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Giuliani’s 40 arpeggios for Adelita

From block chords to triplets, sextuplets and the voices of the mazurka.

6 weeks · 12 min a day

Opening staves of Adelita in an early edition.
Boije 828 · p. 17 · Credits

What you will play

Read all 40 patterns on C and G7. In Adelita, keep the melody singing above the inner chords.

Keep the chord ringing as the right-hand fingers play in turn. Listen for any voice that cuts out when you cross strings.

The lessons

Week 1

  1. From no. 1 to the first triplets · 12 min

Week 2

  1. Fingers together and apart · 12 min

Week 3

  1. The chords in nos. 21–24 · 12 min

Week 4

  1. Six attacks per beat · 12 min

Week 5

  1. Four attacks and the return to no. 40 · 12 min

Week 6

  1. Bring out Adelita’s melody · 12 min