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.

Aliosha de Santis Plays Allegro by Marcello

Aliosha de Santis performs Allegro by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) on a 1954 Hermann Hauser II Classical Guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. Very spirited performance with a rhythmic drive and Baroque momentum rarely heard on guitar. There was no reference…

Lorenzo Micheli Plays Fuga by Diabelli

Lorenzo Micheli performs Fuga Op.46, No.1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) on a 2023 Paula Lazzarini classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel and D’Addario for the video shoot in Cremona, Italy. Excellent and exciting performance by Micheli. Nice to hear this fugue by Diabelli…

The Irish Washerwoman Melody (Free PDF)

The Irish Washerwoman (Melody), Traditional Celtic Jig. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition For this work I’ve presented the…

O’Carolan’s Cap Melody (Free PDF)

O’Carolan’s Cap (Melody) by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my Volume 2. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition For…

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840 by Christopher Page, Paul Sparks, and James Westbrook. One of my followers bought me something new to read (thanks Mark). You can buy the book on Amazon and elsewhere. Below…

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.2 by Pratten (Free PDF)

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.2 by Catharina Josepha Pratten (1824-1895), also know as Madame Sidney Pratten. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for mid-beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my…

Zoran Dukic Plays Bach and Piazzolla

Croatian classical guitarist Zoran Dukić performs a concert of Bach and Piazzolla via Omni Foundation concert series and their Youtube channel. Filmed in front of a live audience at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco on January 28, 2023. Great playing with…

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.1 by Pratten (Free PDF)

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.1 by Catharina Josepha Pratten (1824-1895), also know as Madame Sidney Pratten. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for mid-beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my…

Cicchillitti and Deutsch Play Folk Suite by Jason Noble

Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti and flautist Lara Deutsch perform Folk Suite by Jason Noble. This comes via Cicchillitti’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance and piece filled with a vast variety of melodies and textures. Check out some info below or more via his YouTube description: Originally written…

Etude No.1 by Giulio Regondi

Etude No.1 by Giulio Regondi (1822–1872). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. This comes from his collection of ten etudes for guitar.…

Raphaël Feuillâtre Plays Les cyclopes by Rameau

French classical guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre performs Les cyclopes, from Suite in D major, RCT 3 by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) arranged by Michel Gizard. Originally for keyboard. This comes via Deutsche Grammophon and their YouTube channel. Excellent performance by Feuillâtre with amazing fluidity…

Z-Skinny Classical Guitar Support

Z-Skinny Classical Guitar SupportFoldable Guitar Support SystemZ-Skinny Website Learn More or Purchase from the Z-Skinny Shop (Recommended) or Amazon. Update (March 2023): As you can see in the above video the design has been slightly updated. In the update video…