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.

Zoran Dukic plays El Testament d’Amèlia

The fantastic Croatian guitarist Zoran Dukic plays El Testament d’Amèlia for Guitar arranged by Miguel Llobet (1878–1938) from Canciones populares Catalanas. This comes via D’Addario and their YouTube Channel. Beautiful playing as usual from Dukic with nicely shaped phrases and rubato. El Testament…

Campbell Diamond Plays Rondò pour guitare, Op. 129 by Tedesco

Campbell Diamond Plays Rondò pour guitare, Op. 129 by Tedesco

Campbell Diamond performs the Rondò pour guitare seule, Op. 129 (1946) by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968). This comes from via GuitarCoop and their fantastic YouTube Channel. First time I’ve featured the excellent playing of Campbell Diamond. He’s won many competitions, has studied with many…

Sheet Music for Classical Guitar

Easy Classical Guitar Sheet Music with Videos

Easy Classical Guitar Sheet Music (Grades 1-3). This page lists free and premium PDF sheet music at the beginner to early intermediate grade level. All free selections have the word free in red. What is easy classical guitar? It’s Beginner…

Goran Krivokapić - Sonata para guitarra by Antonio José

Goran Krivokapić plays Sonata para guitarra by Antonio José

Goran Krivokapić plays Sonata para guitarra by Antonio José (1902-1936). Sound by Sascha Etezazi and video by William Lepp via the GFA Online Convention 2020 and is dedicated to Sabrina Vlaškalić. You can find the sheet music via SMP: Sonata para…

Matthew McAllister Plays Preludio No.7, Op.28 by Chopin

Preludio No.7, Op.28 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) – Arranged by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). Huge thanks to Matthew McAllister for playing from my score via his YouTube. It’s such an honour to hear my edition played by one of the world’s greatest…

Matthew McAllister Plays Nostalgia by Sagreras

Below is the amazing Matthew McAllister playing right from my score of Nostalgia (Petite Melodie), No. 3 from Tres Piezas Faciles, Op.19 by Julio Sagreras (1879 -1942). Such an honour to hear my editions being played by on the world’s…

Matthew McAllister Plays Tarleton’s Riserrectione by Dowland

Matthew McAllister playing from my edition of Tarleton’s Riserrectione (Poulton No. 59) by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via his amazing YouTube channel. It’s so fantastic to hear a great pro like McAllister play my score, his playing is so musical…

Lesson: How to Practice Music and Organize Your Practice Session

How to Practice Music and Classical Guitar

A lesson on how to practice music, classical guitar, and organize your practice session – I receive regular emails from my followers asking how they should organize their practice session so here’s a lesson on how to practice and learn…

Johan Löfving Plays Les Soirées d’Auteuil Op.23 by Coste

Johan Löfving performs Les Soirées d’Auteuil Op.23 by Napoléon Coste (1805-1883) via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Great to see this video of Löfving after doing a review of his amazing new album last week. I don’t know the works of…

Preludio No.7, Op.28 by Chopin for Guitar - Free PDF Sheet Music or Tab

Preludio No.7, Op.28 by Chopin for Guitar

Preludio No.7, Op.28 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) – Arranged by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) for Classical Guitar. Free PDF Sheet Music and TAB, comes with both a notation-only edition and a TAB edition. Left hand fingering. The level is mid-intermediate (Grade 6). PDF download. Tarrega made…

Drei Tentos from Kammermusik (1958) by Hans Werner Henze

Drei Tentos for Guitar by Hans Werner Henze

Drei Tentos from Kammermusik (1958) by Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) These famous short works for solo guitar come from Hans Werner Henze’s larger work Kammermusik (chamber music) written in 1958, and originally dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Kammermusik is a 12-movement chamber…

Grade 4 Lesson: Lagrima by Tarrega

This lesson comes from my book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 4 – Six pieces at the grade four level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Lesson: Lagrima by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). YouTube Video Lesson Link. This iconic piece is part…