Lesson: Prelude No. 4 by Villa-Lobos

ByBradford Werner
2016

A full video lesson tutorial for Prelude No. 4 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) for classical guitar. I go through the four main sections, discussing the piece and demonstrating. This is a great piece for both pros and students. In particular, I like using this piece to transition students from the intermediate stage to a more mature and advanced level of repertoire.

Sheet Music: The complete solo works including the preludes, suite, and etudes: Villa-Lobos complete works for solo guitar.

Also check out this great performance by Isaac Bustos playing the same Prelude No. 4 in E Minor.

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.