Frank Wallace plays Fire from The Elements
Fire is the first of four movements from The Elements, written and performed by composer/guitarist Frank Wallace via his YouTube and Gyre Music Label. You can also check out this glowing…
Scott Morris Lesson on Sitting Position & Posture
Another great video by Scott Morris via Guitar Salon International. In this video Morris talks about posture, sitting position, guitar supports and more. Here’s the blurb via their YouTube: “In this…
Adam Holzman plays Capriccio by Pietro Paolo Melli
Adam Holzman plays Capriccio “Il Gran Monarca” by Pietro Paolo Melli (1575-1620) at the Boston GuitarFest 2011. Holzman is famous for his excellent teaching and high level students but his playing is equally…
Ten Classical Etudes Lesson: Study No. 6, Op. 60 by Carcassi
Ten Classical Etudes Lesson: Study No. 6, Op. 60 by Matteo Carcassi – From my PDF Book: Ten Classical Etudes which includes fingering, notation & notation + TAB edition. YouTube Video…
Seyoung Park plays Brouwer Etudes 1-5
Seyoung Park is one of the Youth Guitarists I’ve been following. Here she plays Brouwer’s Estudio Sencillos 1-5. She has a great YouTube channel and continues to record. I like featuring youth…
Ae Fond Kiss with Guitar, Harp, & Voice
Ae Fond Kiss with Guitar, Harp, & Voice as arranged by Eddie McGuire and performed by the Bardic Trio. Nicely done Matthew McAllister et al. Here’s some info via Matthew McAllister’s facebook page. Go…
Practicing Well: Positive Success Ratios
Problem: Even when students practice efficiently there is still the possibility that they are not practicing well. Here’s an example: Brad practices the most difficult sections of his music during his…
Scott Morris Lesson on String Dampening
A lesson on String Dampening for classical guitar by the excellent Scott Morris. This lesson is via Guitar Salon International. Don’t worry if you don’t fully understand all the theory…
The Image of Melancholly by Holborne for Ensemble (Free PDF)
The Image of Melancholly by Anthony Holborne (1545-1602)Arranged for Guitar EnsembleFrom: Consort Music from Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs London 1599Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Bradford Werner Consort…
Emotional Detachment During Practice
As a follow up to last week’s review of Ricardo Iznaola’s On Practicing: A manual for students of guitar performance, I came across a checklist including a statement called “Emotional Detachment”. Here is…
50 Minute Concert Video by Gohar Vardanyan
The spectacular Gohar Vardanyan plays LIVE from Baldwin Wallace Int’l Guitar Festival. A full 50min video of some great classics. Note the Canadian guitar luthier too: 2012 Jean Rompré. PROGRAMSuite in…
Spanish Romance (Romanza) for Classical Guitar
Spanish Romance (Romanza) – Free PDF Sheet Music or Tab for Classical Guitar with Free Performance and Video Lesson. Comes with both a Notation-Only Edition and a separate Tab Edition.…