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.
Italian Theorbo Music by James Akers

Review: Italian Theorbo Music by James Akers

Italian Theorbo Music Transcribed For Classical Guitar by James Akers2019 Guitar & Music Institute Buy the Book on Amazon: Italian Theorbo Music by Akers Thanks to the Guitar and Music Institute for sending me this book of theorbo music which…

Made in Canada Duo Play Mehdizadeh

Made in Canada Duo (Michael Ibsen and Nathan Bredeson) play Danse Burleque by Canadian composer Daniel Mehdizadeh. This comes via Ibsen’s Youtube channel. This video was taken from a live recording of their concert at the Canadian Music Centre in…

Sanel Redžić Plays Prelude No.1 by Villa-Lobos

Sanel Redžić plays Prelude No.1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via Redzic’s fantastic YouTube channel. Great playing as usual from Redzic, I really like how direct he plays this and yet with a natural phrasing and rubato that keeps…

Theme and Variations Op.77 for Guitar by Lennox Berkeley

Theme and Variations Op.77 for Guitar by Lennox Berkeley

Theme and Variations Op.77 by Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) — Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was one of the major English composers of his time. Op.77, written 1970, was dedicated to the Italian guitarist and composer Angelo Gilardino, who gave the…

Folias Gallegas by Santiago de Murcia - Sheet Music and Tab PDF for Classical Guitar

Folias Gallegas by Santiago de Murcia (Lesson, PDF)

Folias Gallegas by Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) – Sheet Music arranged for Classical Guitar with both Notation-Only Edition and a Notation & TAB edition. Originally for Baroque guitar. Left hand fingering. PDF Download. The level is Intermediate (Approximately Grade 5-6). PDF Sheet…

Marko Feri & Janoš Jurinčič Play Paradisi

Marko Feri & Janoš Jurinčič play Toccata in A major – Allegro by Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707-1791), arr. for two guitars by Marko Feri. This comes via Jurinčič’s YouTube. Fantastic performancebut this duo filled with great rhythmic energy and a…

Cicchillitti & Cowan Play Mompou

Canadian guitarists Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan play Angelico, 1st movement from Music Callada by Federico Mompou (1893-1987). Great sensitive playing here by Cicchillitti & Cowan who have become a duo to closely follow. This comes via Grand Guitar Salon over…

Beginner Classical Guitar Lessons

Beginner lessons for classical guitar. This page lists a number of beginner and early-intermediate lessons for classical guitar. These tips and tutorials are 100% free so take some time to learn classical guitar properly. Classical guitar is a great instrument…

Marco Tamayo Plays Prélude, BWV 1007 by Bach

Marco Tamayo plays Prélude, BWV 1007, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube channel. Originally in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello. Last week I posted Tamayo playing Canción para ti by Aureo Puerta Carreño and he mentions here…

Leo Brouwer Sheet Music for Classical Guitar

Leo Brouwer Sheet Music and Lessons for Classical Guitar – His full name is Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida born March 1, 1939 in Cuba. He is a composer, conductor, and classical guitarist. Here’s a great writeup via this Naxos Album:…