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Asturias (Leyenda) for Guitar by Albeniz - Free PDF

Asturias – Leyenda by Albéniz for Guitar

Asturias (Leyenda) – No. 5 from Suite Española, Op. 47 by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for classical guitar. The level is fairly advanced (Grade 10). I’ve based this mainly on arrangement on the piano score and…

Giuliani Op. 1, Part 4, No. 1 (Free PDF & TAB)

Studio Op. 1, Part Four, No. 1, “Maestoso” by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). Sheet Music or Tab for Classical Guitar. Level: Grade 3-4, Easy but some surprisingly tricky fingering in a few spots. Free Sheet Music ot TAB: Op. 1, Part Four,…

Play Piazzolla for Classical Guitar

This book of Astor Piazzolla arrangments by Gary Ryan is super popular in my studio. The arrangements sound great slow or fast but are only rarely awkward or difficult. Although the book is for what Ryan calls ‘easy guitar’ be…

Simple Major Scale Patterns for Students

Two free major scale patterns for classical guitar. These are great for students learning their first moveable patterns. Some beginner students just need to get playing their major scales and reading the notation just isn’t getting through. While sprucing up…

Prelude in G by Santiago de Murcia

This is a beautiful work by Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) and is by no means just a student work. In fact, some of the movements of the suite are quite difficult. However, this is a nice relaxed prelude that I…

Gig & Student Works: Georgia On My Mind

A new section of the site is Gig and Student Works where I’ll be making videos of some of my favorite material for my students for casual gigs. I like this arrangement of  Georgia On My Mind for guitar as…

Review: RCM Bridges Guitar Series (2011)

Update: See the new RCM Classical Guitar Series 2018 2011 RCM Bridges Guitar SeriesI went out and bought the entire collection of the 2011 Bridges Guitar Series by the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) and Frederick Harris Publishing. The price…

Gerald Garcia – Etudes Esquisses

One of my favorite recommendations for contemporary works are these excellent etudes from Gerald Garcia. These etudes, as the composer suggests, are for the intermediate student from the third year of study onward (I would move that down to one…

Angelo Gilardino: Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza

Angelo Gilardino‘s Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza. Although the compositional style is very pattern-oriented and guitaristic the etudes are filled with a huge wealth of musical ideas. Each one has a dedication and resembles the style of the dedicati…