What I Saw in the Water21st Century Works for Guitar Duo ChromaDuo with Rob MacDonald Tracy Anne SmithNaxos Records, 2024 Listen, Stream, Buy: What I Saw in the Water by ChromaDuo Learn more about the album via Naxos Wonderful to hear this…
Iliana Matos performs A Solas by Juan Erena (b.1970). This comes via her YouTube channel and filmed in Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo, Granada, Spain, in collaboration with European Guitar Foundation. Beautiful performance by Matos with a wonderfully clear sound and flowing musical phrasing.…
First Dynamics and Etude No.3 (Sound Picture) from Method Book Volume 1 for Classical Guitar. This lesson in from my free pdf Classical Guitar Method Book Volume 1 and is the first introduction to playing dynamics on the classical guitar.…
Beautiful performance! Mara Winter (traverso) & Robert Barto (lute) perform the Gigue from Duo-Sonata in D minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750). This sonata is from ‘The London Manuscript’ (ca. 1717-1725), missing original duo part reconstructed by Karl-Ernst Schröder. This…
Matthew McAllister performs a tiny concert including works by Rameau, Towner, and the folk song Wild Mountain Thyme. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel where you can also see which guitars are being played in the description. Beautiful playing by McAllister with…
A review and demo of the Xvive U8 Acoustic Guitar Wireless System. This is a clamp mounted wireless mic that works on classical or acoustic guitars. Learn more or See Buying Options at the Xvive Website Or Buy it at…
Duo Imbesi Zangara (Carmelo Imbesi and Carmen Zangarà) and the A.Scarlatti Plectrum Orchestra of Palermo perform the concerto for two guitars and plectrum orchestra, Konzert für zwei Gitarren und Zupforchester by German composer Hermann Ambrosius (1897-1983). This comes via the…
7 Technique Categories to Practice Every Day on Classical Guitar and the importance of using hundreds of progressive and organized exercises designed to help you succeed. Here’s the YouTube Link if you want to watch it there. Although I already…
Marcin Dylla performs Mazurka Appassionata by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944). This comes via Dylla’s YouTube channel. Beautiful performance by Dylla of this very intimate work with such nice silky phrasing and tone. Below is a small writeup about the work by Graham Wade via this…
Do you need to practice for hours and hours to improve at guitar? In this lesson I explore how the quality of your practice is far more important than the amount of time you practice. Although I already have a…
Mozart and Haydn: Classical Guitar Transcriptionsby Andrew Wilder Listen or buy via Spotify, Apple, or BandCamp. Great to hear the new album by Andrew Wilder with 14 of his own transcriptions of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and Franz…
David Russell performs Air Varié No.1, Op.21 by Giulio Regondi (1822-1872) on classical guitar in San Martín. Frómista, Spain. This comes via the Omni Foundation series and their Youtube channel. Beautiful performance as always from Russell with excellent pacing and phrasing throughout. Below is…