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.

Pachelbel’s Canon in D for Guitar (Free PDF)

Canon in D for Guitar by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) – Free PDF Sheet Music for Classical Guitar and lesson video. Includes both a notation-only edition and a separate tab edition.  Left hand fingering. Drop-D tuning (6th string tuned down to D, see video). Level: Intermediate (Grade 5). This is…

András Csáki and Kwartet Camerata Play Drozd

Hungarian guitarist András Csáki and Polish Kwartet Camerata play Carpe Diem op. 121 by Gerard Drozd. Kwartet Camerata is: Włodzimierz Promiński – 1st violin; Andrzej Kordykiewicz – 2nd violin; Piotr Reichert – viola; Roman Hoffmann – cello. Film and sound by MovieArtStudio.…

Henderson-Kolk Play Le Tombeau de Couperin

Two of my favourite players in the world also play in a duo together. Plus, they are Canadian! Henderson-Kolk Duo (Drew Henderson & Michael Kolk) perform their arrangement of the Prélude from French composer Maurice Ravel’s (1875–1937) was a French composer Le Tombeau…

Jérémy Peret Plays Villa-Lobos Etudes 4 & 12

French guitarist Jérémy Peret plays Etudes No. 4 and 12 by Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959) via the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition and their YouTube Channel. For some reason I rarely hear anyone play Etude No.…

Laura Snowden Plays Anpao

English guitarist Laura Snowden performs her composition, Anpao, in the crypt at St John’s Smith Square. I like the vocal part too, very effective, especially with the choice of filming in that beautiful crypt. The piece reminds me of Aphex Twin meets…

Celil Refik Kaya Plays Las Abejas by Barrios

Turkish born but New York based guitarist Celil Refik Kaya playing Agustín Barrios Mangoré’s Las Abejas on a great new 2015 Rafael Moreno Rodriguez classical guitar at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. You can also check…

Lesson: Hinge Barres by Gohar Vardanyan

This classical guitar lesson hinge barres is brought to you by Strings By Mail (thanks!) and the excellent Gohar Vardanyan. Hinge bars are very important once you reach the mid-intermediate level as they can get you out of tricky chord changes and make sure…

Tatyana Ryzhkova Plays Tristorosa by Villa-Lobos

Belarusian guitarist Tatyana Ryzhkova plays Tristorosa was originally written by Heitor Villa-Lobos for piano. It was one of his first pieces. Guitar made by Michel Brück. Tatyana Ryzhkova was born in 1986 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus and has…

Stefan Koim Plays Royal Winter Music by Henze

Love Henze’s music. The wonderful young German guitarist Stefan Koim plays “I. Sir Andrew Aguecheeck” from Royal Winter Music (Sonata No.2) by Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012). This work is based on Shakespearean Characters: I. Sir Andrew Aguecheeck; II. Bottom’s dream;…

Sold. New 2015 Marcus Dominelli Double Top Guitar

SOLD. 2015 Double Top Guitar by Marcus Dominelli Top: Spruce/Nomex/cedar Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood 630mm scale (short scale) Elevated fingerboard Soundport w/magnetic cover Gotoh 510 tuners w/frictionless rollers 21 fret, 51mm nut width. This guitar was built to Marcus’s own…

Nigel North (Lute) Plays Dowland Set

The wonderful Nigel North (lute) plays a set of works by English composer and lutenist John Dowland (1563–1626). The pieces are: Pavan “Solus cum sola,” Melancholy Galliard, Orlando Sleepeth, Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe. This comes via the Boston Guitarfest back in 2013 and their great YouTube Channel. You can buy…

Marieta, Mazurka by Francisco Tárrega (Sheet Music and Tab PDF)

Marieta, Mazurka by Tárrega

Marieta, Mazurka by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) – PDF Sheet Music or tab editions for Classical Guitar with free lesson and performance video. Late Intermediate Level (Grade 7-8). My Sheet Music or TAB Edition (PDF) Marieta, Mazurka by Tarrega from Werner…