Classical guitar duo Ziggy and Miles (Ziggy Johnston and Miles Johnston) perform Mosstrooper Peak by Nigel Westlake (b.1958). This comes via their YouTube channel. Recorded live at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City. Brilliant performance by Ziggy…
Benefits of Practicing Barre Exercises Everyday on Classical Guitar A lesson on the benefits of practicing barre exercises for classical guitar everyday. I discuss the benefits first and at the end of the video I run through a number of…
Samrat Majumder performs Suite BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) via Matthew McAllister’s Gallery of Guitar’s Youtube channel. Also see the interview below or via YouTube. Beautiful performance by Majumber with an amazing combination of forward momentum, energy, and…
Hello Friends and Students, here are some things I’ve created and discovered during March, 2025. Big thanks to all my supporters and subscribers for keeping me going! Featured Artists Krivokapić-Gavrić Play Digital Bird Suite by Yoshimatsu – Amazing piece and…
Goran Krivokapić (guitar) and Dejan Gavrić (flute) perform Digital Bird Suite Op.15 by Takashi Yoshimatsu (b.1953) with the first movement I. Birdophobia above. This comes via the Omni Foundation series via their Youtube channel and shot in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Soest, Germany. I love the contrasts…
A Review of the Guitarlift, The Back Mounted Guitar SupportGuitarlift Website and Store The Guitarlift has revolutionized classical guitar supports since its release. The back-mounted support works on a wider variety of guitars than most other supports and offers unprecedented…
French classical guitarist Edith Pageaud performs Sonata 24 in D-minor by Carlos Seixas (1704–1742) on a 2023 Lucio Antonio Carbone Guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their amazing YouTube channel. Great performance by Pageaud with such a direct intense aesthetic and rhythmic energy.…
A lesson on practicing music at three tempos and the need to continue to practice slowly even if you’ve brought your exercise or repertoire to a high speed. This is all framed within the idea to always practice at a…
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…