Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 97,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

Torrin Williams Plays Concerto for Guitar by Villa-Lobos

Torrin Williams performs Concerto for Guitar (1951) by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) via the International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini. Recorded live at Don Bosco Basel, Switzerland. This comes via Torrin’s YouTube channel. It’s always great to hear the Villa-Lobos concerto which…

Roberta Gennuso Plays Caprice No.7, Op.20 by Legnani

Italian classical guitarist Roberta Gennuso performs Caprice No.7, Op.20 by Luigi Legnani (Italy, 1790-1877). This comes via Gennuso’s YouTube channel. Wonderfully energetic performance by Gennuso with incredible zippy lines and articulation. As she mentions via her YouTube description: “Luigi Legnani,…

Emma Rush Plays Evening Song by Pratten

Canadian guitarist Emma Rush performs Evening Song by Catharina Pratten (1824-1895). This comes via Rush’s YouTube channel. As she mentions, “Pratten was a composer, guitarist, educator, publisher, conductor, and instrument inventor based in London. She was incredibly influential and was the most important guitar figure in…

Caprice No.1-4, Op.20 by Luigi Legnani

Caprice No.1-4, Op.20 by Luigi Legnani

Caprice No.1-4, Op.20 by Luigi Legnani (1790-1877). PDF sheet music for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The level is late-intermediate (grade 6-8) depending on your desired tempo and level of refinement.…

Aretinskaya and Gudelev Play Prelude No.2 by Svetlanov

Victoria Aretinskaya (domra) and Sergei Gudelev (classical guitar) perform their arrangement of Prelude For Piano No.2 by Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (1928-2002). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. Really nice performance with excellent ensemble phrasing and separation. Here’s an excerpt from the…

Right Hand Movement When Playing Across the Strings

Right hand movement when playing across the strings during scales and similar textures. When moving across all six strings there are three concepts that can be taught by instructors either exclusively or use in combination. This is for scale-like passages, not…

João Luiz plays Villalobiana by Sergio Assad

João Luiz performs Villalobiana from 24 Studies for Guitar by Sergio Assad (b.1952). This comes via Siccas Guitars and Siccas Media program via their amazing YouTube channel. As Siccas mentions, “These études showcase a wide range of techniques related to the Brazilian guitar and also highlight the contributions of…

MusiCurated, The Classical Guitar Magazine

MusiCurated, The Classical Guitar Magazine Congratulations to editor Ben Lahring on the first edition of MusiCurated, The Classical Guitar Magazine. I was honoured to have been included in the interviews with discussions on This is Classical Guitar, developments in teaching,…

Ziggy & Miles Play Mosstrooper Peak by Westlake

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

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 Plays Suite BWV 997 by Bach

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…

March Roundup 2025

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…