Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

Exploring the Fretboard No.61-65: Triad Comparisons in C Major

Exploring the Fretboard No.61-65: Triad Comparisons in C Major Across the Fretboard on Classical Guitar 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…

Exploring the Fretboard No.60: Comparing Interval Shapes

Exploring the Fretboard No.60: Comparing Interval Shapes in C Major in 2nd and 7th Position on Classical Guitar 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…

Estudio by Tarrega for Classical Guitar (Free PDF)

Estudio in E Minor by Tarrega (Free PDF)

Estudio in E Minor by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). Free PDF Sheet Music for Classical Guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The approximate level is early-intermediate (Grade 4). This is PDF Download. Free Sheet Music Edition…

Emotional Expression Etudes by Daisuke Terauchi

Tsunehito Tsuchihashi and Gaku Yamada perform Emotional Expression Etudes by Daisuke Terauchi (b.1974). This comes via Gaku Yamada’s YouTube. I know this might not be everyone’s cup of tea but what an interesting and diverse set of works. Great performance…

Drew Henderson Plays Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001 by Bach

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson performs Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), originally for unaccompanied violin. This comes via Henderson’s YouTube channel and performed at The Church of St Mary Magdalene, Toronto. Wonderful performance by Henderson with excellent pacing and some very crisp…

A Lesson on Practicing Slowly (For Atharv)

A lesson on practicing slowly for Atharv who is an 8 year old classical guitar student from Victoria studying with my good friend Natasha Pashchenko who is an excellent teacher. The main points in this lesson are to trust your…

Honey Cadence: Six Meditations for Guitar by Aaron Larget-Caplan

Honey Cadence: Six Meditations for Guitar by Aaron Larget-Caplan

Honey Cadence: Six Meditations for Guitar By Aaron Larget-Caplan Sheet Music Purchase: Autographed copies at Aaron’s Bandcamp. Physical or pdf sales at the American Composers Alliance. Or see more of his offerings at Aaron’s Store. Liston to the Composer’s Recording: Listen on Aaron’s…

Michal Gondko Lute Recital

A one hour Lute Society Main Recital by lutenist Michal Gondko held in London, The Dutch Church. A full recital of Polonica Lute Music from around 1600. This comes via The Lute Society and their YouTube channel. Wonderful performance and…

Exploring the Fretboard No.54-56: C Major to the 5th and Scales

Exploring the Fretboard No.54-56: C Major to the 5th and Scales in Various Positions 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…

Patrik Kleemola Plays Sor

Finnish guitarist Patrik Kleemola performs a concert of 13 guitar miniatures, a Soirée by Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839) played on an original René Lacote from 1839. This comes via Kleemola’s YouTube channel. Beautiful performances by Kleemola on a period guitar featuring a number…