1, part of his 12 Studies for Guitar, was first published by Max Eschig, Paris, in 1953.

The first public performance of this étude (together with those of Études 7 and 8) was given by Andrés Segovia on 5 March 1947 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

[1] The piece is in E minor and is marked Allegro non troppo.

A strong presence of J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier suggests a miniature Bachiana Brasileira.

1 is an arpeggio study that is predominantly focused on a cross-string right-hand technique with the exception of one scalar passage from measure 23 to 24 and a series of cadential harmonics in measures 31 to 32.