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.

Journey Instruments – FC522 Collapsible Classical Guitar

Journey Instruments – FC522 Classical GuitarFirst Class-ical FC522 travel guitar, solid cedar / solid pao ferroYouTube Video Review Link Buy, learn more, see specs at Journey Instruments I’m at it again, having fun with the First Class-ical FC522 by Journey…

Adam Levin plays La Primavera by Tedesco

Adam Levin playing La Primavera from Platero y Yo by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) on a 2012 Jeffrey Elliott classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. One can never get enough of Tedesco’s excellent motivic writing and Levin’s energetic…

Valeria Galimova plays Quatre Pièces Brèves by Frank Martin

Valeria Galimova plays Quatre Pièces Brèves by Frank Martin

Russian guitarist Valeria Galimova plays Quatre Pièces Brèves by Frank Martin (1890–1974). This comes via Guitar Magazine on Youtube via Moscow. The four movements are: I. Prelude; II. Air (2:25); III. Plainte (3:55); IV. Comme une Gigue (6:04). Still one…

10 Classical Guitar Lessons for Beginners 

10 Classical Guitar Lessons for Beginners

This beginner lesson for classical guitar covers 10 important lessons when learning classical guitar. This is a general overview lesson for beginner classical guitar but is also useful to intermediate students, see below for more specific topics. Find more lessons…

Bradford Werner Plays Impressions soleil couchant by Dyens

Bradford Werner plays Impressions soleil couchant (à Francis Poulenc) by Roland Dyens (1955-2016) and via my YouTube. I’ll be trying to post weekly student and intermediate pieces so you can discover new repertoire to play. I love this simple hommage…

Lesson: Rasgueado on Classical Guitar

Here are a number of lessons on rasgueado on classical guitar. This form of strumming often associated with Spanish or flamenco guitar is also heavily used in classical guitar both in repertoire and in technique practice. The below lessons are…

Dowland by Michael Butten

DOWLAND – Michael Butten

Dowland by Michael Butten First Hand Records, 2019 Buy or learn more via First Hand Records or Amazon I was very pleased to receive a copy of Michael Button’s new release of works by Elizabethan composer and lutenist John Dowland (1563-1626).…

Grade 1 Lesson: Exercise No.11 by Napoléon Coste

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Lesson: Exercise No.11 by Napoléon Coste…

Future Relics by Kevin Cahill

Future Relics by Kevin Cahill

Future Relics by Kevin Daniel CahillLearn more or buy via his Website or BandCampAvailable June 27th, 2019 Future Relics by Kevin Daniel Cahill Kevin Daniel Cahill just released his debut album entitled Future Relics and “pairs original post-rock / instrumental…

Learn Classical Guitar

Learn to play classical guitar with these beginner and intermediate lessons. This page is mainly a classical guitar for beginners curriculum but also brings students into the intermediate level. Learn classical guitar today with this free classical guitar course. If…

Grade 1 Lesson: Andantino, Op.241, No.5 by Carulli

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Andantino, Op.241, No.5 by Ferdinando Carulli…

The Banks of the Don for Classical Guitar

The Banks of the Don (Canadian Folk Song) Sheet Music or TAB for Easy to Early-Intermediate Classical Guitar This comes from my PDF or Hardcopy book Easy Folk Songs Vol.1 – 25 Fingerstyle solos. Each piece has two sections that you…