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Izidor Erazem Grafenauer - Works of Slovenian Composers

Works of Slovenian Composers by Izidor Erazem Grafenauer

Works of Slovenian Composers by Izidor Erazem Grafenauer Baros Records, 2019 Produced by Uros Baric Buy or Listen via Baros Records (best), Apple, Amazon, Spotify. I was very pleased to learn about this excellent recording of Slovenian composers by guitarist…
Napoleonian Guitar Sonatas

Napoleonian Guitar Sonatas with Pascal Valois

Napoleonian Guitar Sonatas with Pascal Valois (romantic guitar) and Jacques-André Houle (violin) Release date: January 17th, 2020 Label: Centaur Records Buy or Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, hbdirect or his website. Great to hear this new album of solos…
Kossler Duo - Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre by The Kossler Duo

Kossler Duo: Danse Macabre New Transcriptions for Guitar Duo John Kossler & Adam Kossler 2019, Frameworks Records (Sony Orchard) Kossler Duo on Facebook, YouTube Buy or Listen to Danse Macabre on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify Danse Macabre is a collection of…
A Tutor for the Renaissance Lute - Poulton

A Tutor for the Renaissance Lute by Diana Poulton

A Tutor for the Renaissance Lute by Diana Poulton – Although this is a method book for lute, I’ve used it a lot for my classical guitar studies and for creating guitar editions of lute music. It’s an extremely helpful…
Scale Studies by Aaron Shearer

Scale Pattern Studies For Guitar by Aaron Shearer

Scale Pattern Studies For Guitar by Aaron Shearer – Supplement 3: Classic Guitar Technique. Open and upper-position scales and sight-reading. 272 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Buy from Amazon: Scale Pattern Studies by Aaron Shearer This book is amazing and…
Sight Reading for the Classical Guitar by Robert Benedict

Sight Reading for the Classical Guitar by Robert Benedict

Sight Reading for the Classical Guitar by Robert Benedict – Daily Sight Reading Material with Emphasis on Interpretation, Phrasing, Form, and More Buy from Amazon: Sight Reading Level I-III, and the follow up book Level IV-V These are two books…

Review: Soundbrenner Pulse – Smart Vibrating Metronome

Soundbrenner PULSE – Smart Vibrating Metronome by Soundbrenner Buy it via Soundbrenner, Amazon, or Local Stores. I was very pleased to receive the Soundbrenner Pulse, a wearable smart metronome. The company has done an impressive job and built a styling…
Shearer Classical Guitar Technique

Shearer Classical Guitar Technique Vol.1

Classic Guitar Technique, Volume 1 by Aaron Shearer and updated by Thomas Kikta. This is a good solid method book for absolute beginners. It’s even better as a nice review or sight reading book for late-beginner students. Lots of great…