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.

Gaspar Sanz Sheet Music for Classical Guitar

Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2

Gaspar Sanz Sheet Music for Classical Guitar – PDF Sheet Music or tab for Classical Guitar. Comes with notation editions with left hand fingering and separate tab editions. Free video performances and lessons for each piece. Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) was a Spanish…

João Luiz Plays Los Guardianes de La Magia by Brouwer

João Luiz Plays Brouwer

João Luiz performs Los Guardianes de La Magia (dedicated to João Luiz) by Leo Brouwer (b.1939). This comes via his YouTube channel. You might already know João Luiz from the amazing Brasil Guitar Duo. This is the second video of…

Practicing Hands Separately on Classical Guitar

Practicing Hands Separately on Classical Guitar. A lesson on the benefits of hands separate practice and some ways to help accomplish the breakdown and simplification of the left and right hands. You can check out my technique book here with…

Cristina Galietto Plays The Whistling Spider by Assad

Classical guitarist Cristina Galietto performs The Whistling Spider by Sergio Assad (b.1952). This comes via Knobloch Strings and their YouTube channel. The piece was dedicated to Galietto and this is the premiere video. Wonderful performance by Galietto with so many fun articulation and zippy characters…

Counting Eighth Notes and Exercises

Counting Eighth Notes, 2/4 Time Signatures, Rhythm Lesson and Exercises No.13-19. This lesson covers three ways to count eighth notes (British: quaver) and 2/4 time signatures. Exercise No.13 is provided for free on the screen. If you want to practice all…

Sebastián Montes Plays Weiss

Sebastián Montes performs Allemande and Courante from Sonata in A major by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on classical guitar. This comes via his Duo KM on YouTube channel. Always a pleasure to hear Weiss who is one my favourite lute…

Marionas by Gaspar Sanz

Marionas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…

The Guitar in Stuart England by Christopher Page

The Guitar in Stuart England: A Social and Musical History

The Guitar in Stuart England: A Social and Musical HistoryChristopher PageYale University Press, 2017 Learn or Buy from Amazon Thanks to one of my followers once again for sending me this excellent read. It’s filled with a wealth of info…

Henderson and Farintosh Play Prelude, BWV 825 by Bach

Canadian guitarists Drew Henderson and Simon Farintosh perform Prelude from Partita No.1, BWV 825 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Henderson’s excellent YouTube channel where he is planning more collaborations with friends and colleagues. Beautiful clean performance with excellent rhythmic pacing and voice separation.…

Gershwin for Guitar

Gershwin for Guitar by John W. Duarte (Sheet Music)

Gershwin for GuitarArranged by John W. Duarte12 iconic songs arranged for solo classical guitarFaber Music, 2023 Learn more, see samples, or buy at the Faber Music Shop A big thanks to Faber Music for sending me their new sheet music…

Folias by Gaspar Sanz

Folias by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…