Op 60, 25 Studi Melodici e Progressivi - Estudio 9 - Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
Original tab by Dirk Meineke [d.meineke@web.de - www.geocities.com/mke_dgp]
Last update by Oliver Goodbourn - 10th July 2021 - see Notes below
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Pqy1m5Zmc - David Jaggs

Tuning: E A D G B E    Time signature: 4/4    Key Signature: A major / C major

 Allegretto grazioso (lively and gracefully)
  A major
1 |       |       |       |         |        |         |       |
|---------2---0-----------7---5---|-----10p9-----------0---4p2---------|
|-1h2-1h2---------4h5-4h5---------|-9--------12p10-------------5p3-2p0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------13p11----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-0===============0===============|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0==================0===============|
  p               1                 1

3 |       |       |       |         |       |         |       |
|---------2---0-----------4---2---|-0------------9-11-12======--------|
|-1h2-1h2---------3h4-3h4---------|-------9-10h12---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----11----------------------------|
|-----------------4===============|-----------------------------------|
|-0===============----------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0=========================--------|
                  1 3     4   1
                  2                     < < < < < < < <

5 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|---------2---0-----------7---5---|---------9---7---6h7-6h7-12--10--|
|-1h2-1h2---------4h5-4h5---------|-6h7-6h7-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0===============0===============|
|-0===============0===============|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  p               1                         4   2

7 |        |         |       |         |       |       |       |
|-9---10p9-----------0---4p2---------|---------0-2-4-5-----------------|
|----------12p10-------------5p3-2p0-|---0-2h3-------------------------|
|---------------13p11----------------|-2---------------2=======--------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-0===============0=======--------|
|-0==================0===============|---------------------------------|

9  |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
||---------------------------------|-------------2-4-5=======--------|
||-------------------------2p0-2p0-|-0---0-2-4h5---------------------|
|*---------------------1---1=======|-2-------------------------------|
|*---------------1-2-------2=======|-4-------------------------------|
||---------0-2h4-------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0---2h4-------------------------|---------------------------------|
   f

11 |       |       |       |         |       |         |       |
|--------------------------4p2-4p2-|-0------------9-11-12======--------|
|------------------0---4---0=======|-0-----9-10h12---------------------|
|--------------1h2---------2=======|-1---11----------------------------|
|--------1-2h4---------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2---4---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
                           4 2
                           1

                                                     c9
13 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|----------------------8///11------|---------------------9///12------|
|--8h9-8h9-10--9---9---------------|-8h9-8h9-10--9---9---------------|
|------------------8---------------|-----------------9---------------|
|------------------10--------------|-----------------11--------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   p                   1///1                         3   2///2

   c1
15 |       |       |       |         |       |         |       |
|--2---5///9-----------2///7-------|-0------------9-11-12-p0---0---0---|
|--2=======--------4---------------|-------9-10p12---------------------|
|------------------2---------------|-----11----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-6---------------------------------|
|--0---------------2---------------|-7---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
       4///4       4   2///2
                   2
                   1

   C major
17 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|----------5-------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|--5h6-5h6-----8-------1-----------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------0-------|---------2---0-------------------|
|------------------------------2---|-2h3-2h3---------3---0-----------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------2-------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|
mf 1

19 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------4h5-4h5-|
|------0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------4h5-4h5---------|
|----------4h5-4h5-0-------4h5-4h5-|-2-------4h5-4h5-----------------|
|--3-------------------------------|-3=======------------------------|
|--0=======--------3=======--------|---------------------------------|
           2               2                 1               1

21 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|--0---4---3h4-3h4-0---7---6h7-6h7-|-0---5---4h5-4h5-0---8---7h8-7h8-|
|--3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-5---------------5---------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|--0===============0===============|---------------------------------|
   1   2   1           2   1             2   1           2   1

23 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|--11--11------11--11--------------|-0---0---1p0-1p0-0--12-------10--|
|--10--10------10--10--1---0-------|-----------------------------12--|
|------------------------------2---|-1-------------------------------|
|--------------------------0---1---|---------------------------------|
|--8-------8-------8---3-----------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-0-----------------------0-------|
 f 4                                 f
   3
   1

25 |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
|--8---0---1p0-1p0-0--8--------5---|-4---0---1p0-1p0-2p0-2p0-4p0-4p0-|
|--10--------------------------4---|-5-------------------------------|
|------------------------------5---|-4-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------0-------|-0-------------------------------|

