Month May 2019

Grade 1 Lesson: Lección 70 by Sagreras

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Lección 70 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942),…

Grade 1 Lesson: Lección 75 by Sagreras

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Lección 75 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942),…

Jeffrey McFadden plays Fantasy on a Canadian Folksong

Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden plays Fantasy on a Canadian Folksong (2018) by Jeffrey McFadden. This comes via McFadden’s fantastic Youtube channel. Recorded March 27, 2019 at St.Mary Magdalene Church, Toronto, by Drew Henderson. Guitar by my fellow Victorian  Marcus Dominelli (2019). Beautiful…

Lesson: The Spanish Pavin (Anonymous)

The Spanish Pavin – Anonymous Lute Work Arranged for Classical Guitar. PDF sheet music or tab with free video lesson. This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons…

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons - Grade 1

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – PDF or Hardcopy Method Book with dedicated lessons and pieces in notation with fingering. There is also a TAB supplement at the end which includes pieces (not the lessons). Watch the free video lessons.…

Scarborough Fair for Classical Guitar - PDF Sheet Music or Tab

Scarborough Fair for Classical Guitar

Scarborough Fair for classical guitar. PDF Sheet Music with free video lesson. Arranged for Easy Classical or Fingerstyle Guitar. Includes both a notation-only edition and a TAB Edition.. PDF Download. The level is easy-intermediate, first position chords with melody, small bit in 3rd position…

House of the Rising Sun for Guitar - PDF Sheet Music or Tab

House of the Rising Sun for Classical Guitar

House of the Rising Sun for classical guitar. PDF Sheet Music for classical or fingerstyle guitar with free video lesson. Includes both a Notation-Only Edition and a TAB Edition. PDF download. The level is easy-intermediate with 1st position chords with…

Thomas Viloteau plays Danza Caracteristica by Brouwer

Thomas Viloteau plays Danza Característica “Quítate de la Acera” (1957) by Leo Brouwer (b.1939) on a Alkemia-Strasbourg model guitar by Bastien Burlot, made with a spruce soundboard and African rosewood back and sides. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their…

Bradford Werner Plays Sarabande for Guitar by Francis Poulenc

Bradford Werner plays Sarabande for Guitar, To Ida Presti, (FP179) by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). Composed in 1960. I love this piece for it’s motivic repetition and overall calm feel. Sheet Music: I’m using this Recordi edition via SMP but changed…

Katalin Koltai Plays Bartok

Katalin Koltai plays The Night’s Music (Az éjszaka zenéje) from Out of Doors (Szabadban) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945). This comes via Koltai’s YouTube channel. Out of Doors is a set of five piano solo pieces by Bartók written around 1926.…

Classical Guitar Strings Review

Classical guitar string reviews. On this page I’ll be doing mini-reviews of strings so you can find the best classical guitar string for your guitar. I can only review strings I’ve actually tried out so some are missing. Strings are…

Lesson: Early-Advanced Technique Routine

This routine is from my new book Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios. The 122 page book includes: Practice Routines, Tips, 100 Open String Exercises, 120 Giuliani Arpeggios, Scales, Slur Exercises, Shifts, Finger Independence, Barre, Tremolo, Common Harmonics, and much…