Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

Alberto Mesirca plays Kcor by Marco De Biasi

Alberto Mesirca plays Kcor by Marco De Biasi. This comes via De Biasi’s YouTube Channel. Great performance by Mesirca of this extroverted work. I performed some of Marco De Biasi’s studies (studio) for guitar trio last year which are pretty cool…

Koonce - Bach Lute Suites for Guitar

Bach Lute Suites for Guitar

The Solo Lute Works of Johann Sebastian Bach for Guitar – Bach didn’t specifically write any works for the lute, at least not in practical terms. He likely composed the works on lute- harpsichord (lautenwerk), an uncommon instrument, and so…

Lesson: Chromatic Scale Exercises for Guitar

This 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 more.…

Lección No. 84 by Sagreras – Lesson & Free PDF

Lección No. 84 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942) for Classical Guitar. From his method Las Primeras Lecciones de Guitarra. PDF Download, Includes Both Notation-Only & Notation + TAB Editions. Level: Early-Intermediate (Grade 4). YouTube Lesson Link. Free Sheet Music and Free…

Right Hand Open String Exercises with p, i, m, a (No. 20-35)

This exercise 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…

Thomas Viloteau plays Valse en Skaï by Dyens

French guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Valse en Skaï by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). This comes via his great Youtube channel. Viloteau is a GFA winner and concert guitarist but also very down to Earth, I love these at-home videos from such an amazing player. Nice…

Drew Henderson Plays Sor on a 1868 Lacôte

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays Largo non tanto from Fantasie, Op. 7 by Fernando Sor (1778–1839) on an 1868 René Lacôte guitar. This comes via his fantastic YouTube channel. Fantasic playing as usual from Henderson. I love 19th century guitars for Sor…

Alignment Exercises for the Left Hand

This exercise 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…

Right Hand Open String Exercises with i, m, a (No. 1-19) for Guitar

This exercise 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,…

Sanel Redžić plays Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro BWV 998 by Bach

Sanel Redžić plays Prelude, Fugue & Allegro BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Redžić’s amazing YouTube channel. Guitar by Otto Vowinkel 2004 and recorded in Schottenkirche, Erfurt, Germany. Another great video by Redžić with a musical and well-paced performance here.…

Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios

Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios – PDF or Hardcopy technique book with free video lessons for each exercise. Notation Only with Fingering, String Numbers, and Positions. PDF Download or Hardcopy, 122 Pages. 2019 Edition. By Bradford Werner…

Albeniz - Sheet Music for Guitar

Isaac Albeniz: 26 Pieces for Guitar (Sheet Music)

Stanley Yates has been publishing some great material as of late from technique books, Bach editions, to complete sonatas of Mateigka. So, I’ve come to trust him as an editor and player too. This book of work by Isaac Albéniz…