Markku Klami | Etude No. 3 Riite

Patrik Kleemola plays YouTube premiere of Markku Klami’s Etude No. 3 ’Riite’, 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): The old Finnish word ‘riite’ means a very thin layer (or crust) of ice on the water’s surface – a phenomenon found in small water basins when the temperature drops just below 0 degrees Celsius. This etude concentrates on progressions of sustained chords (to be played as legato as possible). The one-finger tremolo technique is introduced in this etude and some harmonics are played with the left han