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.

Zangarilleja by Santiago de Murcia

Zangarilleja by Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) – PDF Sheet Music arranged for Classical Guitar with both a notation-only edition and modern tab edition. Originally for Baroque guitar. Left hand fingering. Intermediate, approximately Grade 4 depending on your tempo and comfort…

Allegretto, No.20, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani

Allegretto in C Major, No.20, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Lesson, Performance, and Sheet Music. This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music edition for classical guitar: Le Papillon, No. 1-32, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani. Grades 1-7 and includes both a notation-only edition…

Patrik Kleemola Plays 12 Études Op.6 by Sor

Finnish guitarist Patrik Kleemola performs Etudes, No.1-12, Op.6 by Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839) on a replica Fabricatore (c.1813) guitar by Gioachino Giussani. This comes via his YouTube channel. Nice to have all twelve studies in one video and well performed on a period…

Marcello Fantoni Plays Tarantella and Divertimento by Carulli

Marcello Fantoni performs Tarantella Op.73, No.4 and Divertimento Op.209, No.2 by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) on a period François René Lacôte, 1820 guitar. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Exciting set and well performed by Fantoni with an abundance of energy. Everything…

Tempo di polacca, No.19, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani

Tempo di polacca in C Major, No.19, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Lesson, Performance, and Sheet Music. This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music edition for classical guitar: Le Papillon, No. 1-32, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani. Grades 1-7 and includes both a…

Allegretto, No.18, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani

Allegretto in G Major, No.18, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Lesson, Performance, and Sheet Music. This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music edition for classical guitar: Le Papillon, No. 1-32, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani. Grades 1-7 and includes both a notation-only edition…

Dublin Guitar Quartet Play Three Pieces by Stravinsky

Dublin Guitar Quartet (Brian Bolger, Pat Brunnock, David Creevy and Tomas O’ Durcain) perform Three Pieces for String Quartet by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). Above is the first movement but I’ll update this post as the rest of the set are posted.…

Allegretto, No.17, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani

Allegretto in G Minor, No.17, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Lesson, Performance, and Sheet Music. This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music edition for classical guitar: Le Papillon, No. 1-32, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani. Grades 1-7 and includes both a notation-only edition…

Zoran Dukic Plays Cinema Paradiso by Goss

Zoran Dukic Plays Cinema Paradiso by Goss

Zoran Dukic performs Cinema Paradiso by Stephen Goss. This comes from via GuitarCoop and their YouTube Channel. Commissioned by GuitarCoop, ‘Cinema Paradiso’ is music about film. Each of the six short movements pays homage to a director or genre. Video direction by…

4/4 Time Signatures, Quarter, Half, Whole Notes

Ways to Practice 4/4 Time Signatures, Quarter, Half, Whole Notes – This lesson covers how to understand 4/4 time signatures as well as four ways to practice quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. I explain the structure and rhythmic…

Matiegka: Six Sonatas by David Starobin

Matiegka: Six Sonatas by David Starobin

Matiegka: Six Sonatas by David StarobinArtist WebsiteBridge Records, 2022 Buy or Listen: Bridge Records, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, et al. Great to see this new release by the legendary David Starobin. My recent release of Sonata No.4 in E Minor, Op.31…

Vivace, No.16, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani

Vivace in C Major, No.16, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Lesson, Performance, and Sheet Music. This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music edition for classical guitar: Le Papillon, No. 1-32, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani. Grades 1-7 and includes both a notation-only edition…