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 100,000 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.

No.8, 10 Petites Pièces, Op.11 by Carcassi

Andantino Grazioso, No.8 from 10 Petites Pièces, Op.11 by Matteo Carcassi (1796–1853) for Classical Guitar. This is from my PDF sheet music or tab edition: 10 Petites Pieces, Op.11 by Carcassi. The video includes a performance and lesson. The level is for…

Sonata No.1 Para Guitarra by Carlos Guastavino

Sonata No.1 Para Guitarra by Carlos Guastavino

Sonata para guitarra (Sonata No.1) was written by Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) in 1967 and become recognized as one of the major 20th Century full sonatas for guitar. Guastavino was one of the foremost Argentine composers of the 20th century having…

Marcin Dylla Plays C’est la mer melee au soleil by Erik Højsgaard

Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla plays C’est la mer melee au soleil by Danish composer Erik Højsgaard (b.1954). This comes via Dylla’s fantastic YouTube channel. Recorded at Academy of Music in Katowice on 07.07.2021. Beautiful piece with a brilliantly colourful performance by Dylla with moments of peaceful contemplation…

Kanahi Yamashita Salon Concert

Kanahi Yamashita plays a salon style concert set on a number of different guitars via Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. Amazing playing by Kanahi Yamashita. I love her wide range of musicality and contrasts between soft lyrical phrasing and strict angular playing. It’s exciting…

Right Hand Fingering Lesson

Right Hand Fingering Lesson for Classical Guitar

Right Hand Fingering Lesson for Classical Guitar – How to choose right hand fingering is a common question for classical guitar students. Below is an overview lesson and a 4-part lesson series covering concepts and ideas related to choosing right…

A Brief History of Chamber Music

What is Chamber Music? “Intimacy, engagement and rational conversation are all at the heart of the chamber music ethos. OAE Chief Executive, Crispin Woodhead, talks us through the origins of chamber music and how we apply this way of playing…

No.7, 10 Petites Pièces, Op.11 by Carcassi

Valse, No.7 from 10 Petites Pièces, Op.11 by Matteo Carcassi (1796–1853) for Classical Guitar. This is from my PDF sheet music or tab edition: 10 Petites Pieces, Op.11 by Carcassi. The video includes a performance and lesson. The level is for this…

The Big Rock Candy Mountain for Classical Guitar

The Big Rock Candy Mountain (American) Sheet Music or TAB for Easy to Early-Intermediate Classical Guitar This comes from my PDF or Hardcopy book Easy Folk Songs Vol.1 – 25 Fingerstyle solos. Each piece has two sections that you can play continuously…

Adrian Verdejo Plays “for Guitar” by Rodney Sharman

for Guitar by Canadian composer Rodney Sharman was commissioned by Vancouver-based guitarist Adrian Verdejo in 2016 with a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. This performance is taken from an online solo guitar recital presented by Vancouver New…

Lección No.11, Book 2 by Sagreras

Lección No.11 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942) for Classical Guitar. Free PDF sheet music or tab for Classical Guitar with video lesson and performance. From his 2nd method Las Segundas Lecciones de Guitarra. PDF sheet music or tab for Classical Guitar. Left hand fingering.…

Suite pour Guitare Op.41 by Jacques Hétu

Bradford Werner plays Suite pour Guitare Op.41 by Canadian composer Jacques Hétu (1938–2010). I’ve been meaning to record this suite for a long time. The suite was commissioned and premiered by Alvaro Pierri with support of the Canada Council for…