Matthew McAllister gives a lesson in practicing guitar musically. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. Here’s a great lesson about listening and practicing in a musical way. Practicing technique will only take you so far, you must engage…
Here’s a video from one of my recent concerts with two of my best buddies. The Victoria Guitar Trio performs Avril 14th by Aphex Twin (arranged by Adrian Verdejo) in Sidney, BC for Oak Bay Music Society. Guitarists Adrian Verdejo,…
Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar: a practical handbook based on historical sourcesby Peter CrotonPaperback: 240 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 15, 2015)Author’s Website: peter-croton.com Look inside the book or buy: Performing Baroque Music via Amazon There are…
Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan plays Prelude (Op. 41) and Intermezzo (Op. 80) by Canadian composer Jacques Hétu (1938-2010). The Prelude is from the suite of Op. 41 which is a multi-movement work and maybe Canada’s best. The Intermezzo is lesser…
Duo Luminoso (Latvian violinist Laura Zarina & German guitarist Heike Matthiesen) play Cantabile (Op.17 109) by Italian violinist, guitarist, and composer Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840). You can check out a public domain version of the sheet music via imslp.org. As a…
The amazing Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang plays Nocturnal After John Dowland, Op.70 by English composer Benjamin Britten at the Boston Guitarfest 2015. This comes via their YouTube where the great vids are getting pumped out at alarming rates. Nocturnal was composed…
Fabulous Czech guitarist Pavel Steidl plays Hommage a Jimi Hendrix by Italian guitarist and composer Carlo Domeniconi (born 1947) at the Fourth International Alexander Frauchi Festival, Moscow. Gnessins’ Academy of Music, Moscow, 2015. Video via Guitar Magazine. Domeniconi is extremely…