Aguado, Dionisio
(April 1784 in Madrid - 20. Dezember 1849 Madrid)
Born in Madrid, Aguado studied with Miguel Garcia. In 1825, Aguado visited Paris, where he met and became friends with Fernando Sor. Sor's duo "Les Deux Amis" ("The Two Friends") commemorated the friendship: one part is marked "Sor" and the other "Aguado."
Aguado's major work " Nuovo Método para guitarra" was a guitar tutor published in 1843 in Madrid. It is still reprinted today. In this book Aguado describes his use of fingernails on the right hand as well as his invention of a "tripodion": a device that held the guitar and thus minimized the damping effect of the player's body on the guitar's back and sides. Aguado's other works include "Trois Rondos Brillants" (Opus 2), "Le Menuet Affandangado" (Opus 15), "Le Fandango Varie" (Opus 16), as well as numerous waltzes, minuets, and other light pieces. The more extended works require a virtuoso technique and left-hand stretches that are almost impossible on the longer string lengths of modern guitars.
Aguado returned home to Madrid in 1838 and died there aged 65.
(Source:Wikipedia)
Andantino - A minor
Estudio No.1
Study no.2 in A minor
(from: Methodo de guitarra I)
Although this piece already exists on different places on the net I decided to integrate it into this archive. Here you find the complete version that consists of a theme (tree voices) and a variation of it. Variation means in this case, that the chords of the theme are broken up into arpeggios of the original chords.
Needed instrumental skills range at basic level and the acoustic example this time comes as mp3 file (230 kb). I changed the fingerings a bit compared to what you probably would expect. You are invited to use it as an inspiration to think about different fingering possibilities with different advantages and disadvantages.
And here 2 more:
Estudio No.3 / Etuede Nr.3
Estudio No.4 / Etuede Nr.4