Canadian guitarists Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan play an excerpt of the 1st movement from Tonadilla by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999). Video by the amazing Drew Henderson. This comes via Cicchillitti’s YouTube Channel. Here’s his blurb: This is an excerpt of the 1st movement from Tonadilla by Joaquin Rodrigo.…
Kaiser-Schmidt Guitar Duo (Jessica Kaiser and Jakob Schmidt) play Valses Poéticos (Intro & Melodioso) by Enrique Granados (1867–1916). This comes via their YouTube Channel. You can also check their debut CD including this work via their website. Valses Poéticos is a set of…
Lesson: Replacing Tempo with Other Musical Elements“How to balance your performances with a well-rounded musicality”YouTube Video Link (4k) This is a lesson on replacing your tempo with other musical elements and ideas. When you drop your tempo to a slower…
Lesson: Right Hand Tone Production on Classical GuitarOr: How to get a good sound on classical guitarYouTube Video Link (4K) Exploring changes in timbre from tasto to ponticello, to subtle changes to fingernail angles, learning to control your sound is…
Guitarist Tariq Harb plays Capriccio Diabolico “Omaggio a Paganini”, Op.85 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968). Video by Drew Henderson. This comes via his amazing YouTube Channel. He has a great blurb about the work on his YouTube: One of my absolute favourite…
Matt Palmer plays Julia Florida by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). This comes via his great YouTube Channel. The guitar is a “La Leona” replica built by Michael Thames (spruce, cypress) that was one day old at the time of recording. “The…
Matthew McAllister plays Oleander Etude by Ralph Towner (b.1940). This comes via Uro Baric and Baros Records YouTube Channel. You can check McAllister’s new album American Collection over at Baros Records. “Matthew’s most ambitious album to date has just been released!…
Big round of applause for ten year old Linda Bernert playing Tango en Skaï by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). Linda is a student of the amazing Stefan Schmidt in Germany. This comes via his YouTube channel where he highlights some of his great students. Schmidt has a TON…
Suite española, Op. 47 by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) is a suite for solo piano that is often arranged and performed on the classical guitar. Actually, it is more often played on guitar than it is on piano. It is mainly…
Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones plays Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) and arranged by Sérgio Assad. This comes via her great YouTube Channel. Fantastic playing as always from this exciting young artist studying in Germany. Always musical but also daring and virtuosic she is an…
The Tomasi-Musso Guitar Duo (Marco Musso & Davide Giovanni Tomasi) play Arabesque I by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). This comes via the fantastic Paris Guitar Foundation and their YouTube channel. The PGF Series, directed by Augustin Pesnon, showcases guitarists with quality video productions. Tomasi’s guitar by Philip Woodfield and…
Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden performs his arrangement of the Prelude & Gigue from the 4th Cello Suite BWV1010 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Recorded by Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson at Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto. This comes via McFadden’s fantastic Youtube channel. Canada’s…