Ukrainian classical guitarist Stanislav Steshenko performs a concert of works by Weiss, Llobet, Bogdanovic, and Callahan. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel where you can also see which guitars are being played in the description. Great performance by Steshenko with beautiful phrasing…
La belle jarretière verte from A Chopped Up Tale (1987) by Canadian composer Doug Jamieson. Performed on classical guitar by Bradford Werner and recorded with the composer’s permission. This is a charming little work which you can read more about…
Partita No.15 in A Minor by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758). PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level…
Klaudyna Żołnierek (theorbo) performs Sarabande in G minor by Robert de Visée from the Vaudry de Saizenay Manuscript. This comes via Żołnierek’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Żołnierek with such a beautiful rhythmic delivery and un-rushed forward momentum. I also…
A review of Guitar Nails Kit, removable fake nails for classical guitar that use double-sided tape. I broke my thumb nail off yesterday and 10 minutes later I was back to playing with a Guitar Nails Kit removable fake nail…
Rupert Boyd performs Estudo N.1: Harpa Eolia by Brazilian guitarist and composer Chrystian Dozza. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their fantastic YouTube channel. Beautiful playing by Boyd with fluid arpeggios and flowing phrasing. I don’t really know Dozza’s material but I this…
Marco De Biasi performs Scribbles Etude by Simone Fontanelli (b.1961) which is a new music project in collaboration with Roma Expo Guitars. This comes via Roma Expo Guitar’s YouTube channel. I like the highly expressive contrasts in this work and…
6 Common Technique Problems Solved with a Better Classical Guitar Position. In this lesson I cover six technique topics that are helped by a better guitar position including: 1. Wrist and Posture Ergonomics. 2. Horizontal Stretch or Reach. 3. Vertical…
What I Saw in the Water21st Century Works for Guitar Duo ChromaDuo with Rob MacDonald Tracy Anne SmithNaxos Records, 2024 Listen, Stream, Buy: What I Saw in the Water by ChromaDuo Learn more about the album via Naxos Wonderful to hear this…
Iliana Matos performs A Solas by Juan Erena (b.1970). This comes via her YouTube channel and filmed in Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo, Granada, Spain, in collaboration with European Guitar Foundation. Beautiful performance by Matos with a wonderfully clear sound and flowing musical phrasing.…
First Dynamics and Etude No.3 (Sound Picture) from Method Book Volume 1 for Classical Guitar. This lesson in from my free pdf Classical Guitar Method Book Volume 1 and is the first introduction to playing dynamics on the classical guitar.…
Beautiful performance! Mara Winter (traverso) & Robert Barto (lute) perform the Gigue from Duo-Sonata in D minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750). This sonata is from ‘The London Manuscript’ (ca. 1717-1725), missing original duo part reconstructed by Karl-Ernst Schröder. This…