What a fantastic project! Some of the world’s greatest professional guitarists team up to give us all 36 Caprices op. 20 by Luigi Legnani (1790–1877). It been a tough few months worldwide bit it’s also becoming a golden age of…
Ana Vidovic plays Capricho Árabe, Serenata para Guitarra, Al eminente maestra Tomas Breton by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Nice performance by Vidovic with good shaping and phrasing even through the more difficult passages.…
Lesson – Fixed Finger Position Exercise for the Left Hand for Classical Guitar – This is exercise No. 10 from my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips,…
The amazing Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le plays ensemble music with her daughters. These come from her great YouTube channel. Thu Le is a top notch player and it’s great to see her family is also so musical too. If you’re…
Before beginning my Volume 2 Method Book let’s review some ideas that we’ll be working on. You may not understand or remember everything below. You can go ahead and just work on my book without worrying about this but by…
Tarleton’s Riserrectione (Poulton No. 59) by John Dowland (1563-1626) – Also called Tarleton’s Resurrection. Originally for lute. Sheet music and TAB for classical guitar. Includes a Notation Only Edition and a Notation + Modern TAB Edition. Left hand fingering. The level is Intermediate…
Marisa Minder plays Concertino per chitarra e piccola orchestra (Concertino for Guitar and a Small Orchestra) by Hans Haug (1900–1967) and conducted by Alexander Zemtsov. This is CD release video for her Naxos album of chamber music including the the…
João Luiz plays Chôro No. 1, “Chôro típico brasileiro” (1920) by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via his YouTube channel. You might already know João Luiz from the amazing Brasil Guitar Duo or from last week with his…
No. 9 – Basic Rasgueado Exercise for Classical Guitar – 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 exercise, No. 9 – Basic…
ARTIS GuitarDuo (Julia and Christian Zielinski) play Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo (Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother) BWV 992 B-Dur by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Open Strings Berlin and their amazing Youtube Channel. You can…
Here are a few ways to practice your scales on guitar. The lesson are free to watch and you can apply these tips to any scale but the examples in the video come from my 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical…
Moderato, Op.192 by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841). From Supplément à la Méthode, Op.192. Free PDF Sheet Music for classical guitar. Comes with a both a notation edition, and a separate TAB edition, plus unfingered edition at the end. The level is easy, post-method…