Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson performs Caprice No. 20 from 24 Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 by Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840). This comes via Henderson’s excellent YouTube channel. Henderson is one of my favourite players and really brings these works…
Left Hand Finger Names for Guitar The left hand fingers on guitar are named 1, 2, 3 and 4. The thumb does not have a specific name other than thumb…
Q&A: Bach on the Classical Guitar. Thanks to all my patrons and supporters who submitted questions. If you enjoyed this lesson please consider supporting the site. Times & Questions My edition of…
Kassandra Siebel plays the 4th movement Final from Sonata para guitarra by Antonio José (1902-1936). This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. Amazing performance by Siebel with some super fluid passages…
Performance and Lesson for Study No.20 in B Minor, Op.60 by Fernando Sor (1778–1839). This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music or tab edition for classical guitar: 25 Progressive Studies,…
Matthew McAllister plays Etude 24 by Napoleon Coste (1805-1883) which appears in Fernando Sor’s Méthode complète pour la Guitare. This comes via his YouTube channel where he’s recently been featuring some student level works. Great…
Evangelina Mascardi performs Dowland solos and is joined by Frédéric Zigante for some Renaissance Lute Duos. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Beautiful playing by Mascardi and nice to hear…
The amazing Meng Su performs a concert of Piazzolla, Neikrug, Tan Dun, Walton and an encore! The performance was in front of a live audience at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San…
Performance and Lesson for Study No.19 in G Major, Op.60 by Fernando Sor (1778–1839). This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music or tab edition for classical guitar: 25 Progressive Studies,…
Performance and Lesson for Study No.18 in A Minor, Op.60 by Fernando Sor (1778–1839). This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music or tab edition for classical guitar: 25 Progressive Studies,…
Melancholy Galliard (Poulton No. 25) by John Dowland (1563-1626). Originally for lute. PDF Sheet music or tab for classical guitar. Left hand fingering. The level is Late-Intermediate (Grade 8) due to some larger…
Lesson: Combining Phrasing with Relaxation and Technique Practice on Classical Guitar. In this lesson I discuss the idea of presenting good phrasing and combining the ends of phrases with relaxation…