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.

Steve Cowan and Adam Cicchillitti Recital

Canadian guitarists Steve Cowan and Adam Cicchillitti give a virtual recital of 20th Century French Music for arranged for guitar duo in Québec, Canada. This comes via Cicchillitti’s YouTube channel. Beautiful playing and great program of arrangements. Playing starts at…

João Luiz Plays Hermetiana by Sergio Assad

João Luiz plays Hermetiana by Sergio Assad (b.1952). This comes via his YouTube channel. I love these causal yet virtuosic home performances by Luiz. Great musicality, laid-back, yet wonderfully zippy. Here’s what he said about the piece via YouTube (I’m very curious…

Grade 4 Lesson: Rondo, Op.241, No.34 by Carulli

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. Rondo, Op.241, No.34 by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) – YouTube Video Lesson Link. Although there are…

Grade 4 Lesson: Orlando Sleepeth by Dowland

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. Orlando Sleepeth (Poulton No.61) by John Dowland (1563-1626) – YouTube Video Lesson Link.…

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 4

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 4

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 4 – Lessons and pieces in notation only with fingering. A TAB supplement at the end includes the pieces (not the lessons). Before each performance edition there are two or three pages of lesson material…

Cuba en el Alma by Rene Izquierdo

Cuba en el Alma by Rene Izquierdo

Cuba en el Alma by Rene IzquierdoCo-produced by Uros Baric and Matthew McAllister2020 Baros Records Learn, Listen, or Buy: Cuba en el Alma by Izquierdo Great to see this new release from the excellent Baros records and Rene Izquierdo. Cuban guitarist Rene…

Hideki Yamaya Plays Preludio BWV1006 by Bach on Mandolino

Hideki Yamaya plays the Preludio from Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Arranged for mandolino (Baroque mandolin) by Hideki Yamaya on a Mandolino by Mel Wong, San Francisco, California 2019.…

Barre Exercise for Classical Guitar

Lesson: Barre Exercise for Classical Guitar – This is Exercise No. 16 from my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, video lessons. YouTube Lesson Link. The technique of…

All-In-One Arpeggio Pattern for Classical Guitar

Lesson: All-In-One-Arpeggio Pattern for Classical Guitar – This is Exercise No. 15 from my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, video lessons. YouTube Lesson Link. This is one…

Easy Christmas Songs for Guitar Volume 4

Easy Christmas Songs for Guitar

Easy Christmas Songs for Guitar – Solo Fingerstyle Arrangements with Lyrics & Chords. PDF sheet music for classical guitar or fingerstyle guitar. Includes two edition in one pdf, a notation edition with minimal left hand fingering and a separate tab…

Drew Henderson Plays Scarlatti

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays Three Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard and arranged by Henderson. This comes via his excellent YouTube channel. He also has the sheet music available. Beautiful playing by Henderson with wonderful ornamentation and rhythmic clarity.…

Tremolo for Classical Guitar

Tremolo for Classical Guitar

A list of tremolo pieces for classical guitar. These are mainly historical tremolo works that are in the general repertoire. Tremolo is a technique where a rapid reiteration of a string is played by alternating fingers of the right hand…