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 97,000 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.

Aros Guitar Duo – Nocturnal Procession by Frandsen

Aros Guitar Duo (Mikkel Egelund Nielsen & Simon Wildau) play Nocturnal Procession by Danish composer John Frandsen. This comes via Mikkel’s YouTube Channel. Great performance and piece, love the rotating repetitive progression and the thematic development. Also, unexpectedly, love the whistling that is used…

Fingernail Lesson for Classical Guitar

Fingernail Lesson for Classical Guitar By popular demand, a lesson about filing and shaping your nails. This is all about how I shape my nails and might be of interest and a starting point for students. Make sure to see…

Zoran Dukić Plays 451 by Stephen Goss

The fantastic Croatian guitarist Zoran Dukic plays “451” from Cinema Paradiso by Stephen Goss. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube Channel. Played on the Jose Ramirez guitar that Andres Segovia owned and performed on from 1969 until 1980. Recorded at the Guitar Salon…

Heike Matthiesen Plays Georgian Lullaby by Metreveli

Beautiful playing by German guitarist Heike Matthiesen performing Georgian Lullaby by Kacha Metreveli, “a haunting old Georgian song also sang for healing.” Dedicated to Heike Matthiesen. Recorded by Jakob Schmidt. This come via Matthiesen’s great YouTube channel.

Quattro Palos Guitar Quartet Play Matsuoka

The Quattro Palos Guitar Quartet from Tokyo, Japan, playing Shigeru Matsuoka’s Samba de Viento. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube and played on on guitars by La Cañada – Torres replicas. These are all the “A” models, which have an antiqued…

Victoria Guitar Trio Play New Music by BC Composers

The new album promotional videos are here! Last year, Victoria Guitar Trio (Michael Dias, Adrian Verdejo, and Bradford Werner), with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and Redshift Records, recorded an album of commissions and favourite works by…

Las Hachas by Gaspar Sanz

Las Hachas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for classical guitar. This comes from my sheet music edition Gaspar Sanz Guitar Collection which includes Villanos, Fuga, Españoletas, La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines, Las Hachas, and…

La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines by Gaspar Sanz

La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines by Sanz

La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for classical guitar. This comes from my sheet music edition Gaspar Sanz Guitar Collection Volume 1 which includes Villanos, Fuga, Españoletas, La Cavalleria de Nápoles con…

Españoletas by Gaspar Sanz

Españoletas by Gaspar Sanz

Españoletas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for classical guitar. This comes from my sheet music edition Gaspar Sanz Guitar Collection Volume 1 which includes Villanos, Fuga, Españoletas, La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines, Las Hachas,…

Fuga al ayre Español by Gaspar Sanz

Fuga al ayre Espanol by Gaspar Sanz

Fuga al ayre Español by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar. This comes from my sheet music edition Gaspar Sanz Guitar Collection Volume 1 which includes Villanos, Fuga, Españoletas, La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines, Las…

Villanos by Gaspar Sanz

Villanos by Gaspar Sanz

Villanos by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for classical guitar. This comes from my sheet music edition Gaspar Sanz Guitar Collection Volume 1 which includes Villanos, Fuga, Españoletas, La Cavalleria de Nápoles con dos Clarines, Las Hachas,…

Paul Galbraith Plays Preludes by Scriabin

The amazing Paul Galbraith plays 4 Preludes by Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) on the ever interesting Brahms Guitar. Live recording from Soka University, California – USA. Galbraith was always an amazing guitarist but since his switch to the 8-string Brahms Guitar…