Étude #5 in B minor (Op. 35 No. 22) by Sor (Level 3) is a great example of a beginning-level study that becomes extremely beautiful when played with musical expression. All performance markings are included.

Cello Suite No.1 Prelude (BWV 1107) by J.S. Bach (Level 5) The J.S. Bach Cello Suites are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo instrumental works ever written. Though written for cello, they have also been arranged and transcribed for numerous other instruments.

Prelude in C minor by Agustín Barrios is a short piece that showcases Barrios' romantic and expressive style. Although most attribute the piece to having strong influences of Bach and Chopin, some also detect strong hints of Beethoven. The key of C minor being chosen might give some strength to this argument since musicologists and performers often point to C minor as being Beethoven's favorite key. Beethoven once wrote, “C minor is my favorite key because it is the stormiest.” I gave this piece a grade of "Level 7" predominantly due to its left-hand challenges and its requirements of a delicate control of dynamics and expressive rubato. All performance markings are included.

Giuliani / Aguado Suite (Two Arpeggio Études in E minor) are two separate Etudes, written by two different composers, and, as is often the case with studies, are extremely short and less impactful when played separately and therefore difficult to work into a repertoire. The two studies are strung together, each one repeated (the Aguado played twice, followed by the Giuliani played twice), and culminating in a dynamic outro added by myself. It was given a "Level 9" strictly due to the right-hand technique requirements when achieving optimal speed. Since these studies are highly impressive for their display of right-hand technique alone, adding dynamics adds even more to their impressiveness. All performance markings are included.

Etude in B flat (Op. 29 No. 13) by Sor was likely written in the key of B-flat for the sole purpose of making it challenging. B flat is no doubt one of the most challenging keys on the classical guitar for the left hand and was given a level 10 for this reason. All performance markings are included.

Estudo nº 1 in E minor by Villa-Lobos (with Raphael Rabello Ending) is a transcription taken from Raphael Rabello's live recording at Teatro Franco Zamapri in São Paulo, Brazil, appearing on Brazilian television in 1993 and currently available to the public on YouTube. Rabello begins performing this Villa-Lobos solo guitar estudo, as written, before morphing it into a Latin jazz improv with Latin percussion accompanying instruments, including the Portuguese "cuíca." Both Villa-Lobos and Rabello were born in Brazil, and although Villa-Lobos likely never predicted his étude turning into a Latin jazz improv, I think he would have been thrilled had he ever had the chance to hear this amazing rendition. My intention with this transcription was to transcribe some of Robello's greatest improv moments while leaving it up to the performer to pre-create or improvise their own falsetas throughout certain sections. Rabello begins his improv at measure 57, and so measures 57 through 80 were transcribed, note-for-note, with a few changes made to the timing where Rabello may have not landed on the beat as intended. Measures 81 through 88 contain falsetas of my own that can optionally be used, and measures 90 through 96 are left up to the performer with notes given as to my personal scale choices along with the chord names to be improvised over. Measures 101 through to the end of the piece again showcase some more of Rabello's greatest moments, and so this section was also transcribed note-for-note.