Matteo Carcassi's Guitar First Position Exercises

Overview

These are a set of exercises to learn the notes of the first position.

They should be practiced regularly until notes can be played and understood fluently without hesitation using the correct fingering.

Goal

The purpose of these exercises is to:

• use the correct fingering on the guitar for the first position.
• learn the notes of the first position.
• learn to read the above notes in the standard musical notation.

Resources

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