Songs · Guitar · Beginner
Waltz in C
Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841) · Waltz, Op. 241 No. 1, from Carulli’s easy pieces for guitar, as printed in A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole
Guitar · classicalfingerpickingC major3/8 time40 barsstandard tuning
Arranged: Teddy Rook Book: Carulli’s notes as written, with the repeats as printed and the “D.C. al Fine” written out (bars 25–40, played once each). Fingerings and the one accent left out; dynamics are our suggestion.
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About this piece
A little waltz in the old one-two-three: a bass note on the first beat, then two soft pairs of notes. The thumb (p) plays the bass on the 4th, 5th or 6th string; the index and middle fingers (i and m) pluck the two higher notes at the same moment. The middle part moves to A minor; then the first two parts come back once more. Keep the bass a little louder than the chords.
What it practices
- bass and chord: thumb, then two fingers together
- 3/8 time
- first position
- C, G7 and A minor shapes
Chords in this song
C · G7/D · G · G7/F · C/E · Am · E
Each link opens the chord finder with more ways to play that chord.
Where the notes come from
Mutopia Project edition (Louie van Bommel, from A. Eggers’s Guitar-Skole, The Royal Library, Copenhagen; CC BY 4.0 typesetting, the music public domain). Both voices read twice and compared with this file note by note.
How to practice with it
- Listen first. Press Play and follow along. The note being played lights up in the tab, in the notation and on the fretboard, and the chord being played lights up in the row of chord diagrams.
- Learn the chords. Press each diagram to hear it, then practice changing between them slowly.
- Slow it down. Use − and + to set the tempo. 60% is a good place to start; the notes keep their pitch.
- Loop the hard part. Under More…, turn on Loop, pick the bars, and play them a few times in a row. Count-in gives you a bar of clicks before it starts.
Click a bar in the music to start from there. Space plays and pauses. Left-handed? Turn on the left-handed view: the chord diagrams and the fretboard are mirrored to match your instrument. Tab reads the same either way: the top line is always the first (highest) string.