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aschleman
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aschleman
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03/29/2006 5:34 pm
Paganini was the original virtuoso... Download his 24 Caprices and be amazed at his abilities... and the abilities of whoever is doing the rendition. His essential caprices in my opinion are the 5th and the 24th. They've been transcribed to guitar many times. There should be tabs out there.

**Warning: Sweeping required. The difficulty of these pieces are beyond an intermediate level. Paganinis 24 Caprices were a collection of every known violin technique and some that Paganini himself invented. The same amount of techniques are need to play the songs on guitar. You may suffer from severe frustration while learning these pieces... However, the 5th Caprice is harder than the 24th.