Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from British Columbia, Canada. He owns and edits the online publication This is Classical Guitar and sheet music store Werner Guitar Editions. He has taught a wide range of students from dedicated youth, hobbyists adults, and emerging young professionals in collage programs. Bradford taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced and performed in Greater Victoria for 20 years. He adjudicates festivals, and has given exams and masterclasses for The Alberta Provincial Festival, Mount Royal University, Calgary Guitar Society, and many more. Also see his work with the Quelus Guitar Duo, and the Victoria Guitar Trio with Michael Dias and Adrian Verdejo. The trio has commissioned numerous premieres and recorded an album on RedShift Records showcasing contemporary Canadian composers. See more at his personal website.

Marko Topchii Plays Prelude No.5 by Bliokh

Marko Topchii performs Prelude No.5 in B major by Konstantin Bliokh

Ukrainian classical guitarist Marko Topchii performs Prelude No.5 in B major by Konstantin Bliokh (b.1976). This comes via Topchii’s YouTube channel. Konstantin Bliokh was born in 1976 in Kharkov, Ukraine and he is currently living in Tokyo, Japan. This prelude comes from a…

Stephen Stubbs Plays Sanz and Murcia on Baroque Guitar

Stephen Stubbs (Baroque guitar) performs Pavanas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) and Fandango by Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) with Maxine Eilander (harp). This comes via the Pacific MusicWorks on their YouTube. If you’d like to play some Sanz I have an extensive collection of his works on the…

Exploring the Fretboard No.9-14: Highest Notes on Each String

Playing to the Highest Note on Each String, Exercises No.9-14 from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a…

Exploring the Fretboard No.8: 7th to 12th Frets on Guitar

Playing from the 7th to the 12th Fret, Exercise No.8 from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a…

Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar

Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar

Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a variety of ways to investigate the fretboard. It has been designed…

Exploring the Fretboard No.7: Orientation to the 5th and Octave

Orientation to the 5th and Octave, Exercise No.7 from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a variety of…

Exploring the Fretboard No.1-6: Single-String Chromatic Scales

Single String Chromatic Scales, Exercises No.1-6 from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a variety of…

Ben Diamond Plays Sonata Terra by Murphy

Ben Diamond performs Sonata Terra (2021) by Stephen Murphy. This is a three movement work written for Diamond and this is the official video premiere, recorded and mastered by Drew J. Henderson in Toronto ON, Canada. This comes via Diamond’s…

Baroque Arias From Europe

Baroque Arias from Europe

Baroque Arias From Europe Thalia Moutopoulou (Soprano), Michel Cardin (Theorbo), Chrysostomos Kalogridakis (Tenor, Guitar) Listen or buy via Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and more. Lovely to hear this new album filled with early music by Caccini, Bottrigari, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Monteverdi, Purcell,…

Notturno No.1 & 2 by Bortolazzi

Notturno No.1 and 2 by Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (1772-1846) – PDF Sheet Music for Classical Guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. Video performances and lessons for each piece. This is a PDF Download. The level…

Lesson on Cadences, Chords, and Phrasing

Graham Fitch gives a lesson on cadences, chords and harmony. This comes via Pianist Magazine on their YouTube channel. He gives a brief explanation of leading tones, the gravity of cadences, triads within a harmonized scale, chord progressions, and phrasing in general. This is…

Cochran & McAllister Play Concerto BWV 972 by Bach

Matthew Cochran and Matthew McAllister perform Concerto in D Major BWV 972 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) after Antonio Vivaldi and arranged by Katrin Klingeberg and Sebastian Montes. Recorded in June 2023 at the Cathedral Barn in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. This comes via McAllister’s YouTube channel.…