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.

Kevin Loh Plays Etude No.5 by Villa-Lobos

Kevin Loh performs Etude No.5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on classical guitar. This comes via Loh’s YouTube channel. This etude has always been one of my favourites from the set, exploring more of the polyphonic aspects of the instrument. Great control by…

Late-Beginner Collection for Classical Guitar (Free PDF Sheet Music)

Late-Beginner Collection for Classical Guitar (Free PDF)

Late-Beginner Collection for Classical Guitar. Free PDF sheet music with video lessons of 18 classical guitar works for the late-beginner to early-intermediate level. Collected as a repertoire supplement for Classical Guitar Method Volume 1 & 2. Designed for double sided…

Aliosha de Santis Plays Allegro by Marcello

Aliosha de Santis performs Allegro by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) on a 1954 Hermann Hauser II Classical Guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. Very spirited performance with a rhythmic drive and Baroque momentum rarely heard on guitar. There was no reference…

Lorenzo Micheli Plays Fuga by Diabelli

Lorenzo Micheli performs Fuga Op.46, No.1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) on a 2023 Paula Lazzarini classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel and D’Addario for the video shoot in Cremona, Italy. Excellent and exciting performance by Micheli. Nice to hear this fugue by Diabelli…

The Irish Washerwoman Melody (Free PDF)

The Irish Washerwoman (Melody), Traditional Celtic Jig. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition For this work I’ve presented the…

O’Carolan’s Cap Melody (Free PDF)

O’Carolan’s Cap (Melody) by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my Volume 2. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition For…

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe: 1800-1840 by Christopher Page, Paul Sparks, and James Westbrook. One of my followers bought me something new to read (thanks Mark). You can buy the book on Amazon and elsewhere. Below…

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.2 by Pratten (Free PDF)

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.2 by Catharina Josepha Pratten (1824-1895), also know as Madame Sidney Pratten. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for mid-beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my…

Zoran Dukic Plays Bach and Piazzolla

Croatian classical guitarist Zoran Dukić performs a concert of Bach and Piazzolla via Omni Foundation concert series and their Youtube channel. Filmed in front of a live audience at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco on January 28, 2023. Great playing with…

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.1 by Pratten (Free PDF)

Easy and Progressive Pieces No.1 by Catharina Josepha Pratten (1824-1895), also know as Madame Sidney Pratten. Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for mid-beginner classical guitar. I recommend playing this work after my Method Book Volume 1 or during my…

Cicchillitti and Deutsch Play Folk Suite by Jason Noble

Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti and flautist Lara Deutsch perform Folk Suite by Jason Noble. This comes via Cicchillitti’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance and piece filled with a vast variety of melodies and textures. Check out some info below or more via his YouTube description: Originally written…

Etude No.1 by Giulio Regondi

Etude No.1 by Giulio Regondi (1822–1872). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. This comes from his collection of ten etudes for guitar.…