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.

Folias Gallegas by Santiago de Murcia (Lesson, PDF)

Folias Gallegas by Santiago de Murcia - Sheet Music and Tab PDF for Classical Guitar

Folias Gallegas by Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) – Sheet Music arranged for Classical Guitar with both Notation-Only Edition and a Notation & TAB edition. Originally for Baroque guitar. Left hand fingering. PDF Download. The level is Intermediate (Approximately Grade 5-6). PDF Sheet…

Marko Feri & Janoš Jurinčič Play Paradisi

Marko Feri & Janoš Jurinčič play Toccata in A major – Allegro by Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707-1791), arr. for two guitars by Marko Feri. This comes via Jurinčič’s YouTube. Fantastic performancebut this duo filled with great rhythmic energy and a…

Cicchillitti & Cowan Play Mompou

Canadian guitarists Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan play Angelico, 1st movement from Music Callada by Federico Mompou (1893-1987). Great sensitive playing here by Cicchillitti & Cowan who have become a duo to closely follow. This comes via Grand Guitar Salon over…

Beginner Classical Guitar Lessons

Beginner lessons for classical guitar. This page lists a number of beginner and early-intermediate lessons for classical guitar. These tips and tutorials are 100% free so take some time to learn classical guitar properly. Classical guitar is a great instrument…

Marco Tamayo Plays Prélude, BWV 1007 by Bach

Marco Tamayo plays Prélude, BWV 1007, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube channel. Originally in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello. Last week I posted Tamayo playing Canción para ti by Aureo Puerta Carreño and he mentions here…

Leo Brouwer Sheet Music for Classical Guitar

Leo Brouwer Sheet Music and Lessons for Classical Guitar – His full name is Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida born March 1, 1939 in Cuba. He is a composer, conductor, and classical guitarist. Here’s a great writeup via this Naxos Album:…

Basic Tremolo Exercise for Classical Guitar

Tremolo Lesson and Exercise for Classical Guitar

Basic Tremolo Exercise, and how to practice tremolo on classical guitar. From my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, video lessons. YouTube Video Lesson Link (HD) In…

Easy Folk Songs for Classical Guitar

Easy Folk Songs for Classical Guitar

Easy Folk Songs Volume 1 – For Solo Fingerstyle or Classical Guitar – 25 folk songs from around the world. PDF sheet music with videos for classical guitar. The level is easy to easy-intermediate (Grades 1-3). Comes with both a notation edition with…

Jure Cerkovnik Plays Trois Balkanesques by Ourkouzounov

Jure Cerkovnik plays Trois Balkanesques by Atanas Ourkouzounov. Recorded in Rdeča Dvorana – Magistrat, Ljubljana, Slovenia. This comes via Cerkovnik’s YouTube channel. Audio and video by the great Uroš Barič via Baros Records. Fantastic playing by Cerkovnik with excellent phrasing,…

Lesson: How to Memorize Music

Memorization Tips for Classical Guitar and Musicians – A lesson on how to memorize music. This lesson covers various ways to memorize your music for classical guitarists or musicians in general. Here’s a brief overview: YouTube Lesson Link – Watch…

Works of Slovenian Composers by Izidor Erazem Grafenauer

Izidor Erazem Grafenauer - Works of Slovenian Composers

Works of Slovenian Composers by Izidor Erazem GrafenauerBaros Records, 2019Produced by Uros Baric Buy or Listen via Baros Records (best), Apple, Amazon, Spotify. I was very pleased to learn about this excellent recording of Slovenian composers by guitarist Izidor Erazem…