Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) – PDF Sheet music or tab with videos for classical guitar. Chopin never composed any guitar music but he is famous for saying “Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.” However, a number of period…
Matthew McAllister plays Orlando Sleepeth (Poulton No.61) by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via his amazing YouTube channel where he’s recently been featuring a number of student level works. It’s great to hear professional players play right from my edition. Charming…
A lesson on a C Major Scale in Sixths – Scales in 6ths follow the pattern of the harmonized major scale (same as the scale in 3rds). In this lesson I talk about the technique involved in playing the scale,…
CARisMA Guitar Duo (Magdalena Kaltcheva and Carlo Corrieri) play their arrangement of La Danza, Tarantella Napoletana by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868). La danza (1835) is a patter song by Rossini, in Tarantella napoletana time, the eighth song of the collection Les soirées…
Jack Davisson (14) plays Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47 by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) and Elle Davisson (11) plays Songe Capricorne by Roland Dyens (1955-2016). Jack’s video comes from their Davisson Guitar Duo Youtube channel and Elle’s video comes via Siccas…
Lesson: Prelude (Praeludio) and Presto from Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 by Bach Sheet Music, Tab, or Free Unfingered Edition Here’s the first lesson for my edition of the Suite in E Minor, BWV 996. In this video I…
Absolutely charming. Reginald L. Mobley (countertenor) and Stephen Stubbs (lute) perform Full Fathom Five, composed by Robert Johnson (c.1583–1633) with text by William Shakespeare (The Tempest). This comes via the Pacific MusicWorks on their YouTube. I’ve seen both Mobley and…
Alignment and Closed Slurs (using fixed fingers) – This is from page 84 in my technique book (link below). Place the indicated fixed fingers on the third string and hold down for the entire line. Do not play the fixed…
The fantastic Canadian Guitar Quartet with Julien Bisaillon, Renaud Côté-Giguère, Bruno Roussel, and Louis Trépanier play Prologue, Fouge, et Allegro Trépidant by Patrick Roux (b.1962). Recorded live in June 2020, at Domaine Forget de Charlevoix. This comes via their YouTube…
Easy Christmas Songs for Guitar Volume 4 – Solo Fingerstyle Arrangements with Lyrics & Chords. Comes with two editions: Notation Edition and Notation + TAB edition. PDF Download, some minimal left hand fingering. Songs: All Through the Night; Joy to the World;…
Listen to the new Interview with Bradford Werner via Apple. I had a great time chatting with Bret Williams via his amazing podcast Classical Guitar Insider where you can listen to 135 episodes of classical guitar goodness. Bret is such a…
Canadian guitarist David Jacques gives and concert and presentation of 25 historical guitars such as Torres, Lacote, pagés, Stauffer, Panormo and more in this great 65 minute video. He also discusses the guitars as intros to each video. Charming music…