Review: Definitive de Falla by Nestor Ausqui

Buy or Learn More: Definitive De Falla via Amazon By Nestor AusquiPaperback: 36 pagesPublisher: Mel Bay Publications (October 24, 2013)Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.5 x 11.2 inches From the publisher:…

Bach Sheet Music with Videos for Classical Guitar

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) for classical guitar – PDF sheet music or tab with video performances and lessons. Includes both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. Although Bach never…

Marcin Dylla Plays Valses Poéticos by Granados

Marcin Dylla Plays Valses Poéticos by Enrique Granados arr. Paolo Pegoraro. A wonderful performance with colour, charm, and an abundance of virtuosity. Dylla just gets better and better…movements: Vivace molto…

A definition of rubato in music

Students often ask me when to use rubato so here’s a piece of advice: not too often! Pulse is an essential element to the majority of music we play, therefore,…

Kyuhee Park Plays Folia Variations by Llobet

South Korean guitarist Kyuhee Park plays Folia Variations by Miguel Llobet (1878-1938) [Variations on a Theme of Sor, op.15]. The theme of folia has inspired a number of works, including…

Lesson: Etude No. 22, Op. 50 by Mauro Giuliani

Lesson for Allegretto, No. 22, Op. 50 by Mauro Giuliani – From my sheet music eBook (PDF): Ten Classical Etudes. Includes fingering, notation & notation + TAB edition. YouTube Video Lesson…

60mins of Segovia Playing Ponce (audio only)

This Was Classical Guitar. 60mins of Segovia audio only playing Ponce. Either cry in pain or rejoice, whatever suits your fancy. Video Repertoire: 1-4. Sonata Clàsica; 5-8. Sonata Romàntica; 9.…

Nikita Koshkin: Changing the Guard

Nikita Koshkin (I presume) conducting his own work (also presumed) “Changing the Guard” with a youth guitar orchestra. I like the violent thrusts of sound and angular lines. Cool work for a…

Wonderful Guitar Students in Whitehorse, Yukon!

Congrats to all the excellent students and teachers of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada for their wonderful performances in the Whitehorse Rotary Music Festival where I was the adjudicator. Every student played…

Pavel Steidl plays ‘And you go to Ithaca, too?’

This is great, Pavel Steidl (Czech Republic) playing his own work ‘And you go to Ithaca, too?’. ‘Guitar Virtuosos’ festival, Moscow, Tchaikovsky hall. March 19th, 2014. Encore. Guitar maker: Nicolaus Georg Ries, 1838, Vienna (Austria). via…