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Opus 60 No3 Etude In A

Matteo Carcassi

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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||--------------------------------------|
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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-----------------------------------|
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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-----------------------------------|
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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  3
RH   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

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Opus 60 No3 Etude In A

Matteo Carcassi