Month February 2013

Bach's Table of Ornamentation

Baroque Ornamentation on Classical Guitar

A lesson on Baroque ornamentation from Scott Morris. As he says, this is a good jumping point and introduction to ornamentation. The video was made via Guitar Salon International. He’s playing the Sarabande from Bach’s unaccompanied flute partita, BWV 1013.…

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach & Lesson with PDF for Classical Guitar

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach for Guitar

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar, from Cantata BWV 147. Comes with both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. The level is intermediate (Grade 4). YouTube Lesson…

Denis Azabagiс plays Blues by Dusan Bogdanoviс

Denis Azabagiс plays Blues by Dusan Bogdanoviс. Great performance despite the ill placed camera angle. Azabagiс is such a clean and musical player. Rarely is there a player who has so much control wrapped in a musicality of excellent phrasing and sensitive articulations.…

Kaori Muraji Plays Invocacion y Danza by Rodrigo

Japanese guitarist Kaori Muraji plays Invocacion y Danza by Rodrigo. According to her Wiki “she is the first Japanese artist to have signed an exclusive international contract with Decca Music Group.” Does anyone know much more about Kaori Muraji? Nice…

Fernando Sor Studies Op. 60

Here’s my edition and the free sheet music facsimile edition of Fernando Sor’s (1778–1839) Studies for Guitar Op. 60. He called it something along the lines of “Introduction to the Study of the Guitar in Twenty-five Progressive Lessons. It’s for…

Goran Krivokapic plays Ginastera ‘Finale’

Goran Krivokapic plays the finale of Sonata for guitar, Op. 47 by was an Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983). This sonata was written in 1976 for Carlos Barbosa-Lima. I didn’t know this but among his notable students were Ástor Piazzolla! Not sure…

Joachim Tielke Guitar ca. 1695–99

Guitar, ca. 1695–99Joachim Tielke (German, 1641–1719)Wood, ivory, ebony The Baroque guitar is similar in shape and body to earlier guitars, but is typified by five double courses of strings (which appeared as early as the late fifteenth century). From about…

Thomas Viloteau plays Fuga by M. Ponce

Great performance of this wonderful work by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). French Guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Fuga on la Folia @ Gitaarsalon Enkhuizen Manuel María Ponce 8 december 1882 — 24 april 1948) was a Mexican composer .Voici…

Masterclass with John Williams

Russell Neville in Masterclass with John Williams. I love William’s style of teaching and his super down to earth opinions. We need more this attitude today! Video Link – Part One: Link – Part Two:

Matthew McAllister Plays Two Scottish Lute Pieces

Some charming Scottish Lute works played by Matthew McAllister. Scottish Classical Guitarist Matthew McAllister performing two Scottish Lute Pieces in the workshop of the Scottish Luthiers Michael Ritchie and Bill Kelday in Fintry Scotland. The guitar in this film is…

Peter Oberg glues and clamps a top

Oberg glues a top onto the body of the guitar. I’d be way to frightened to attempt this. That is pretty much all I can say. Interest video. Luthier, guitarist, and composer Peter Oberg demonstrates his method for gluing and…

Timeline Photos of a Peter Oberg Guitar

I love watching these timelines of luthier work. It always amazes me the amount of time and fancy contraptions needed for building classical guitars. A construction timeline slideshow of luthier Peter Oberg building a Madagascar Rosewood and Bearclaw Cedar classical…