E0 ring for 2 beats
E0
G1 B0 e0
G1 B0 e0
G1 B0 e0
:8th bar-Am-A0 gets 2 beats
A0
G2
B1
e0
resolution 1
A0