El Vito (José de Azpiazu)

Hi everyone! Today’s piece from the Student Repertoire Series is José Azpiazu’s “El Vito.” You can see past Student Repertoire pieces here.

This was a really fun video to make and one that I’ve wanted to record for some time. El Vito is an intermediate, level 2 piece. I like this piece because of its memorable melody and because it helps us practice our picados (alternating free and rest strokes with I&M), a bit of counterpoint and some strumming (rasgueados). The piece sounds really nice at various speeds and the techniques are all very basic so it’s a great piece for higher level beginners and early to advanced level intermediate students. If you speed up the tempo it can easily become a more advanced piece.

Please take a look at the slow section to help you work out any questionable spots you may have.

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