Slur Study in C by Carulli
This work by Carulli is an excellent way to practice your left hand slur technique. Carulli was born in Italy in the same year as Beethoven (1770), he became one of the most popular and loved classical guitar composers and players of his time. Indeed, that love extends right up to the present day as new generations of guitarists "find" his music and make it their own.
Slurs, sometimes known as ligado, are played from note to note (up or down) with the second note being played by the left hand finger only.
This piece, being in C Major, means you don’t have to worry about sharps or flats and can just focus on the task at hand – playing slurs. You’ll need to focus your attention anyway because there are actually 37 slurs in this slur study.
The slurs consist of both hammer- on’s & pull-offs. You’ll notice in this little video below that the actual technique for hammer-on’s is to give yourself some distance (about ½ - 1 inch) to make the slur effective.
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