Classical guitarist Xavier Jara Plays Prelude in A Minor by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944). This comes via Partita Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube and played on a Viuda de Manuel Ramirez guitar. Beautiful playing by Xavier Jara with some very graceful phrasing…
Leccion No.1 by Antonio Cano (1811-1897) – Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for classical guitar. From his Método de Guitarra (1852). Mid-Beginner level, for use at the end of my Method Book Volume 1 or during Volume 2. Free…
Reginald L. Mobley (countertenor) and Brandon Acker (theorbo) perform Here The Deities Approve from Welcome to all the pleasures, Z.339 by Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695). This comes via Acker’s great YouTube channel. Mobley is one of my favourite early music vocalists and I’ve been lucky to hear him…
Classical guitarist Xuefei Yang gives two lessons on orchestration on guitar, that is, a mix of imitating other instruments, phrasing, timbre (colouration), and articulation. I like these small subject-oriented lessons from Xuefei Yang’s YouTube channel. The above video is on the…
Matthew Cochran and Matthew McAllister perform Metamorphosis No.2 by Philip Glass (b.1937), originally for piano and arranged for guitars by Cochran and McAllister. This comes via McAllister’s YouTube channel. Recorded in November 2022 at the Cathedral Barn in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. I first heard this work…
Sounds of Time & DistanceAn album of music for guitar, electronics, and fluteBy Alfredo Santa AnaASA Records November, 2022 Listen or Buy via Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple or learn more at alfredosantaana.ca. Sounds of Time & Distance by Alfredo Santa Ana…
Matthew Cochran and Matthew McAllister perform Icarus by Ralph Towner (b.1940). This comes via McAllister’s YouTube channel. Recorded in November 2022 at the Cathedral Barn in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. Nice to post both Cochran and McAllister in an ensemble after hearing…
Aria and Capriccio by Francesco Asioli (1645-1676). PDF sheet music and video for classical guitar arranged by Bradford Werner. Includes both a notation-only edition and separate tab edition. Left hand fingering. The technique level is intermediate, around a Grade 6 but it’s a mature work in…
Kevin R Gallagher performs all six Preludios Epigramaticos by Leo Brouwer (b.1939) on a 1941 Hauser Guitar. This comes via his Youtube channel but you can also follow him on his Facebook page. Nice to hear the entire set of…
Django Swing – Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for classical guitar. Mid-Beginner level, for use after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my Volume 2. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition This is part of a collection of…
Lorenzo Micheli performs I. Zart Bewegt from Zehn kleine Lieder ohne Worte by Ferdinand Rebay (1880-1953). This comes via Micheli’s YouTube channel. I don’t know these Ten Little Songs without Words but I’m very curious to get a score. Rebay’s output and quality continues to…
Kyuhee Park performs Prelude No.2 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via her YouTube channel. Park’s playing always surprises me, she can switch from super clean and expressive playing to very extroverted intensity. I love the contrast here between the…