Classical guitar videos by professionals and emerging artists. Watching pros play can improve your technique, musicality, and repertoire awareness.
Ricercare (Fantasia) 7 by Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543). This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5 book. Five pieces at the grade 5 level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. This lesson in the book…
The amazing collaborative Virtual Guitar Orchestra third edition has a new video with a flamenco twist, Relampiños by Adam Del Monte. Thanks to organizers Mak Grgic and Uros Baric. This comes via their main sponsor Guitar Salon International and Augustine Strings as well as additional sponsors and players…
Paganini & Koshkin by Artyom DervoedArtist Website: Artyom Dervoed Мелодия (Melodiya), 2020 Listen or buy from Melodiya (CD, Digital, Streaming Services), Spotify, iTunes The amazing Russian guitarist Artyom Dervoed has an exciting new album featuring a live recording of Megaron, a four-movement concerto…
Stephen Stubbs (baroque guitar/director) along with Tekla Cunningham (baroque violin), Christine Beckman (baroque violin), Caroline Nicolas (baroque cello), Maxine Eilander (baroque harp), Henry Lebedinsky (organ/harpsichord), Antonio Gomez (percussion), play an excerpt from their virtual release on Dec 12th, 2020 from Allegro…
Polish guitarist Dominika Dawidowska plays Sonata K.11, L.352 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard. This comes via Matthew McAllister’s YouTube but you can also follow Dawidowska’s Youtube. Dominika Dawidowska studies with Matthew McAllister at the Royal Conservatoire of…
Rondeau, Pastorel, Passepied, Giga by David Kellner (1670-1748) PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar (originally for lute). Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. These pieces are approximately late-intermediate to advanced level…
The Rising of the Moon (Irish Folk Song) arranged for classical guitar. This piece is from my Easy Folk Songs Volume 1 – For Solo Fingerstyle or Classical Guitar. 25 folk songs from around the world. PDF or Hardcopy available. Each song…
Oman Kaminsky & Robbin Blanco play Am grabe der Geliebten by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). This comes via Kaminsky’s YouTube channel. I’ve always loved these duets for guitar and terz guitar (a terz can be imitated by placing a capo at 3rd position).…
Performance, Lesson, Sheet Music: Allemande from Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 by Bach Sheet Music, Tab, or Free Unfingered Edition Here’s the second lesson for my edition of the Suite in E Minor, BWV 996. In this video I…
Tengyue ‘TY’ Zhang plays A Fancy (Poulton No. 73) by John Dowland (1563-1626) on a 2005 Kenneth Brögger guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. Great playing as usual from this exciting young artist. Nice imitation among the voices with good separation…
Andrea De Vitis plays Into the rose-garden (in memory of Julian Bream) by Angelo Gilardino (B. 1941). This comes via his great YouTube channel. The passing of Bream has brought back so many memories of the excellent work and music…
Oman Kaminsky plays his arrangement of l’immortelle by French lutenist and composer Ennemond Gaultier (c.1575-1651). Guitar maker: Jan Tulacek, after J. G. Shertzer. This comes via his YouTube channel. Sweet and short piece but such a beautiful selection from this important…