Carcassi’s Preludes: Santisteban’s Revision

Sixteen preludes from Carcassi’s method in G. C. Santisteban’s revision, with sheet music and tab to download.

G. C. Santisteban (1866–1919) revised the method as Carcassi Method for the Guitar / Método para la guitarra, published by Oliver Ditson in 1906. He aimed to modernize its teaching, adding and removing material, changing fingerings and reordering exercises based on his experience as a teacher and guitarist. Edition preface.

The tab fingering is a suggestion: most notes can be played in more than one place on the neck.

Carcassi’s Preludes: Santisteban’s Revision

Prelude 1 in C majorPrelude 1 in C major

Prelude 2 in A minorPrelude 2 in A minor

Prelude 3 in G majorPrelude 3 in G major

Prelude 4 in E minorPrelude 4 in E minor

Prelude 5 in D majorPrelude 5 in D major

Prelude 6 in B minorPrelude 6 in B minor

Prelude 7 in A majorPrelude 7 in A major

Prelude 8 in F# minorPrelude 8 in F# minor

Prelude 9 in E majorPrelude 9 in E major

Prelude 10 in C# minorPrelude 10 in C# minor

Prelude 11 in F majorPrelude 11 in F major

Prelude 12 in D minorPrelude 12 in D minor

Prelude 13 in Bb majorPrelude 13 in Bb major

Prelude 14 in G minorPrelude 14 in G minor

Prelude 15 in Eb majorPrelude 15 in Eb major

Prelude 16 in C minorPrelude 16 in C minor

Prelude 1 in C major

Prelude 2 in A minor

Prelude 3 in G major

Prelude 4 in E minor

Prelude 5 in D major

Prelude 6 in B minor

Prelude 7 in A major

Prelude 8 in F# minor

Prelude 9 in E major

Prelude 10 in C# minor

Prelude 11 in F major

Prelude 12 in D minor

Prelude 13 in Bb major

Prelude 14 in G minor

Prelude 15 in Eb major

Prelude 16 in C minor