A lesson on my Left Hand Horizontal Alignment Exercise (1-4-2-4-3-4) – From Horizontal Exercises (Page 57) in my technique book. I’ve notated the exercises on the third string, but play the pattern on all six strings. You don’t need to…
This lesson comes from my Method Book Volume 2. Below is the technique lesson for Left Hand Exercises in Part 4.
This lesson comes from my Method Book Volume 2. Below is the technique lesson for Right Hand Exercises in Part 4.
This lesson comes from my Method Book Volume 2. Below is the lesson for G Major (Page 15) including the scales and chord progressions. The lesson for the Menuet by Bach (Page 16-17) starts 4:54 mins. The lesson for Kean…
Vienna Duo with Desislava Dobreva (flute) and Bozhana Pavlova (guitar) play The Night from Toward the Sea (海へ, Umi e) by Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996). The work is divided into three sections: The Night, Moby-Dick, and Cape Cod. This comes via their new…
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) – PDF Sheet music or tab with videos for classical guitar. Chopin never composed any guitar music but he is famous for saying “Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.” However, a number of period…
Matthew McAllister plays Orlando Sleepeth (Poulton No.61) by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via his amazing YouTube channel where he’s recently been featuring a number of student level works. It’s great to hear professional players play right from my edition. Charming…
A lesson on a C Major Scale in Sixths – Scales in 6ths follow the pattern of the harmonized major scale (same as the scale in 3rds). In this lesson I talk about the technique involved in playing the scale,…
CARisMA Guitar Duo (Magdalena Kaltcheva and Carlo Corrieri) play their arrangement of La Danza, Tarantella Napoletana by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868). La danza (1835) is a patter song by Rossini, in Tarantella napoletana time, the eighth song of the collection Les soirées…
Jack Davisson (14) plays Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47 by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) and Elle Davisson (11) plays Songe Capricorne by Roland Dyens (1955-2016). Jack’s video comes from their Davisson Guitar Duo Youtube channel and Elle’s video comes via Siccas…
Lesson: Prelude (Praeludio) and Presto from Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 by Bach Sheet Music, Tab, or Free Unfingered Edition Here’s the first lesson for my edition of the Suite in E Minor, BWV 996. In this video I…
Absolutely charming. Reginald L. Mobley (countertenor) and Stephen Stubbs (lute) perform Full Fathom Five, composed by Robert Johnson (c.1583–1633) with text by William Shakespeare (The Tempest). This comes via the Pacific MusicWorks on their YouTube. I’ve seen both Mobley and…