Kaiser-Schmidt Guitar Duo (Jessica Kaiser and Jakob Schmidt) play and arrangement of Dolly Suite op. 56 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). This comes via their YouTube Channel. The Dolly Suite, Op. 56, is a collection of pieces for piano four-hands by Gabriel Fauré. Here’s…
Italian guitarist Lorenzo Micheli plays Santiago de Murcia’s (1673-1739) “Una giga de Corelli” (Pasacalles y obras, 1732), after Arcangelo Corelli’s (1653-1713) Allegro op. 5, no. 3 on a Baroque Guitar by Stephen Murphy after Antonio Stradivari .This comes via Micheli’s…
Passepied in A Major by David Kellner (1670–1748) – Sheet Music for Classical Guitar (originally for lute). Notation Edition & Notes + TAB Edition. Arranged by Bradford Werner. YouTube Video Link. David Kellner (1670–1748) was a German composer of the…
Q&A Lesson of the Week – Ornaments During Slower and Early Stages of Learning a Piece. This was a Q&A via email from one of the site’s followers. Youtube Video Link. A discussion and lesson about adding ornaments during the…
The amazing Boyd Meets Girl (Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd & American cellist Laura Metcalf) perform their own arrangement of Michael Jackson’s Human Nature. This recording will be featured on their debut album on the Sono Luminus label (I made a new release post about…
Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones plays Scherzo-Vals by Miguel Llobet (1878–1938). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel and played on a 2017 Karel Dedain guitar. Jones has been featured on the site a number of times for her excellent playing and burst of activity in…
Alec Holcomb (Guitar I), Xiabo Pu (GII), Yunxiang Fan (GIII), Hao Yang (GIV) play Shift and Riff by Eric Sessler. This comes via Sessler’s YouTube Channel. The work was dedicated to David Starobin & Jason Vieaux and the guitar program of…
English guitarist Laura Snowden plays Catalan Peasant With Guitar by Julian Anderson (b.1967). This is part of New Music for Guitar produced by GuitarCoop in association with Julian Bream Trust. Curated by Fabio Zanon and Produced by Stephen Goss. This comes via their great YouTube Channel.…
A Lesson on Left Hand Thumb Position While Playing Classical Guitar – A discussion and lesson about the left hand thumb position for classical guitar. This is a question from Paul who wanted to know about the left hand thumb…
The fantastic Canadian Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo (Drew Henderson & Michael Kolk) play their arrangement of Sonata in G minor, K.12/L.489 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). This comes via Henderson’s great YouTube channel. Here’s his YouTube blurb: “The affinity guitarists have for the keyboard music of Domenico Scarlatti has remained…
Goran Krivokapić plays Plainte (Lamento) by Brazilian guitarist and composer Marco Pereira (b.1950). This comes via one of my favourite sources: Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel and played on a 2003 Daniel Friederich guitar. I always love posting Krivokapić as his playing is musical…
Canadian flute and guitar ensemble Duo Calixa with Kelly Williamson (flute) and Mariette Stephenson (guitar) play Algodão doce by Celso Machado (b.1953). This comes via Stephenson’s YouTube channel. Machado is a Brazilian guitarist, percussionist, and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada. I…