                                      A major
27 |       |        |       |         |       |       |       |
|--7p0-0-0-10p0-0-0-2p0-------------|---------2---0-----------7---5---|
|-----------------------3p0---------|-1h2-1h2---------4h5-4h5---------|
|---------------------------1-------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------2p0---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-|-0===============0===============|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   dim.             > > > > > > > >   p

29 |        |          |       |         |       |       |       |
|------10p9------------0---4p2---------|---------2---0-----------4---2---|
|--9--------12p10--------------5p3-2p0-|-1h2-1h2---------3h4-3h4---------|
|-----------------13p11----------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------4===============|
|--------------------------------------|-0===============----------------|
|--0===================0===============|---------------------------------|

31|       |         |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------9-11-12======-------|---------2---0-----------7---5---|
|-------9-10h12--------------------|-1h2-1h2---------4h5-4h5---------|
|-----11---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-0===============0===============|
|-0=========================-------|---------------------------------|
      < < < < < < <                  mf

33 |       |       |       |         |        |         |       |
|----------9---7---6h7-6h7-12--10--|-9---10p9-----------0---4p2---------|
|--6h7-6h7-------------------------|----------12p10-------------5p3-2p0-|
|----------------------------------|---------------13p11----------------|
|--0===============0===============|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-0==================0===============|
                                                             > > > > > >

35 |       |       |       |
|----------0-2-4-5-----------------||
|----0-2h3-------------------------||
|--2---------------2=======--------*|
|----------------------------------*|
|--0===============0=======--------||
|----------------------------------||
   p

Notes by weed@wussu.com - 10th July 2021
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks to Oliver Goodbourn for corrections to measures 15 & 16, and the addition
of measures 22-27.

I've reformatted the original, added note lengths and slides, and have made
some alterations to left hand fingering based on the Schott 11423 (Boije 94)
edition. I've also taken into account the Lopes (2011) edition and Performance
Notes for the Tecla (2006) edition (see below). As well as the David Jaggs
video I also took into account the following -

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6yZP7QWrk - Edson Lopes
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57QQwO8fVJ8 - Uros Baric

The order of play is measures 1-8, 9-35, 9-35.
Edson Lopes and Uric Baric repeat measure 1-8 but don't repeat measures 9-35.

I've treated all the slurs in the original Schott edition as hammer-ons and
pull-offs. In other editions and in performance these are not always kept to.
An example is measure 2 (and similar) where in the sheet the 7th note is shown
as a slur, but in the Lopes edition the 6th and 7th notes are played on the
2nd and 3rd strings; and in the Tecla edition the 7th note is played as a
hammer-on on the 3rd string. The 6th and 7th notes could also be played on the
2nd string as a slide down with the 1st finger from the 9th to the 7th fret.

Edson Lopes and Uros Baric don't play the slides in measures 13-15, and they
both play the chords in measure 15 on the higher frets.

Left Hand Fingering (LHF) below the tab (taken from the Schott edition) -
1 - index finger (forefinger)
2 - middle finger
3 - ring finger
4 - little finger (pinkie)

Performance Notes for the Tecla (2006) edition
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No. 9

A delightful piece with perhaps a bit of a sense of humour in the four
portamentos at bars 13-15, the octave downward slur at bar 16, and the
chords at bars 23 etc.

This particular study gives practice in slurs. The indication "Allegretto
grazioso" shows that the composer intended the piece, with its slurs, to be
played not heavily but gracefully. The slurs are aids to speed and lightness
rather than being additional difficulties. The form is two eight-bar sections,
followed by an eight-bar minor section and a short passage back to the
beginning.

In bars 2 and 7, at the end of the first downward scale, the F sharp is played
on the third string as a "hammer-on".

The special sign where the left hand finger moves up is described by Carcassi in
his method, where he illustrates it with this same special sign, as follows:
"Du son glisse ou porte. Le son glisse ou porte s'execute par un seul doigt de
la main gauche qui glisse le long du manche en passant sur toutes les touches de
la premiere a la deuxieme note, apres avoir attaque avec la main droite, la
premiere des deux notes. Le glisse produit un bon effet sur la guitare, parce
qu'il imite le son porte de la voix." ("The glissando or portamento is played by
a single finger of the left hand which slides along the neck of the guitar
passing along all the frets from the first to the second note, after the first
note has been plucked by the right hand. The glissando produces a good effect
on the guitar because it imitates the portamento of the voice.")

The terms glissando and portamento are often confused and used interchangeably
(as New Grove says), but often glissando means straight from one note to the
other whereas in portamento each individual note is distinctly heard along the
way. Carcassi doesn't tell us which he means, but it seems likely from his words
"le son porte de la voix" that he meant each individual note to be distinctly
heard.