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How to Play Spanish Study by Frederick Noad – Classical Guitar

Frederick Noad

SONG DETAILS

DIFFICULTY:

2

TUNING:

Standard

In this lesson we’re going to learn how to play Spanish Study, which was written by English guitarist and teacher Frederick Noad. It’s actually a study based off of Asturias by Issac Albeniz and is a much simplified version.

This is a great piece to learn for anyone that’s still new to classical guitar, or even just fingerpicking in general (you can of course play this on a steel strung acoustic). The reason being that it’s great for developing your picking hand and establishes the fundamentals you need in your fingerpicking technique.

On top of that, it’s simply a nice piece that’s fun to play. I’m sure you’ll going to love playing it too!

OK, let’s pick up our guitars and learn how to play Spanish Study.

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Spanish Study Guitar Lesson

At first, I would recommend just learning the bass notes on their own. From there you can add in the 1st string in-between each of them. The theme of always playing the 1st string in-between the bass notes runs pretty much throughout the entire piece. Then, for the final section, it also incorporates the 3rd string and switches to triplets, giving you a fast forward roll.

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