Etudes simples (Estudios sencillos) by Leo Brouwer for guitar. This book contains all 20 Etudes and includes an audio CD. The book also has critical notes and performing instructions by Frederic Zigante.
Pieces
- Etude 1 – for development of the right-hand thumb
- Etude 2 – for homogeneous voicing of chords
- Etude 3 – for preparation of the tremolo
- Etude 4 – for the half barre and for the right-hand thumb
- Etude 5 – for arpeggios with complex rhythms
- Etude 6 – for using all possible arpeggio formulas
- Etude 7 – for left-hand slurs
- Etude 8 – for two-part polyphony and for the right-hand thumb
- Etude 9 – Scherzo – for slurs combined with fixed positions
- Etude 10 – for independence of the left hand and for string crossing with the right hand
- Etude 11 – for slurs and fixed positions
- Etude 12 – for broken chords with legato phrasing
- Etude 13 – for slurs and fixed positions
- Etude 14 – for slurs and the thumb
- Etude 15 – Sarabanda – for three note chords
- Etude 16 – Tempo diouverture francese – for embellishments
- Etude 17 – for embellishments
- Etude 18 – for embellishments
- Etude 19 – for four note chords
- Etude 20 – for the left hand and slurs
