FERNANDO SOR Study No.18 Opus 35
this issue we are focusing on two fundamental techniques of the classical guitar: the free stroke (‘tirando’) and rest stroke (‘apoyando’), and how we control them in order to balance a melody with its accompaniment. While a pianist might achieve this by altering the dynamics between their two hands, the guitarist must learn to accomplish it within the picking hand. I have devised two exercises to address this skill and this in turn will allow us to play the wonderful Study No.18, Opus 35 (published in 1828) by the Spanish composer and
