Question: What is the best position for the music stand when playing classical guitar? Answer summary: The best music stand position depends on whether you are performing or practicing and involves many variables such as ergonomics and visual sight lines.…
Bradford Werner performs Studio No.15 – Canto di primavera (Omaggio a Igor Stravinskij) from Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza by Angelo Gilardino (1941-2022) on classical guitar. This comes via my YouTube channel. Published by Editions Bèrben. The sheet music edition can be found via Bèrben (Edizioni Curci).…
Carreiro-Williams Guitar Duo with Jose Carlos Carreiro and Torrin Williams perform Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arranged by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), and then arranged again by Torrin Williams. This comes via their YouTube channel…
Liying Zhu performs the second movement, Passacaglia from Tres Piezas Españolas by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999). This video comes via GuitarCoop and their YouTube Channel (go subscribe). Excellent performance by Liying Zhu with great phrasing, colour and texture control. In particular, her ability to bring out the theme even…
Question: Why can’t I play with a metronome? I don’t know why but find it to be distracting. I have tried the clicking ones and the blinking lights. Tapping my foot also distracts me. Answer Summary: Playing with the metronome is…
Finnish lutenist Tuomas Kourula along with sopranos Anneliina Rif and Maikki Säikkä performs Ohimè, dov’è il mio ben? (SV 140) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) via the Turku Early Music Society and their YouTube channel. Beautiful performance by Kourula and love vocal duet with theorbo, both visually…
Duo Melis with Susana Prieto from Spain and Alexis Muzurakis from Greece perform the world premiere of Firelit Ascent by Tudor-Mihai Gliga. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a Duo Melis video and it’s a…
Study No.4, Op.40 [Moonlight Study] by Leonard Schulz (1813-1860) from Exercises and Studies for the Guitar, “The Indispensable”. PDF sheet music for classical guitar with performance and lesson video. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The…
Jack Hancher performs the 4th movement, IV. Final: Allegro con Brio from Sonata by Antonio José (1902-1936). Filmed on location in London, England via the Omni Foundation series and their Youtube channel. Brilliant performance by by Hancher with such contrasts from the high intensity extroverted…
Jinsae Kim 김진세 performs Sonata No. 9 in D Minor by Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801), originally for keyboard. This comes via Partita Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Beautifully understated performance by Kim with such calm and solid pacing and rhythmic delivery. Domenico…
Greek classical guitarist Filippos Manoloudis performs Les Grâces by French harpsichordist and composer Jacques Duphly (1715–1789) from his Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin (Third Book of Harpsichord Pieces), published in Paris in 1756. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel (go subscribe). Wonderful performance…
Theory Lesson No.6a: Pitch, Octave, Register, Octave Designation, and Pitch Class. In this lesson we have a more in depth discussion on pitch, the specific register of pitches and how we name them. This is an important lesson that will…