Sergio Assad 24 Studies Updated <90% PLUS>
Assad integrates techniques typically reserved for modern solo works (Dyens, Koshkin) into etudes:
If you teach guitar pedagogy, you need the updated version to compare against the old one. It is a masterclass in how compositions evolve through practical feedback.
Sérgio Assad’s own recording of Study No. 8 “Desafio” (available on YouTube – Assad Brothers live, 2022). sergio assad 24 studies updated
More ergonomic solutions for the complex stretches and shifts Assad demands.
Study 9 — Majestic (open-string resonance) 8 “Desafio” (available on YouTube – Assad Brothers
: Recent recordings and performances (as late as 2025 and 2026) by artists like João Luiz Shiqi Zhou
By the time the final study was penned, Sergio had created a roadmap for the next generation. Young virtuosos like João Luiz and Shiqi Zhou were already picking up the torch, turning these "studies" into soaring performances that proved the classical guitar’s story was still being written, one fret at a time. Sérgio Assad - 24 Studies for Guitar; II. Nazarethiana Young virtuosos like João Luiz and Shiqi Zhou
Your fingers will thank you. Your audience will thank you. And Sergio Assad will finally hear his work played as intended.
