3/4 Time Signatures and Dotted Half Notes (Rhythm Lesson and Exercises No.4-6). Follow the advice at the beginning for free but if you want to do all 60 rhythm exercises check out my Classical Guitar Method Volume 2. This lesson…
Learn every note on guitar with single-string chromatic scales. In this lesson you can learn every note on the guitar quite easily as long as you know the musical alphabet. This is a very important lesson that students often overlook.…
Bor Zuljan & Peter Croton perform Canaries by Ennemond (Vieux) Gaultier (c.1575-1651) from the manuscript Vaudry de Saizenay. This comes via Zuljan’s YouTube channel. Bor plays an 11-course lute by Jiri Cepelak (2018) Peter plays an 11-course lute by Michael…
Kevin Loh performs Etude No.5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on classical guitar. This comes via Loh’s YouTube channel. This etude has always been one of my favourites from the set, exploring more of the polyphonic aspects of the instrument. Great control by…
Late-Beginner Collection for Classical Guitar. Free PDF sheet music with video lessons of 18 classical guitar works for the late-beginner to early-intermediate level. Collected as a repertoire supplement for Classical Guitar Method Volume 1 & 2. Designed for double sided…
Aliosha de Santis performs Allegro by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) on a 1954 Hermann Hauser II Classical Guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. Very spirited performance with a rhythmic drive and Baroque momentum rarely heard on guitar. There was no reference…
Lorenzo Micheli performs Fuga Op.46, No.1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) on a 2023 Paula Lazzarini classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel and D’Addario for the video shoot in Cremona, Italy. Excellent and exciting performance by Micheli. Nice to hear this fugue by Diabelli…
The Irish Washerwoman (Melody), Traditional Celtic Jig. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition For this work I’ve presented the…
O’Carolan’s Cap (Melody) by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my Volume 2. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition For…
The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840 by Christopher Page, Paul Sparks, and James Westbrook. One of my followers bought me something new to read (thanks Mark). You can buy the book on Amazon and elsewhere. Below…
Easy and Progressive Pieces No.2 by Catharina Josepha Pratten (1824-1895), also know as Madame Sidney Pratten. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for mid-beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my…
Croatian classical guitarist Zoran Dukić performs a concert of Bach and Piazzolla via Omni Foundation concert series and their Youtube channel. Filmed in front of a live audience at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco on January 28, 2023. Great playing with…