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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 tablature was made by algorithms. Although we review it manually, you may find some errors. It respects the edition’s barre marks (“½C 2”: half barre at the 2nd fret; “C 4”: full barre at the 4th fret).

View Carcassi’s original preludes