The excellent Slovenian guitarist and tech wizard Uroš Barič via his site guitarise.com made this great video on mic comparisons. You can view it on his YouTube to jump to different mics with ease. See the full rundown and specs at Uroš’ post: Ultimate Classical…
Brazilian guitarist Fabio Zanon Plays Grand Polonaise, op.24 by Polish guitarist, composer Jan Bobrowicz (1805–1881). Contemporaries called Bobrowicz “the Chopin of guitar”. This video comes from the amazing GuitarCoop and their fantastic YouTube Channel. Zanon is a legend of the guitar…
15-year-old Sedona Farber plays Fantasia on a Theme from La Traviata by Julian Arcas/Francisco Tarrega (both composers arranged this one…amalgamation?). This comes via the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA on a 2007 Dominique Field Guitar. You can also check…
Aros Guitar Duo play an arrangement of Prelude by Belgium/French composer César Franck (1822-1890) on two 2016 Duo Yulong Guo Chamber Concert Doubletop guitars. This comes via the amzing Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Quite a pretty arrangement with some nice…
A lesson on Practicing Difficult Passages brought to you by Strings By Mail (thanks!) and Gohar Vardanyan. This is a nice lesson for beginner to intermediate students who are trying to discover what is necessary in the practice room to accomplish pieces successfully.…
American guitarist and recent Grammy winner Jason Vieaux plays Gigue (6th mvt.) from Lute Suite No.1 in E minor, BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Colorado Public Radio and their YouTube. It’s a thick piece which makes his technique look…
Slovenian guitarist Uros Baric plays Sonata VI (Allemanda, Giga, Sarabanda, Gavotta) by Italian lutenist and composer Giovanni Zamboni (fl. early 18th century, c1664-1721). This is a casual video from a house concert including quite a bit of hiss in the…
The excellent Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays Fantasie by German lutenist and composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750). Drew is one of my favorite guitarists and Weiss my favorurite lute composer! Actually, last year I got a chance to go to Dresden and…
Marcin Dylla plays Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 by English composer Benjamin Britten (1913–1976). This comes via the fantastic Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Here Dylla is playing a Gabriele Lodi Torres Guitar Model Spruce Britten was a central figure 20th-century British classical…
Irish flautist Aisling Agnew and Scottish guitarist Matthew McAllister (Agnew McAllister Duo 15 years+!) perform Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) at the 2016 Classical Guitar Retreat (CGR). This comes via McAllister’s great YouTube Channel. The CGR looks amazing so gear up for it next year: “The…
American guitarist Jason Vieaux plays Capricho árabe by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). This comes via Colorado Public Radio and their YouTube. Vieaux won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo which is pretty rare and special for…
Belorussian guitarist Tatyana Ryzhkova plays her own arrangement of Valse op. 64 no. 2 by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). Ryzhkova is on top of her marketing and has an insane online following with over 65,000 youtube subscribers and a…