16 Etudes for classical, steel-string or electric guitar By Jeff Pekarek Jeffery J. Pekarek 6711 Springfield Street San Diego, CA 92114 Copyright 4/24/2000

Introduction 1. Little Virgo 2. Powdered Wigs 3. Puntos Perfectos
4. Polka and the Jolly Roving Tar 5. Beyond Virginia 6. Scordatura 7. The Crusades
8. CARPATHIANS I: Hungarians and Rumanians 9. CARPATHIANS II: POLES AND ASHKENAZIM 10. CARPATHIANS III: THE ROM 11. CARPATHIANS IV: TRANSYLVANIAN SAXONS
12. ANDALUCIA 13. THE SLAVE COAST 14. ROOTS OF JAZZ 15. SCALES
16. PARNASSUS, THE ABODE OF THE MUSES
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7. THE CRUSADES

Folk dances in triplet meters (6/8, 9/8, and 12/8) are common in the countries of the Caucasus region- Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. When an American guitar student hears this music, it may remind him or her of an Italian tarantella, or an Irish jig. It has been said that the similarity between these forms indicates a cultural exchange between Rome and the Caucasus during the Crusades.