A selection of beginner to intermediate pieces by Matteo Carcassi (1792 - 1853) adapted for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using musical notation and tablature.
Ancient music written for the modern ukulele ..... None!
Playing ancient music on the ukulele ..... Absolutely!
This collection of beginner to intermediate pieces by Matteo Carcassi (1792 - 1853) are adapted for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using musical notation and tablature. The pieces in this book are in roughly in order of ascending difficulty. When playing a soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, linear tuning is required (i.e. using a low G string). Notes about the composers and pieces are at the back of this book.
Contents - Introductory
Siciliano
Contents: Level 1
Preludes
Contents: Levels 1 to 2+
Key of F Andantino, Waltz, Allegretto
Key of C Andantino, Waltz, Galop
Key of G Waltz, Rondo
Key of D Waltz, March, Allegretto
Key of A Andantino, Waltz, Rondo
Key of Bb Waltz, March, Allegretto
Contents: Levels 2 to 3
Key of Dm Andante, Andantino
Key of Am Allegretto
Key of Gm Waltz
Contents: Levels 3 to 4
La Chasse (The Hunt)
March
Swiss Folk Song
Waltz
Contents: Performance Piece for Beginner Players
Sauteuse
Contents: Performance Piece for Intermediate Players
Andantino
Numbering added to music titles for convenience only. While the pieces are numbered in the original folios, the numbering is not included in the name of the piece.
Recordings of the pieces played at various tempos are posted on SoundCloud and/or YouTube (search for The Classical Ukulele or Ancient Music for Ukulele).
Please check out the other books in this series "Ancient Music for Ukulele" by visiting our website (ancientmusic4ukulele.com) and/or Facebook page.
