Caprice in D Minor by Matteo Carcassi (1792 – 1853)
Grade 3 Intermediate
 Matteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi began with the piano, but learned guitar when still a child. He quickly gained a reputation as a virtuoso concert guitarist. Carcassi wrote a method for guitar (op. 59) that remains valuable, relevant and interesting, blending technical skills and brilliant romantic music. |
Notes
Carcassi manages to blend technical skills and brilliant romantic music. This pattern is identical to Giuliani’s “Allergo” (see previous post) ( p i m i a i m i ) right hand arpeggios.
Caprice is fairly easy to play and is a good work out for your fingers. This song seems longer than it actually is. 31 Bars of which 11 bars is Dm. Actual song is slower. I took the liberty and sped it up. Note the patten ( pimiaimi ) is identical to Mauro Giuliani’s “Allegro Etude”. Go slow then progressively faster. Keep tempo constant at all times.