Markku Klami | Etude No. 1 ’Arioso’

Patrik Kleemola plays YouTube premiere of Markku Klami’s Etude No. 1 ’Arioso’, from Etudes for guitar (2021). Welcome to follow the YouTube premiere of Markku Klami’s Etudes for guitar on Mondays, beginning on September 27 and continuing every Monday until November 29, 2021. Every video contains a discussion with Markku Klami and Patrik Kleemola at the end of the video. Join in by subscribing to the channel and hit the bell icon to keep updated! Sheet music for Klami’s Etudes is available from Edition Wilhelm Hansen (part of Wise Music Classical): ’Arioso’ opens the series in a gently rocking dreamlike mood. It brings forth some of the key elements of all the etudes and showcases Klami’s compositional goals in writing for guitar: Making use of open strings and various natural harmonics, resulting in a resonant and sustained timbre, where every and each note should be audible as long as possible. The left hand ‘pull-off’ legato technique is