A full video lesson tutorial for Etude No. 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) for classical guitar. I go through 4 main ideas, the right hand fingering, left hand fingering, how to navigate from chord to chord, and differences between editions.…
Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitarsby ChromaDuo (Rob MacDonald Tracy Anne Smith)Website: chromaduo.comLabel: NaxosProducers: Norbert Kraft & Bonnie SilverListen to Samples: chromaduo.com/sounds Buy the Album via Amazon: Ravel & Dubussy by ChromaDuo Naxos Promo Blurb: “This album is the first to present…
I know Halloween is over but of equal terror check out this lute-icrous video of a lute army. Arrangement by Gian Luca Lastraioli for European Lute Orchestra of several sources, in particular: Julio Cesare Barbetta (II firstly libro di will intavolatura of…
The passing of Roland Dyens last week was not just a loss to the guitar scene, but also, to the world. Anyone who had met Dyens knows that beyond his fantastic playing the guy had a personality that could make…
Lesson of the Week: The importance of a well-rounded technique and how m, a scales can improve arpeggios and tremolo If you’ve had troubles improving your arpeggios or tremolo and specific exercises don’t seem to work then you might want…
American guitarist Andrew Zohn plays Fantasies sur deux motifs de la Norma, Op. 16 by French guitarist and composer Napoléon Coste (1805–1883). Recorded at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia.Sound engineer, Matt McCabe. Video & Editing by the…
The young Canadian guitarist Xu Kun Liu (Alan Liu) Plays Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23 by Giulio Regondi (1823–1872) at the GFA 2016 Youth Competition Senior Division. It’s followed up by another work by Cataluña by Albeniz. This comes via…
Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson performs Nocturne “Reverie” Op. 19 by Giulio Regondi (1823–1872). This comes via Henderson’s great YouTube Channel. Regondi is one of the great 19th century composers for guitar who probably had more to offer musically than most…
A wonderful interview with the legendary Brazilian guitarist Fabio Zanon. This video comes from the amazing GuitarCoop and their YouTube Channel. This is partly a promo for his CD but he talks a great deal about the history of the…
This is from my Lesson of the Week segment of the site. The idea of Extension and Contraction is so common for the left hand but rarely practiced in the right hand. I’m using Exercise 21 from Ricardo Iznaola’s Kitharologus:…
The Legend of Hagoromo American & Japanese Music for Classical Guitarby Aaron Larget-CaplanStone Records 2015 I recently received this excellent recording, a mix of Japanese and American music performed by Aaron Larget-Caplan. You probably recognize Larget-Caplan from his videos, concerts or…
Roland Dyens plays Fernando Sor’s Le Calme, Django Reinhardt’s Nuages, and Astor Piazzolla’s Oblivion + Libertango on a 1947 Bouchet guitar. Includes an excellent into about the guitar and the usual hilarious banter by Dyens that one can not help…