One of my students is playing El ultimo trémolo, also called Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios or El último canto by Agustín Barrios Mangoré so I was looking for good examples for her to follow. Who better than David Russell. An excellent…
Album Title: Lines, Color & Form: Music of Bryan JohansonArtist: Luke Trimble (guitar) and Matthew Keating (cello)Artist Website: www.luketrimble.com Buy or Listen to Samples via Amazon:Lines Color & Form: Music of Bryan Johanson Repertoire: 1-3. Spring, Op. 1 by Bryan Johanson Three Sonatas,…
Two free major scale patterns for classical guitar. These are great for students learning their first moveable patterns. Some beginner students just need to get playing their major scales and reading the notation just isn’t getting through. While sprucing up…
An interesting video lesson by Jorge Caballero about how to play fast and increase your speed on classical guitar. I like his note about the different types of speed. Also, it’s so important for students to know that speed does…
Tal Hurwitz recently placed second at the Boston 2013 competition. Here he plays the excellent first movement from Lennox Berkley‘s Sonatina. Really nice video too, multiple angles and everything. Great performance too, super clean and articulate with a glassy clear but…
Berta Rojas plays “Salsa Roja” by Vincent Lindsey-Clark, this is also the title track of her new album full of South American music. Dancers: Marisol Moreno and Alfredo Pino. See the YouTube link for an extensive list of crew members…
This lesson brought to you by Strings By Mail and Gohar Vardanyan is great, I wish more companies or artists would give online lessons. This one is regarding Left Hand Pressure on classical guitar. You might also want to check out…
Francesco Trevisani (April 9, 1656 – July 30, 1746) was an Italian painter, active in the period called either early Rococo or late Baroque (barochetto). Francesco Trevisani (1656-1746)A Young Woman Playing The LutePrivate Collection Image via: www.klassiskgitar.net/trevisani-ayoungwoman
Photo Credit: July, 2013 in Barrio San Jeronimo, Asuncion, Paraguay (Photo/Zenoura) via NBCLatino Multi-award winning Berta Rojas is not only one of the top classical guitarists in the world… Her new album “Salsa Roja” was released globally this week, paying tribute to…
This is a beautiful work by Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) and is by no means just a student work. In fact, some of the movements of the suite are quite difficult. However, this is a nice relaxed prelude that I…
A new section of the site is Gig and Student Works where I’ll be making videos of some of my favorite material for my students for casual gigs. I like this arrangement of Georgia On My Mind for guitar as…
There is a really nice interview with luthier Daniel Friederich over at the GSI Blog. Go check it out. Here’s a small excerpt: AT: Maestro, I can’t help but ask you to comment on the technical questions regarding wood, dimensions and…