Tariq Harb plays Prelude to a Song by Williams

ByBradford Werner
2019

Tariq Harb plays Prelude to a Song by John C. Williams (the guitarist). This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube Channel. Great playing by Harb as usual. Hypnotic and really nice balance between the continuous arpeggios and the melody. As Harb says, “The great guitarist John C. Williams has composed several beautiful pieces for solo guitar and guitar ensemble which he published a few years ago on his website.” You can find William’s hand-written scores here. I didn’t think much of these pieces when I first saw them posted years ago but hearing Harb play them has really changed my mind, they are great little pieces.

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.