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.

Marionas by Gaspar Sanz

Marionas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…

The Guitar in Stuart England: A Social and Musical History

The Guitar in Stuart England by Christopher Page

The Guitar in Stuart England: A Social and Musical HistoryChristopher PageYale University Press, 2017 Learn or Buy from Amazon Thanks to one of my followers once again for sending me this excellent read. It’s filled with a wealth of info…

Henderson and Farintosh Play Prelude, BWV 825 by Bach

Canadian guitarists Drew Henderson and Simon Farintosh perform Prelude from Partita No.1, BWV 825 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Henderson’s excellent YouTube channel where he is planning more collaborations with friends and colleagues. Beautiful clean performance with excellent rhythmic pacing and voice separation.…

Gershwin for Guitar by John W. Duarte (Sheet Music)

Gershwin for Guitar

Gershwin for GuitarArranged by John W. Duarte12 iconic songs arranged for solo classical guitarFaber Music, 2023 Learn more, see samples, or buy at the Faber Music Shop A big thanks to Faber Music for sending me their new sheet music…

Folias by Gaspar Sanz

Folias by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…

Deion Cho Plays Sonata Homo Ludens No.8 by Brouwer

Deion Cho performs Sonata Homo Ludens No.8 (2021) for guitar by Leo Brouwer (b.1939). This piece was dedicated to Deion Cho by Brouwer and is the world premiere video. This comes via Knobloch Strings and their YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Cho with an amazing…

Q&A on Rhythm and Practicing

Q&A Lesson on Rhythm and Practicing Rhythm. Thanks to all my patrons and supporters who submitted questions. If you enjoyed this lesson please consider supporting the site. Here’s the YouTube link if you want to watch the video there. If you are looking for my 60…

Kasia Smolarek Plays No Hubo Remedio, Op.195 by Tedesco

Kasia Smolarek performs No Hubo Remedio (Passacaglia sul tema del Dies irae), No. 12 from 24 Caprichos de Goya op.195 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968). This comes via Smolarek’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Smolarek with nice contrasts between the solemn theme and the spritely…

Marco Saccardin - Baritone and Theorbo Concert

Marco Saccardin – Baritone & Theorbo Concert

Marco Saccardin (baritone and theorbo) performs a beautiful concert titled Tempro la cetra with music by Piccinini, Rasi, Monteverdi, Caccini, Kapsberger, and Frescobaldi. Concert in May 2023 at the Auditorium San Dionigi, Vigevano, Italy. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Repertoire…

Bailete Frances by Gaspar Sanz

Bailete Frances (French Ballet) by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left…

Zarabande by Gaspar Sanz

Zarabande by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…