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 100,000 subscribers and 14 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.

Orientation & Welcome to Classical Guitar Method Volume 1

Classical Guitar Method Volume 1 – Welcome and Orientation – My Classical Guitar Method is a free PDF Download (102 pages) from my sheet music store Werner Guitar Editions – Beginner classical or fingerstyle guitar. This book teaches classical and…

Pavana by Gaspar Sanz (Lesson, PDF)

Pavana by Gaspar Sanz (1640 – 1710). Originally for Baroque guitar. This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5 book. Five pieces at the grade 5 level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Jump Ahead in the Video:…

Thomas Boysen (Vihuela) Plays Milan

Thomas C. Boysen plays Fantasia XI from El Masestro (1536) by Luis de Milán (c.1500-1561) on a Vihuela da Mano by Lourdes Uncilla. Really nice playing by Boysen with beautiful phrasing and pacing. Great to see an authentic performance up…

Ricercare No.7 by Milano (Lesson, PDF)

Ricercare (Fantasia) 7 by Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543). This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5 book. Five pieces at the grade 5 level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. This lesson in the book…

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5 – PDF or Hardcopy Method Book with dedicated lessons and pieces in notation with fingering. A TAB supplement at the end includes the pieces (not the lessons). Before each performance edition there are two or three pages…

How to Play Legato on Classical Guitar

How to Play Legato on Classical Guitar – In this lesson I divide up the elements of how to play legato on guitar into five main sections: Legato Listening Skills (Psychological) Right Hand Legato Left Hand Legato Synchronization of Both…

Virtual Guitar Orchestra: Relampiños by Adam Del Monte

The amazing collaborative Virtual Guitar Orchestra third edition has a new video with a flamenco twist, Relampiños by Adam Del Monte. Thanks to organizers Mak Grgic and Uros Baric. This comes via their main sponsor Guitar Salon International and Augustine Strings as well as additional sponsors and players…

Artyom Dervoed - Paganini and Koshkin

Paganini & Koshkin by Artyom Dervoed

Paganini & Koshkin by Artyom DervoedArtist Website: Artyom Dervoed Мелодия (Melodiya), 2020 Listen or buy from Melodiya (CD, Digital, Streaming Services), Spotify, iTunes The amazing Russian guitarist Artyom Dervoed has an exciting new album featuring a live recording of Megaron, a four-movement concerto…

Pacific MusicWorks

Pacific MusicWorks: Baptista, Plà, Zipoli

Stephen Stubbs (baroque guitar/director) along with Tekla Cunningham (baroque violin), Christine Beckman (baroque violin), Caroline Nicolas (baroque cello), Maxine Eilander (baroque harp), Henry Lebedinsky (organ/harpsichord), Antonio Gomez (percussion), play an excerpt from their virtual release on Dec 12th, 2020 from Allegro…

Lesson: Rolled Chords on Classical Guitar

A lesson on how to play rolled chords on classical guitar and how they affect expression, phrasing, and more in our music. The example piece is Andante (from Schule für die Guitarre) by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) from my Easy…

Dominika Dawidowska Plays Scarlatti K.11

Polish guitarist Dominika Dawidowska plays Sonata K.11, L.352 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard. This comes via Matthew McAllister’s YouTube but you can also follow Dawidowska’s Youtube. Dominika Dawidowska studies with Matthew McAllister at the Royal Conservatoire of…

Rondeau, Pastorel, Passepied, Giga by David Kellner

Rondeau, Pastorel, Passepied, Giga by David Kellner (1670-1748) PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar (originally for lute). Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. These pieces are approximately late-intermediate to advanced level…