O’Carolan’s Welcome for Classical Guitar

Carolan’s Welcome (First Untitled Piece) by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for Easy Fingerstyle or Classical Guitar. Comes with both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. Left hand fingering, PDF Download. The level is easy-intermediate or approximately Grade 4 depending on your tempo. Originally for Baroque Irish Harp. Here’s the YouTube lesson link if you want to watch it there.

My PDF Sheet Music Edition (includes both a notation-only edition and tab edition)


Here’s the amazing Matthew McAllister playing right from my score on his YouTube. He stretches to between positions which is an option instead of played those bass notes in upper positions. Such an honour to hear my editions being played by one the world’s great professional guitarists.

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Bradford Werner
Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and publisher from Victoria, BC, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content with guitarists worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, 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 for 16 years and has freelanced in Greater Victoria for 25 years. See more at his personal website.

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