Andantino (Opus 21, No. 1) by Carcassi

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This lesson covers how to play Andantino (Opus 21, No. 1) by Italian guitarist and composer Matteo Carcassi. We’ll cover chords used in this piece and sheet music for the melody including guitar tabs. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!

How to read the guitar chord charts

To clarify how to read the chord charts in the next section, the top horizontal line represents the high E string and the bottom horizontal line represents the low E string. The vertical lines separate each fret. The numbers in the blue dots tell you which fingers to use on the fretting hand.

For example, on the C Major chord, you use the:

1st finger on the 2nd string, 1st fret
2nd finger on the 4th string, 2nd fret
3rd finger on the 5th string, 3rd fret
Circles represent open strings
X means to avoid the string

You can check this link for more on how to read guitar notation symbols.

Andantino chords

Some of the common chords you will see in this piece below are C Major, G/B, G Major, and D 7. You can click on the chords with links to learn different ways of playing that chord.

Try the following chords one at a time until you feel comfortable switching between them.