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 94,000 subscribers and 13 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.

Patrik Kleemola Plays Five Preludes by Villa-Lobos

Finnish guitarist Patrik Kleemola performs Five Preludes by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on classical guitar. This comes via Kleemola’s YouTube channel. Recorded at Sigyn Hall of Turku Conservatory, Finland. Great performance by Kleemola and wonderful to have all five preludes in one place. Kleemola has been recording some…

Etude No.1, Op.60 by Carcassi

Etude No.1, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left…

25 Etudes, Op.60 by Carcassi (PDF)

25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi

25 Melodic and Progressive Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) for Classical Guitar. PDF sheet music for Classical Guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. Intermediate to Early-Advanced (Grade…

Abramovich and Kiehr Perform Por ásperos caminos by Mudarra

Ariel Abramovich (vihuela de mano) and María Cristina Kiehr (soprano) perform Por ásperos caminos (Soneto VI de Garcilaso de la Vega) from Tres libros de música en cifra para vihuela (Sevilla, 1546) by Alonso Mudarra (c.1510-1580). This comes via Ariel Abramovich’s excellent YouTube channel. Beautiful performance,…

Exploring the Fretboard No.100: How to Create Your Own Exercises

Exploring the Fretboard No.100: How to create your own exercises for fretboard exploration on classical guitar from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of…

Cicchillitti and Deutsch Play Armstrong

Cicchillitti and Deutsch Play Armstrong

Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti and flautist Lara Deutsch perform Vistas by Canadian composer John Gordon Armstrong. The movements and times are Horizon (0:00); Dance of the Shadows (5:18); Sunset (8:24). This comes via Cicchillitti’s YouTube channel and their new album titled Wanderlust available via Leaf Music. Great performance and…

Gabriel Bianco Concert & Discussion

Gabriel Bianco performs a concert of works by Bach, Giuliani, and Ponce from his hometown of Lille, France. This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel and was performed on three models of Altamira Guitars (Guadagnini, N500, and N300). In the video he…

Mateusz Kowalski Classical Guitar Concert

Polish classical guitarist Mateusz Kowalski performs a live concert at St. Marks Lutheran Church in San Francisco, CA with repertoire by Sokołowski, Chopin, Bach, Szczepanowski, Horecki, Pasieczny. This comes via the Omni Foundation online series and their Youtube channel. Excellent performance by Kowalski filled…

Exploring the Fretboard No.89-96: Harmonized Major Scales in Triads

Exploring the Fretboard No.89-96: Harmonized Major Scales in Triads on Classical Guitar from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of ordered material and a…

Exploring the Fretboard No.86-88: Single String Triad Comparison

Exploring the Fretboard No.86-88: Major, Minor, and Diminished Triad Comparison on Single Strings on Classical Guitar from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a set amount of…

Exploring the Fretboard No.79-85: 7 Ways to Play an E Chromatic Scale

Exploring the Fretboard No.79-85: 7 Ways to Play a Three Octave E Chromatic Scale on Classical Guitar from my book Exploring the Fretboard: 100 Exercises for Intermediate Guitar. PDF sheet music with notation, left hand fingering, and video lessons. This book offers students a…