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Reddit mentions of Twenty studies for the guitar
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A wonderful way to build your skills20 studies for the classical guitar written by Beethoven's contemporary, Fernando Sor, revised, edited, and fingered by the great classical guitarist Andres SegoviaThese essential repertoire pieces continue to be used by teachers and students to build solid classical techniqueFeatures a 50-minute demonstration CD and 32-page book20 studies for the classical guitar written by Beethoven's contemporary, Fernando Sor, revised, edited, and fingered by the great classical guitarist Andres Segovia
Specs:
| Height | 12 Inches |
| Length | 9 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | July 1995 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Width | 0.142 Inches |
Some of the more common ones for guitar are the 120 studies for right hand development by Giuliani, the 20 Sor studies (segovia), the melodic and progressive etudes by carcassi, and the Segovia scales (even though they are pretty useless IMO). There is also Pumping Nylon by scott tenant as well as Brouwer's Estudios Sencillos and Nuevos Estudios Sencillos if you are looking for something more contemporary.
If we're talking about the white and red book with spiral binding here...
It really helped my sight reading and right hand techniques. Helped my sight reading significantly too.
Below are some links I really like for beginners books. Copy pasta from another post I did
First two are beginners books. The third one is one I used pretty heavily to teach you hand techniques, especially for the right hand. Help you learn different patterns and finger movements. Took me forever to find it on Amazon but it's awesome.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0793526272/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VA5WMPNKD6HVPG4R4141
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0793543681/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_36?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=2Q2B4NZZQ9KEG6WCDV5R
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0786627239/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_24?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=DH1SGFCDSDFGT56VZQJ2
My personnal recommandations (which is what I work with currently):
Ah, so I should get his book? Looking at some of the sheet music I found online in .pdf I wasn't too interested in learning. Thanks!
http://smile.amazon.com/Andres-Segovia-Studies-Guitar-Book/dp/0793543681/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1449268325&sr=8-3&keywords=sor+studies
If you know how to ready sheet music, you could check out this book by Carcassi. What it starts off with isn't too difficult either, it starts with some pieces that are constructed off of some basic scale patterns, and moves on from there. I would also pick up this Segovia scale book and 20 Studies for Guitar.
Edit: And I highly recommend signing up for lessons. Classical guitar is much, much, more difficult and a lot more tedious than electric guitar.
I think the standard classical text is the book series by Frederick Noad, but I never cared for it personally. I’d recommend this book of etudes by Fernando Sor, edited by Segovia:
https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-studies-guitar-Andres-Segovia/dp/0793543681
The studies are graduated and start pretty simple. They sound beautiful as well.