Matteo Carcassi's guitar method from 1853

Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853) was one of the most prominent classical guitar players of the romantic era, with his work still being studied nowadays.

In his guitar method book: Methode complete pour guitare op.59 written in 1836, divides the guitar instruction in 3 parts with the following topics covered in this website.

1. Basic music notation
2. Guitar
3. First Position Exercises
4. Chords
5. Arpeggios Exercises
6. Popular Keys
   1. C Major with exercises, prelude and a little piece

References

• New and Improved Method for the Guitar, by Matteo Carcassi, Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co, 1853, p. . Archive.org, archive.org/details/newimprovedmeth00carc/.