Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from British Columbia, Canada. He owns and edits the online publication This is Classical Guitar and sheet music store Werner Guitar Editions. He has taught a wide range of students from dedicated youth, hobbyists adults, and emerging young professionals in collage programs. Bradford taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced and performed in Greater Victoria for 20 years. He adjudicates festivals, and has given exams and masterclasses for The Alberta Provincial Festival, Mount Royal University, Calgary Guitar Society, and many more. Also see his work with the Quelus Guitar Duo, and the Victoria Guitar Trio with Michael Dias and Adrian Verdejo. The trio has commissioned numerous premieres and recorded an album on RedShift Records showcasing contemporary Canadian composers. See more at his personal website.

Michael Butten Plays Narváez

Michael Butten performs three works by Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549) on classical guitar. This comes via the Omni Foundation for Performing Arts and their great Youtube channel. Great repertoire and performance by Butten, he explains his arrangement of the Glorioso in the Omni description, “I…

Yair Avidor Plays Sarabande and Double by François Dufault

Yair Avidor performs Sarabande and Double by French lutenist François Dufault (c.1604-1672) on an 11-course lute by Paul Thomson. This comes via his great YouTube channel. Dufault was a student of Denis Gaultier (c.1597-1672), but very little is known about his life. There are only a…

Exploring the Fretboard No.21-22: Comparing 1st to 13th Position

Exploring the Fretboard No.21-22: Comparing 1st Position to 13th Position from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a…

Les 100 de Roland Dyens

Les Productions d’OZ with the help of Louis Trépanier have enlisted numerous guitarists to perform and record the complete Les 100 de Roland Dyens on YouTube. The set is 100 intermediate level creative works composed by the late Roland Dyens.…

Tariq Harb Plays El Colibri by Sagreras

Tariq Harb performs El Colibri by Argentinian composer and guitarist Julio Sagreras (1879–1942) on classical guitar. This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube channel. As Harb mentions, “It is a virtuosic composition written for the classical guitar that is meant to imitate the hummingbird.” Zippy performance…

Kanahi Yamashita Plays Nocturne “Reverie” Op.19 by Regondi

Kanahi Yamashita performs Nocturne “Reverie” Op.19 by Giulio Regondi (1823–1872). This comes via Open Strings Berlin and their Youtube channel. Great to hear another performance by Kanahi Yamashita. Wonderful phrasing and flowing lines as well as a lovely tremolo section. I’ve featured Yamashita on a number of occasions which…

Exploring the Fretboard No.17-20: Four Exercises on the High E String

Exploring the Fretboard No.17-20: Four Exercises on the High E String from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and…

Exploring the Fretboard No.16: Comparing 1st to 13th Position

Exploring the Fretboard No.16: Comparing 1st Position (Open) to 13th Position from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and…

Exploring the Fretboard No.15: Comparing 1st to 12th Position

Exploring the Fretboard No.15: Comparing 1st Position (Open) to 12th Position from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and…

Montenegrin Guitar Duo Play English Suite No.3, BWV 808 by Bach

Montenegrin Guitar Duo Play Prélude BWV 808 by Bach

The Montenegrin Guitar Duo with Goran Krivokapić and Danijel Cerović perform their arrangement of English Suite No.3, BWV 808 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), originally for keyboard. This comes via Goran Krivokapić’s YouTube channel. He’ll be releasing new movements each…