Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and publisher from Victoria, BC, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content with guitarists worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, 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 for 16 years and has freelanced in Greater Victoria for 25 years. See more at his personal website.

Grade 1 Lesson: La Tirantine by Adrian Le Roy

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! La Tirantine by Adrian Le Roy…

Ferran Talarn plays Cançó i dansa No.13 by Mompou

Ferran Talarn plays Cançó i dansa No.13 by Federico Mompou (1893-1987). This comes via Open Strings Berlin and their amazing Youtube Channel. Always love OSB videos for their thoughtful touches, such as the making of this video: “To transport Ferran’s…

Iliana Matos Plays Ponce’s Sonata clásica

Iliana Matos plays the first movement Allegro from Sonata clásica (1928) by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via her YouTube channel. We don’t hear these Ponce sonatas as often as we should these days. I guess they are a lot of…

Lesson: Lección 19 by Dionisio Aguado

Lección 19 from Nuevo Método para Guitarra by Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849). PDF or hardcopy sheet music and free lesson for classical guitar. This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one…

Karmen Štendler plays Divagazioni by Decorti

Slovenian guitarist Karmen Štendler plays Divagazioni by Italian composer Claudio Decorti (1936-2018) who dedicated the work to her shortly before his passing. This comes via Štendler’s YouTube Channel with recording by the amazing Uros Baric at Baros Records in Slovenia. As she mentions,…

Grade 1 Lesson: Écossaise, Op.33, No.2 by Giuliani

Grade 1 Lesson: Écossaise, Op.33, No.2 by Giuliani

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Écossaise, Op.33, No.2 (Allegretto) by Mauro…

Grade 1 Lesson: Lección 70 by Sagreras

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Lección 70 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942),…

Grade 1 Lesson: Lección 75 by Sagreras

This lesson comes from my new book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Check it out at Werner Guitar Editions! Lección 75 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942),…

Jeffrey McFadden plays Fantasy on a Canadian Folksong

Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden plays Fantasy on a Canadian Folksong (2018) by Jeffrey McFadden. This comes via McFadden’s fantastic Youtube channel. Recorded March 27, 2019 at St.Mary Magdalene Church, Toronto, by Drew Henderson. Guitar by my fellow Victorian  Marcus Dominelli (2019). Beautiful…

Lesson: The Spanish Pavin (Anonymous)

The Spanish Pavin – Anonymous Lute Work Arranged for Classical Guitar. PDF sheet music or tab with free video lesson. This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – Eight pieces at the grade one level with dedicated lessons…

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons - Grade 1

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1

Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 1 – This book combines a method book and repertoire collection. Each grade 1 piece has dedicated lesson pages before the piece is presented in full. All lessons and pieces are in notation with fingering. Watch…

Scarborough Fair for Classical Guitar - PDF Sheet Music or Tab

Scarborough Fair for Classical Guitar

Scarborough Fair for classical guitar. PDF Sheet Music with free video lesson. Arranged for Easy Classical or Fingerstyle Guitar. Includes both a notation-only edition and a TAB Edition.. PDF Download. The level is easy-intermediate, first position chords with melody, small bit in 3rd position…