Matthew McAllister plays Weiss
Matthew McAllister was just in Victoria and gave some great advice and tips to my students. So grateful for his sharing and care for the music. Matthew has a real…
Miscelanea Guitar Quartet Plays Apophis by Marios Joannou Elia
The Miscelanea Guitar Quartet via Aesthis Records have been putting out very high quality videos with some great playing. For this one they are playing Apophis by Marios Joannou Elia. It’s nice to actually…
Luthier Books for Guitar
After last week’s theme of “Instruments & Design” I’ve had a few people contact me regarding resources so I thought I’d just make a post. However, I don’t know too much about…
Elevated Fingerboards on Classical Guitars
Elevated Fingerboard (or raised fingerboard) is actually a bit of misleading name as it’s the top of the guitar that slopes down. Nevertheless, I will never go back to playing…
Sound Portals (soundports) for Classical Guitar
My experience with soundports: Sound portals are a bit strange at first because you’ll hear a whole new range of overtones, not to mention a volume increase while you play.…
Cedar vs Spruce Tops: tonewoods for classical guitar
Also see this page: Classical Guitars for Sale and Recommend Factory Guitars Since I’m a player and not a luthier I will fill out this article with quotes from reputable…
Gabriel Bianco plays Turina
Amazing playing by the excellent Gabriel Bianco . I love his clean playing, control over the sound, and highly expressive performance. He is great at pacing himself and making certain moments very…
Tariq Harb plays Giuliani’s Gran Sonata Eroica, Op.150
I’ve featured Tariq Harb on Classical Guitar Canada on many occasions but rarely here on this is classical guitar. He’s excellent and certainly a one of my favorite upcoming professional…
Gerald Garcia – Etudes Esquisses
One of my favorite recommendations for contemporary works are these excellent etudes from Gerald Garcia. These etudes, as the composer suggests, are for the intermediate student from the third year…
Angelo Gilardino: Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza
Angelo Gilardino‘s Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza. Although the compositional style is very pattern-oriented and guitaristic the etudes are filled with a huge wealth of musical ideas. Each one…
The German Baroque: Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner
Theme of this week: The German Baroque (click to see all posts). Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754) is the last composer I’ll feature on this week’s theme of the German Baroque. His music, as his…
The German Baroque: Bernhard Joachim Hagen
Theme of this week: The German Baroque. Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787) wrote some amazing works of beauty that are not often played. One reason for this is the unavailability of this works. To…