Advanced Classical Guitar Sheet Music (Grades 8 and up). This page lists free and premium PDF sheet music at the advanced grade level. All free selections have the word free in red.
About this list: I consider advanced to be around the grade 8 level or up but I’ve also included some music that is lower in technique level but quite mature in nature. Advanced music involves all the basic techniques and can include auxiliary techniques and difficult passages, tempos, and awkward shapes. Sometimes it is simply the scope of the work that is difficult rather than the technique level. Some of the suites might be mainly grade 6 but as a while represents an advanced undertaking. This is still a huge range of difficulty levels with Grade 8-9 being early-advanced, Grade 10 mid-advanced and then the sky is the limit for difficulty.
Keep in mind that advanced players should still be playing tons of music from my easy list and the intermediate list. Pros play from all levels and to sound great is never easy so enjoy works from all the levels.
- Repertoire Collections
- Capirola Lutebook Volume 1, Renaissance, Intermediate to Advanced.
- Kellner: Rondeau, Pastorel, Passepied, Giga – Baroque, Grade 6-9
- Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 1, Baroque, Grade 3-7
- Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, Baroque, Grade 4-7
- Milan: Six Pavans – Renaissance, Grade 6-9
- 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Carcassi, Grades 5-9
- Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) – Late-Romantic Style
- Albeniz: Asturias (Leyenda) Op. 47, Grade 10
- Francesco Asioli (1645-1676)
- Aria and Capriccio by Asioli, Grade 6-7
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Baroque, Germany
- Suite in E Minor BWV 996 by Bach (Complete), Advanced
- Cello Suite No.2, BWV1008 by Bach (Complete), Early-Advanced
- Prelude, Cello Suite BWV 1007 by Bach, Grade 7
- Prelude in E Major, Lute Suite BWV1006a – Advanced
- Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944)
- Minueto in C by Barrios, Grade 5
- Preludio in D Minor by Barrios, Grade 6
- Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios by Barrios, Advanced
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – Late-Classical Era
- Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Arr. Tarrega, Grade 9, Free Sheet Music
- Vincenzo Capirola (c.1474-1548) – Renaissance, Italy
- Capirola Lutebook Volume 1: La Vilanela, Balletto, Canto Bello, Gentil Prince. Intermediate to Advanced.
- Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853) – Classical
- Matteo Carcassi – Composer Page
- 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Carcassi, Grades 5-9
- Etude No.22, Op.60 by Carcassi – Grade 8
- Etude No.24, Op.60 by Carcassi (Grade 8-9)
- Etude No.25, Op.60 by Carcassi (Grade 9-10)
- Marco Dall’Aquila (c.1480-1538)
- La Traditora No.2 (Saltarello), Grade 6
- Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508) – Renaissance, Italy
- Dalza: Calata ala spagnola, Grade 6
- Dalza: Recercar, Grade 4, Free Sheet Music, Free TAB
- John Dowland (1563-1626) – Renaissance, England
- Fortune, My Foe by Dowland, Grade 6
- The Frog Galliard by Dowland, Grade 7-8
- Lachrimae (Poulton No.15) by Dowland, Grade 9
- Melancholy Galliard by Dowland, Grade 8
- Tarleton’s Resurrection, Grade 6
- The Round Battle Galliard, Grade 7
- François de Fossa (1775-1849)
- Pastoral, No.9, Op.15 by de Fossa, Grade 8-9
- Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Classical Era
- Variations on a Theme by Handel Op.107 by Giuliani, Grade 9
- Variations sur les Folies d’Espagne, Op.45 by Giuliani, Grade 9
- David Kellner (1670–1748) – Baroque, Germany
- Kellner: Rondeau in A Major, Grade 7
- Kellner: Passepied in A Major, Grade 6
- Kellner: Pastoral in A Major, Grade 6
- Kellner: Giga in A Major, Grade 8
- Miguel Llobet (1878–1938) – Late Romantic
- Llobet: El Noi de la Mare, Grade 7
- Llobet: El Testament d’Ameila, Grade 7
- Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773-1830) – Czech
- Sonata No.4 in E Minor, Op.31 by Matiegka (3 Movements), Sheet Music
- Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) – Romantic Era
- Fingals Hohle, Bardenklange, Op.13 by Mertz, Grade 7-8
- An Malvina, Bardenklänge, Op.13 by Mertz, Grade 7-8
- Unruhe, Bardenklange, Op.13 by Mertz, Grade 8
- Luis de Milán (c.1500-1561) – Renaissance Spain
- Six Pavans by Milan, Grade 6-9
- Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) – Renaissance
- Ricercare (Fantasia) 7, Grade 5
- Ricercare (Fantasia) 16, Grade 7, Free Sheet Music
- Alonso Mudarra (c.1510–1580) – Renaissance
- Mudarra: Fantasia X (Ludovico, Tres libros), Grade 9
- Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) – Baroque
- Murcia: Folias Gallegas – Grade 5-6
- Murica: Payssanos (Greensleeves Theme) – Grade 6
- Murcia: Villanos – Grade 6
- Zangarilleja by Murcia – Grade 4
- Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549) – Renaissance
- Guardame las vacas by Narvaez, Grade 6
- Mille Regretz (Canción del Emperador) by Narváez, Grade 7
- Julia Piston (c.1800-1842), Romantic
- Air varié de Vive Henry IV by Piston, Grade 8-9
- Giulio Regondi (1822-1872) – Romantic
- Etude No.1 by Regondi, Grade 9
- Gaspar Sanz (ca 1650-1710) – Baroque, Spain
- Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 1, Grade 3-7
- Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, Grade 4-7
- Erik Satie (1866-1925)
- Gymnopédie No. 1 by Satie, Grade 7
- Gnossienne No.1 by Satie, Grade 7
- Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) – Spain, Romantic Era
- Maria – Gavota by Tarrega, Grade 7-8
- Marieta, Mazurka by Tarrega, Grade 7
- Capricho Árabe by Tarrega, Grade 9
- Gran Vals by Tarrega, Grade 9
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tarrega, Grade 9, Free Sheet Music
- Rosita (Polka) by Tarrega, Grade 7-8
- Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Arr. Tarrega, Grade 9, Free Sheet Music
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) – Germany, Baroque
- Weiss: Mademoiselle Tiroloise (SW28) – Grade 7
- Weiss: Tombeau (Comte d’Logy), Grade 9
- Sonata IX in C Major (Dresden) – Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Bouree, Sarabande, Menuets, Presto. Advanced. Sheet Music Only.
- Giovanni Zamboni (c.1650-1721)
- Sonata No.9 by Zamboni – Preludio, Alamanda, Giga, Sarabanda, Gavotte. Early-Advanced.
