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.

Joined: February 18, 2025
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No. 4 – Basic Arpeggios, Balance, Right Hand Planting

No. 4 – Basic Arpeggios, Balance, and Planting from my 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar – For beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, and video lessons. YouTube Lesson Link This exercise, No. 4 – Basic Right Hand Arpeggios…

Cassie Martin plays Sonata K386 by Scarlatti

Cassie Martin plays Sonata K 386 in F minor by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard. Arrangement by Gerard Abiton. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. Martin performs it on a 2019 Domenic Roscioli classical guitar. Amazing…

Lesson: Andante by Mertz for Guitar

This is a lesson from my eBook: Easy Classical Guitar Pieces- Volume One – 15 Easy Songs Ranging from Renaissance to Romantic. PDF Download with Notation & Notation + TAB Edition, Fingering, Online Video Lessons for Each Piece. Approximate Grade Level: Post-Method Book…

Lesson: Andantino by Mertz for Guitar

Virtual Guitar Orchestra – Kaleidokithara by Sergio Assad

The Virtual Guitar Orchestra plays Kaleidokithara by Sergio Assad with 144 players from over 50 countries. This project was created by orchestra founder Mak Grgic along with Sergio Assad and Uros Baric. The video comes via Uros Baric’s YouTube channel.…

Marcin Dylla plays Lute Suite BWV 996 by Bach

Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla plays Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his fantastic YouTube channel. Great performance with a pronounce rhythmic feel and directness in the praeludio that really refreshed the piece for…

Lorenzo Micheli Plays Fughetta op. 113 by Giuliani

Italian guitarist Lorenzo Micheli plays Fughetta op. 113 by Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829). This comes via Micheli’s fantastic YouTube channel and with audio and video by Drew Henderson. Wonderful playing as usual with a nice mix of musical and articulate playing along…