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Etude No.21, Op.60 by Carcassi

Etude No.21, Op.60 (Andantino) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition with…

A Toye – Anonymous Renaissance Lute Work

A Toye – Anonymous Renaissance lute work arranged for Classical Guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and…

4/4 Time Signatures, Quarter, Half, Whole Notes

Ways to Practice 4/4 Time Signatures, Quarter, Half, Whole Notes – This lesson covers how to understand 4/4 time signatures as well as four ways to practice quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. I explain the structure and rhythmic…

Andantino, No.9, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani

Andantino in D Major, No.9, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) – Lesson, Performance, and Sheet Music. This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music edition for classical guitar: Le Papillon, No. 1-32, Op.50 by Mauro Giuliani. Grades 1-7 and includes both a notation-only edition…

Eva Beneke – Classical Guitar Concert 

Eva Beneke plays a concert with repertoire by Sor, Pratten, Bach, Mertz and Rodrigo. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel but you can also visit Beneke’s YouTube as well. Great playing by Beneke with beautiful phrasing and dynamic shaping. I haven’t heard Joaquín Rodrigo’s (1901–1999)…

Classical Guitarists

This page lists classical guitarist who have been featured on the site. The links below go to my profile page on the artist where I list links, featured articles, videos, and biographies. Since I’ve only just started this page the…

Study No.18, Op.60 by Fernando Sor

Performance and Lesson for Study No.18 in A Minor, Op.60 by Fernando Sor (1778–1839). This is from my PDF or hardcopy sheet music or tab edition for classical guitar: 25 Progressive Studies, Op.60 by Fernando Sor. Fernando Sor’s Op.60 is one of…

Classical Guitar vs Acoustic Guitar

Classical vs Acoustic Guitars – What is the difference between classical guitars and acoustic guitars and what type of guitar should you play as a beginner? Technically, both instruments are acoustic and come in a variety of types and sizes…

Lesson: Cavatina from The Deer Hunter by Stanley Myers

The excellent Gohar Vardanyan (via sponsor Strings by Mail) performs and gives a lesson on Cavatina from The Deer Hunter by Stanley Myers. You can find the sheet music via Amazon. Some more info on the song via Wikipedia: “Cavatina” is a…

Confesion by Barrios for Guitar

Confesion by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) – “Also known as Confesión de Amor (Confession of Love), Confesión is an example of the genre known as romanza, a slow, melodic piece in duple metre expressive of romantic feeling. Barrios wrote this work in 1923…

Sasha Savaloni Plays Schubert Songs

Iranian-Scottish guitarist Sasha Savaloni plays three beautiful arrangements of lieder, Liebesbotschaft, Ihr Bild, and Am Meer by Franz Schubert (1787–1828). The arrangements are by Savaloni except for Liebesbotschaft which is one of six period arrangements of Schubert by Johann Kaspar Mertz…