Month July 2017

Lesson: Right Hand Thumb Position and Movement

Gohar Vardanyan gives a lesson on right hand thumb position and movement. Brought to you by Strings By Mail and their excellent YouTube channel. This is a great lesson for beginners and review for intermediates. As she outlines, make sure to start with…

Simon Farintosh Plays Rodrigo & Tedesco

Simon Farintosh plays Los Caprichos de Goya, op. 195 (No 12, “No Hubo Remedio”) by Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) and Invocación y danza by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999). This comes via Simon’s YouTube Channel with video and sound production by the amazing Drew…

Kaiser-Schmidt Guitar Duo Play Fauré

Kaiser-Schmidt Guitar Duo (Jessica Kaiser and Jakob Schmidt) play and arrangement of Dolly Suite op. 56 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). This comes via their YouTube Channel. The Dolly Suite, Op. 56, is a collection of pieces for piano four-hands by Gabriel Fauré. Here’s…

Lorenzo Micheli Plays de Murcia on Baroque Guitar

Italian guitarist Lorenzo Micheli plays Santiago de Murcia’s (1673-1739) “Una giga de Corelli” (Pasacalles y obras, 1732), after Arcangelo Corelli’s (1653-1713) Allegro op. 5, no. 3 on a Baroque Guitar by Stephen Murphy after Antonio Stradivari .This comes via Micheli’s…

Passepied by David Kellner (PDF & Lesson)

Passepied in A Major by David Kellner (1670–1748) – Sheet Music for Classical Guitar (originally for lute). Notation Edition & Notes + TAB Edition. Arranged by Bradford Werner. YouTube Video Link. David Kellner (1670–1748) was a German composer of the…

Q&A Lesson: Ornaments During Early Stages of Practice

Q&A Lesson of the Week – Ornaments During Slower and Early Stages of Learning a Piece. This was a Q&A via email from one of the site’s followers. Youtube Video Link. A discussion and lesson about adding ornaments during the…

Boyd Meets Girl Play Michael Jackson’s Human Nature

The amazing Boyd Meets Girl (Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd & American cellist Laura Metcalf) perform their own arrangement of Michael Jackson’s Human Nature. This recording will be featured on their debut album on the Sono Luminus label (I made a new release post about…

Stephanie Jones Plays Scherzo-Vals by Llobet

Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones plays Scherzo-Vals by Miguel Llobet (1878–1938). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel and played on a 2017 Karel Dedain guitar. Jones has been featured on the site a number of times for her excellent playing and burst of activity in…

Shift and Riff by Eric Sessler

Alec Holcomb (Guitar I), Xiabo Pu (GII), Yunxiang Fan (GIII), Hao Yang (GIV) play Shift and Riff by Eric Sessler. This comes via Sessler’s YouTube Channel. The work was dedicated to David Starobin & Jason Vieaux and the guitar program of…

Laura Snowden Plays Catalan Peasant by Anderson

English guitarist Laura Snowden plays Catalan Peasant With Guitar by Julian Anderson (b.1967). This is part of New Music for Guitar produced by GuitarCoop in association with Julian Bream Trust. Curated by Fabio Zanon and Produced by Stephen Goss. This comes via their great YouTube Channel.…

Lesson: Left Hand Thumb Position

Lesson of the Week – Left hand thumb positionThis is a Q&A via email. Youtube Video Link. A discussion and lesson about the left hand thumb position for classical guitar. This is a question from Paul who wanted to know…

Henderson-Kolk Duo Play Scarlatti Sonata K.12

The fantastic Canadian Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo (Drew Henderson & Michael Kolk) play their arrangement of Sonata in G minor, K.12/L.489 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). This comes via Henderson’s great YouTube channel. Here’s his YouTube blurb: “The affinity guitarists have for the keyboard music of Domenico Scarlatti has remained…