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.

Nona Onda, Serenade for Cello, Guitar & Orchestra by Giacomo Susani

Giacomo Susani (guitar), Nora Braun (cello), and Constantin Riccardi (conductor) perform Nona Onda, a Serenade for Cello, Guitar and Orchestra written by Susani. This comes via his YouTube Channel. Susani is an Italian classical guitarist based in London. Beautiful and lush work…

Patrik Kleemola plays Two Preludes by Tárrega

Patrik Kleemola Plays Tarrega

Finnish classical guitarist Patrik Kleemola plays Preludio No.1 in D Minor and Preludio No.11 in D Major by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). This comes via his great Youtube channel. I’ve followed Kleemola for a few years on Youtube where he’s done…

Scale Lesson and Exercise: Destination Points

Scale Lesson and Exercise (Part 1 of 3): Destination Points for Classical Guitar – This is Exercise No. 11 from my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips,…

McGregor-Verdejo Duo Play Verdigris by Jocelyn Morlock

The McGregor-Verdejo Duo with Mark Takeshi McGregor (flute) and Adrian Verdejo (guitar) perform Jocelyn Morlock‘s work for alto flute and guitar, Verdigris. This comes via McGregor’s YouTube channel. Verdejo is one of Canada’s most active guitarists in new music with…

New Release: Fandango by Azuline Duo

Azuline Duo - Fandango

Fandango by Azuline DuoEmma Rush, guitarSara Traficante, flute Listen or Buy via Azuline Duo, Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and more. Great to hear the new album, Fandango by the Azuline Duo featuring a variety of works for guitar and flute. The album…

36 Guitarists Play 36 Caprices Op. 20 by Legnani

What a fantastic project! Some of the world’s greatest professional guitarists team up to give us all 36 Caprices op. 20 by Luigi Legnani (1790–1877). It been a tough few months worldwide bit it’s also becoming a golden age of…

Ana Vidovic Plays Capricho Árabe by Tárrega

Ana Vidovic plays Capricho Árabe, Serenata para Guitarra, Al eminente maestra Tomas Breton by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Nice performance by Vidovic with good shaping and phrasing even through the more difficult passages.…

Lesson: Fixed Finger Position Exercise for the Left Hand

Lesson – Fixed Finger Position Exercise for the Left Hand for Classical Guitar – This is exercise No. 10 from my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips,…

Thu Le and Daughters Play Trios and Duos

Thu Le and Family

The amazing Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le plays ensemble music with her daughters. These come from her great YouTube channel. Thu Le is a top notch player and it’s great to see her family is also so musical too. If you’re…

Introduction to Scales and Key Signatures

Key Signatures

Before beginning my Volume 2 Method Book let’s review some ideas that we’ll be working on. You may not understand or remember everything below. You can go ahead and just work on my book without worrying about this but by…

Tarleton’s Riserrectione by Dowland for Guitar

Tarleton’s Riserrectione by Dowland for Guitar

Tarleton’s Riserrectione (Poulton No. 59) by John Dowland (1563-1626) – Also called Tarleton’s Resurrection. Originally for lute. Sheet music and TAB for classical guitar. Includes a Notation Only Edition and a Notation + Modern TAB Edition. Left hand fingering. The level is Intermediate…

Marisa Minder Plays Concertino by Hans Haug

Marisa Minder plays Concertino per chitarra e piccola orchestra (Concertino for Guitar and a Small Orchestra) by Hans Haug (1900–1967) and conducted by Alexander Zemtsov. This is CD release video for her Naxos album of chamber music including the the…